Market data
Personal injury in New Jersey: market data
What public records say about the market for personal injury in New Jersey: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.
Demand: what courts and agencies count
Counts of filings, crashes, complaints and enforcement in the records each agency keeps. A count shows where problems were recorded, not how many people will hire a lawyer.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal crashes with an alcohol-impaired driver | 139 crashes | 2024 | New Jersey state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:34 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes killing a bicyclist | 23 crashes | 2024 | New Jersey state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:34 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes | 638 crashes | 2024 | New Jersey state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:34 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| People killed in crashes | 670 deaths | 2024 | New Jersey state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:34 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes involving a large truck | 62 crashes | 2024 | New Jersey state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:34 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal motorcycle crashes | 115 crashes | 2024 | New Jersey state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:34 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes killing a pedestrian | 209 crashes | 2024 | New Jersey state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:34 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Workers who commute by car, truck or van | 3,202,883 ±10,886 workers age 16+ | 2020-2024 | New Jersey state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-nj · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Truck and bus crashes reported to FMCSA | 5,475 crashes | 2025 | New Jersey state | truck-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677 record truck-crashes:NJ · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Deaths in truck and bus crashes | 88 deaths | 2025 | New Jersey state | truck-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677 record truck-crashes:NJ · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Truck and bus crashes with an injury | 2,415 crashes | 2025 | New Jersey state | truck-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677 record truck-crashes:NJ · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| OSHA fatality or catastrophe inspections | 55 inspections | FY2025 | New Jersey state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:NJ · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| OSHA inspections | 2,382 inspections | FY2025 | New Jersey state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:NJ · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil filings: private Federal Employers Liability Act (railroad workers) | 38 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of New Jersey federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-nj-priv-fela · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private marine personal injury | 13 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of New Jersey federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-nj-priv-marine-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private motor vehicle personal injury | 296 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of New Jersey federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-nj-priv-motor-vehicle-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private other personal injury (includes product liability, drug and device cases) | 5,405 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of New Jersey federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-nj-priv-other-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed: personal injury | 2,780 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | District of New Jersey federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-nj-personal-injury · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
Rising or falling
The change between the last two periods each source publishes. No threshold and no smoothing.
| Measure | Before | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal crashes with an alcohol-impaired driver New Jersey · record fatal-crashes:34 | 129 2023 | 139 2024 | rising (+7.8%) |
| Fatal crashes killing a bicyclist New Jersey · record fatal-crashes:34 | 27 2023 | 23 2024 | falling (-14.8%) |
| Fatal crashes New Jersey · record fatal-crashes:34 | 572 2023 | 638 2024 | rising (+11.5%) |
| People killed in crashes New Jersey · record fatal-crashes:34 | 605 2023 | 670 2024 | rising (+10.7%) |
| Fatal crashes involving a large truck New Jersey · record fatal-crashes:34 | 57 2023 | 62 2024 | rising (+8.8%) |
| Fatal motorcycle crashes New Jersey · record fatal-crashes:34 | 88 2023 | 115 2024 | rising (+30.7%) |
| Fatal crashes killing a pedestrian New Jersey · record fatal-crashes:34 | 168 2023 | 209 2024 | rising (+24.4%) |
| Truck and bus crashes reported to FMCSA New Jersey · record truck-crashes:NJ | 6,113 2024 | 5,475 2025 | falling (-10.4%) |
| Deaths in truck and bus crashes New Jersey · record truck-crashes:NJ | 87 2024 | 88 2025 | rising (+1.1%) |
| Truck and bus crashes with an injury New Jersey · record truck-crashes:NJ | 2,376 2024 | 2,415 2025 | rising (+1.6%) |
| OSHA fatality or catastrophe inspections New Jersey · record wage-enforcement:NJ | 35 FY2024 | 55 FY2025 | rising (+57.1%) |
| OSHA inspections New Jersey · record wage-enforcement:NJ | 2,301 FY2024 | 2,382 FY2025 | rising (+3.5%) |
Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 1,829 lawyers a year | 2025 | New Jersey state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record nj-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 0 counties | 2026-Q1 | New Jersey state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-34 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 0 counties | 2026-Q1 | New Jersey state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-34 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 0 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | New Jersey state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-34 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 4,741 firms | 2022 | New Jersey state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-nj-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 8,595,255,000 US dollars | 2022 | New Jersey state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-nj-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 5.55 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | New Jersey state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-34 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 9,091 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | New Jersey state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-34 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 5,296 establishments | 2026-Q1 | New Jersey state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-34 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 23,160 jobs | May 2025 | New Jersey state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:NJ:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 161,430 US dollars a year | May 2025 | New Jersey state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:NJ:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Counties with the most demand per law office
Of the 25 counties in New Jersey with the most fatal crashes, the ten with the most per private law office. Both counts are shown with their records.
