Jobs & Economy in New Brunswick
New Brunswick's economy runs on a genuinely distinct dual anchor: Rutgers University's main campus alongside Johnson & Johnson's real, current world headquarters.
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Learn moreRutgers University: New Jersey's largest public research university
Rutgers University-New Brunswick's approximately 37,985 undergraduates and 2,723-acre campus anchor substantial direct and indirect regional employment beyond the university's own genuine academic scale.
Johnson & Johnson's real, current world headquarters
Johnson and Johnson Plaza, opened in 1983, is Johnson & Johnson's real world headquarters -- the company was itself founded in New Brunswick in January 1886, a genuine, unbroken corporate-hometown identity spanning over 140 years.
Robert Wood Johnson: a further academic-medicine anchor
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School add real, substantial academic-medicine employment directly within the city.
Key takeaways
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick's main campus anchors substantial direct and indirect regional employment.
- Johnson & Johnson's real world headquarters, founded in the city in 1886, anchors New Brunswick's corporate identity.
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Medical School add a further, real academic-medicine anchor.
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