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Cape May County · New Jersey · United States

What trades pay in Cape May County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Cape May County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$1,033 Median weekly pay across these 23 trades. $1,663 — $404.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 19 businesses · 107 employees$1,663$86,450 a year+2.1%up
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 48 businesses · 155 employees$1,405$73,048 a year-0.2%flat
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 153 businesses · 703 employees$1,345$69,926 a year+8.8%up
Other services to buildingsNAICS 561790 · 10 businesses · 32 employees$1,297$67,464 a year+8.2%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 28 businesses · 214 employees$1,290$67,101 a year+2.2%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 15 businesses · 51 employees$1,286$66,894 a year
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 82 businesses · 338 employees$1,152$59,898 a year+4.2%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 40 businesses · 335 employees$1,147$59,667 a year-3.9%down
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 126 businesses · 762 employees$1,132$58,877 a year+5.2%up
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 4 businesses · 255 employees$1,077$55,982 a year-5.8%down
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 36 businesses · 167 employees$1,037$53,940 a year-8.0%down
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 68 businesses · 305 employees$1,033$53,704 a year+0.5%flat
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 6 businesses · 451 employees$1,004$52,191 a year-0.1%flat
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 101 businesses · 576 employees$809$42,086 a year+2.7%up
Barber shopsNAICS 812111 · 4 businesses · 14 employees$707$36,781 a year-5.2%down
Tax preparation servicesNAICS 541213 · 4 businesses · 12 employees$673$35,019 a year+0.4%flat
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 286 businesses · 5,569 employees$650$33,799 a year+3.2%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 47 businesses · 210 employees$631$32,822 a year+8.8%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 14 businesses · 178 employees$570$29,631 a year+4.6%up
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 60 businesses · 249 employees$541$28,124 a year+0.2%flat
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 174 businesses · 1,364 employees$511$26,582 a year+6.0%up
Snack and coffee shopsNAICS 722515 · 91 businesses · 669 employees$461$23,972 a year0.0%flat
Nail salonsNAICS 812113 · 22 businesses · 104 employees$404$20,997 a year-1.0%down

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses14,632
Employees102,677
Annual payroll$5 M
Net movement of people−81People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Cape May County. Same trade, different pay.

Other counties in New Jersey

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

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What is the average weekly pay in Cape May County?
Across the 23 trades on this page, the middle one pays $1,033 a week. The highest pays $1,663 and the lowest $404.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Cape May County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?
The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.