New Jersey Unemployment Offices
Where to go in person in New Jersey: 26 American Job Centers in 26 cities. Staff there help with finding work, training and your next steps. Pick your city for addresses, phones and hours.
✓ From the U.S. Department of Labor's list ✓ Address, phone and hours
About your claim
File a new claim, North New Jersey
Call 201-601-4100Jobareer is not the state. This is NJDOL's number, from its own website.
Offices by city
Cherry Hill · East Orange · Eatontown · Elizabeth · Hackensack · Jersey City · Morris Plains · Neptune · New Brunswick · Newark · Newton · Passaic · Paterson · Penns Grove · Perth Amboy · Phillipsburg · Plainfield · Pleasantville · Randolph · Rio Grande · Sewell · Somerville · Toms River · Trenton · Vineland · Westampton
Can I file for unemployment at these offices?
These are American Job Centers, a network funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and run locally. Whether you can file or fix a claim there depends on the state. Here is what NJDOL says about filing:
"Apply online: get your information ready, create an account, then file a new claim with the online tools. After that you certify for benefits each week."
From the agency's own page, read October 14, 2026. File a claim on the agency's site.
More about unemployment in New Jersey
New Jersey unemployment: how to file, the weekly claim, how much it pays and the weekly job search. Every phone number.
Where this comes from
The centers are from the U.S. Department of Labor's American Job Center finder (CareerOneStop), which we read every week. Jobareer is not part of any state agency and cannot see or change your claim.