New pallets and skids in New Jersey
New Jersey has the highest concentration of pharmaceutical manufacturing in the country, 3.1 times the national share, with 30,062 jobs. It is fifth in chemicals, at 47,966. Those plants buy pallets to quality and safety standards: clean, dry and identical from order to order.
It is also the warehouse for the Port of New York and New Jersey, the second-busiest US port for loaded containers in 2025. Middlesex County had 26,309 warehousing jobs, among the most of any county; Burlington and Gloucester add over 20,000 more. Middlesex is also second in the country for refrigerated warehousing, and the state has 5,388 such jobs, third nationally.
For pharmaceutical loads see pharmaceutical pallets; for chemicals, drum pallets; for distribution, the 48 x 40.
Illustrative imageWhere the pallets go
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Common footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Warehousing and storage | 76,152 | 48 x 40 |
| Chemical manufacturing | 47,966 | 48 x 48 |
| Food manufacturing | 43,231 | 48 x 40 |
| Grocery wholesale | 38,127 | 48 x 40 |
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 30,062 | 48 x 40 |
Private-sector jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
Buying in New Jersey
Middlesex County, along the Turnpike, has 26,309 warehousing jobs, more than twice the next county, Burlington, at 10,713. New Jersey also makes medicines at 3.1 times the national concentration, with 30,062 pharmaceutical jobs, so dry, clean, documented pallets are a common request alongside the distribution centers’ 48 x 40s. Gloucester County, across the river from Philadelphia, adds 9,948 warehousing jobs, and food manufacturing employs 43,231. Its 911 warehousing establishments employ 4.00% of everyone in the trade nationally, many of them near the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Import freight arriving through the port is often repalletized before it goes inland, and those buildings use a steady supply of identical new pallets. Pharmaceutical buyers in the state often also have written wood policies; send them with the request.
Send the size, the load per pallet, the quantity and a New Jersey delivery ZIP. We write the build down as a spec, quote new pallets against it with delivery priced in, and reorders follow the same sheet.
Quote new pallets for New Jersey
Every pallet is quoted to a written spec, wherever the dock is. Give the delivery ZIP with the size, load and quantity.
- Delivery
- ZIP code in New Jersey
- Pallet size
- Stringer length first
- Load weight
- Per pallet, in pounds
Not sure of a line? Leave it blank. Size, load weight and quantity are enough to start a quote.
The builds New Jersey’s trades use
- Food and groceryThe 48 x 40 at its home: distribution centers, food plants and store docks, and why dry, clean lumber matters.
- Drums and chemicalsFour drums on a 48 x 48, boards under every chime, and racking full containers safely.
- PharmaceuticalClean, dry, documented pallets for audited warehouses.