New Jersey Industry Facts

Snapshot of the Chemical Industry In New Jersey

Source: American Chemistry Council, 2009, New Jersey Chemical Industry Profile

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Economic Impact Generated by the Chemical Industry in New Jersey

In addition to the70,704 jobs directly created by the chemical industry in New Jersey, a total of 295,520 jobs in New Jersey are generated indirectly by chemical industry activity in New Jersey. For every chemical industry job in New Jersey, a total of 4.2 jobs are created within the state.

Chemical Process Industries

In addition to the jobs generated by chemical industry business activity, many other New Jersey jobs are dependent on chemical products. These industries use chemical products or chemical-derived products as raw materials. An industry is defined as being dependent on chemical products if 10% or more of its material inputs are derived from chemical products. For service industries, the threshold is 20% due to the fact that these industries consume relatively little in terms of physical products. Looking across the entire US economy, these chemical dependent industries account for 25.2% of GDP and 26.6% of jobs.

Industries that use chemical or chemical-derived products include: farming, new residential construction, plastic bottle manufacturing, upholstered furniture manufacturing, dry-cleaning services, building services and health care, to name just a few.

In New Jersey, more than 980,500 jobs (25.3% of all jobs in New Jersey) are dependent on chemical products. These jobs generate $47.9 billion in earnings.

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