| County | Demand | Law offices | Per office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem County, NJ | 14 record fatal-crashes:34033 | 13 record law-offices-34033 | 1.08 |
| Warren County, NJ | 14 record fatal-crashes:34041 | 24 record law-offices-34041 | 0.58 |
| Cumberland County, NJ | 25 record fatal-crashes:34011 | 44 record law-offices-34011 | 0.57 |
| Atlantic County, NJ | 55 record fatal-crashes:34001 | 116 record law-offices-34001 | 0.47 |
| Gloucester County, NJ | 29 record fatal-crashes:34015 | 82 record law-offices-34015 | 0.35 |
| Sussex County, NJ | 12 record fatal-crashes:34037 | 50 record law-offices-34037 | 0.24 |
| Burlington County, NJ | 45 record fatal-crashes:34005 | 204 record law-offices-34005 | 0.22 |
| Ocean County, NJ | 42 record fatal-crashes:34029 | 210 record law-offices-34029 | 0.2 |
| Cape May County, NJ | 9 record fatal-crashes:34009 | 46 record law-offices-34009 | 0.2 |
| Mercer County, NJ | 35 record fatal-crashes:34021 | 196 record law-offices-34021 | 0.18 |
Fatal crashes (fatal-crashes v1.0.0, 2024) ÷ Private law offices (law-offices v1.0.0, 2026-Q1). ratio = fatal-crashes.fatal_crashes / law-offices.qcew_estabs, rounded to 2 decimals; ranked highest first, among the 25 units with the most demand. Units with zero supply are listed apart (ratio undefined); units without a published value are listed as missing.
Spanish-language demand
People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) | 2,025 ±437 lawyers | 2020-2024 | New Jersey state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:NJ:lawyers-spanish · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | 345 ±74.5 people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | New Jersey state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:NJ:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 698,739 ±8,114 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | New Jersey state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:NJ:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 698,739 ±8,869 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | New Jersey state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-nj · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in New Jersey have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.
| Topic | Status | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | No filing or pre-approval of ads is required by RPC 7.1-7.5. A copy or recording of each ad, with a record of when and where it was used, is kept 3 years (7.2(b)). Website content is captured at least monthly and kept 3 years (7.2(b)). official source · rules v1.3.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744574 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | P primary source | Every ad must include contact information for the lawyer or firm: a street address, mailing address, phone, fax, email or website URL (Attorney Advertising Guideline 1). official source · rules v1.3.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744574 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | P primary source | Unsolicited direct contact with a prospective client within thirty days after a specific mass-disaster event, about compensation arising from the event, is barred (7.3(b)(4)). official source · rules v1.3.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744574 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | P primary source | A lawyer may not create an unjustified expectation about results (7.1(a)(2)). Comparing services with other lawyers needs the comparing organization named, a substantiated basis, and the line 'No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme… official source · rules v1.3.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744574 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | A lawyer may not give anything of value for a recommendation, except reasonable ad costs, practice-sale notices and the usual charges of a not-for-profit lawyer referral service (7.2(c)); 7.3(d) allows usual and reasonable fees of a bar-approved referral… official source · rules v1.3.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744574 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | P primary source | One-party consent: a party to a call, or someone with one party's prior consent, may record it, unless the purpose is a crime, a tort or another injurious act (N.J.S.A. 2A:156A-4). official source · rules v1.3.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744574 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Texting | P primary source | New Jersey bars unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to customers on its no telemarketing call list. A violation is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act, subject to its penalties (N.J.S.A. 56:8-132). official source · rules v1.3.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744574 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | New Jersey: no filing or review of lawyer ads is required. official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | Lawyers in different firms may split a fee if the split matches the work each does, or if each lawyer takes joint responsibility by a written agreement with the client, and the total fee is reasonable. official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Limitation period | P primary source | New Jersey, personal injury: 2 years, under N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-2(a), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28. official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Limitation period | P primary source | New Jersey, wrongful death: 2 years, under N.J. Stat. § 2A:31-3, as read in the official code on 2026-10-28. official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Limitation period | P primary source | New Jersey, property damage: 6 years, under N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-1(a), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28. official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Fee cap | P primary source | The court rule says a contingency fee in a tort case (including medical malpractice and product cases) may not exceed 33⅓% of the first $750,000, then 30%, 25% and 20% on each next $750,000; above $3 million the fee is set by the court. official source · fees v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739965 · checked 2026-10-25 |
Prices and pay (national)
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted) | 1,249 thousand jobs | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CPI-U: legal services | 230 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: offices of lawyers | 338 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: civil negligence legal services | 257 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU5411105411103:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Probative benchmarks, 2025–2026
Our own marketing benchmarks for this practice: aggregated, rounded, and small groups suppressed.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probative benchmarks, 2025–2026: Injury cases: average cost per search-ad click | $50–75 USD (band) | 2025–2026 | United States United States | benchmarks v4.0.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735849 record search-click-costs-1 · status P · checked 2026-10-26 |
What is missing
Datasets linked to this practice that have no figure here, and values the source withholds. We never fill these in.
- state-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for New Jersey (it covers other places)
- ca-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for New Jersey (it covers other places)
- findings (demand): the dataset has no records for New Jersey (it covers other places)
- findings (supply): the dataset has no records for New Jersey (it covers other places)
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The rows behind this page, with every dataset, version, DOI, record id and check date.
Cite as: Probative Growth, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); Probative benchmarks, 2025–2026 v4.0.1 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735849); Federal civil filings by nature of suit and district, 12-month periods since 2018 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739); How long federal civil cases take: outcomes, class actions and pro se share by district, nature of suit and year v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); Truck and bus crashes by county, state and year (FMCSA crash file) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677); Wage-and-hour and OSHA enforcement by county, state, act and industry (U.S. Department of Labor) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/new-jersey/personal-injury/
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