NJ Spotlight’s Number of the Day features striking statistics from Senior Counsel Demelza Baer’s report, “Bridging the Two Americas: Employment and Economic Opportunity in Newark and Beyond”:
Unlike other parts of the country, there is not a job shortage in Newark, according to “Bridging the Two Americas: Employment and Economic Opportunity in Newark and Beyond.” But of Newark’s approximately 136,979 jobs, only 18 percent are held by local residents. And those jobs tend to be low paying or part time with less than desirable working conditions.