....according to
a state report that was cited in the
Star-Ledger . Average salary plus benefits for a pharmaceutical industry professional in New Jersey exceed $97,000, and the number of jobs in the state in the pharma sector increased last year, despite pipeline setbacks.
More from the report:
- Industry created 148,768 jobs- 61,971 direct +86,797 spin-off jobs
- Average base salary is $97,501 (up 4% from 2005)
- Payroll impacts of $7.6 billion (up 8.5% from 2005)
- Capital construction spending is $1.9 billion
- NJ charitable contributions totaled $264 million (up 74% over 2005)
- R&D spending investment of $7.5 billion
- $671.4 million in sales and income tax impacts on NJ (up 3.3% from 2005)
Here's an
executive summary (the full report will be posted on our web site shortly).