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Johnson & Johnson Headquarters & offices · New Brunswick, New Jersey
Johnson & Johnson · New Brunswick, New Jersey
A white tower by I. M. Pei's firm in a park-like campus, beside the same railroad as the old wallpaper factory where J&J started in 1886 — it has never left town.
The tower, the 1907 Powerhouse museum, the leave policies and 140 years in one city — then the pay. Every number from J&J's own filings, websites and the architects' pages.
- 1886headquartered in New Brunswick ever since
- 12 weekspaid leave for every new parent, worldwide
- 30 dayspaid bereavement leave, worldwide
- 140,800employees, end of 2025
Sources: jnj.com (heritage stories, timeline) · careers.jnj.com (Employee benefits) · Form 10-K FY2025 · Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
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THE HEADQUARTERS · NEW BRUNSWICK · 1983
A white tower and glass pavilions in a downtown park
J&J's world headquarters is a 16-story white tower joined to low three-story pavilions sheathed in glass and white enameled aluminum, set in a park-like campus by the railroad in downtown New Brunswick. It was designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, I. M. Pei's firm. A 2016–17 redesign by Kimmerle Newman Architects added a Mobility Center, an on-site Starbucks, a salon, an outdoor dining plaza by the cafeteria and spaces for TEDx talks, while keeping to the original design. On the same campus stands the brick Powerhouse of 1907, the oldest building J&J still has, now home to its archives and museum.
- Design: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
- 16 stories
- 449,000 sq ft (≈ 41,713 m²)
- Opened 1983
- 1907 Powerhouse museum on campus
- On-site clinics, fitness centers and cafés
Facts: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners project list · Kimmerle Group press release (Apr 18, 2017) · jnj.com “The inside story of the Powerhouse” · careers.jnj.com “Employee benefits” · stories and pavilions: Wikipedia
The New Brunswick campus
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters | One Johnson & Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick, NJ 08933 |
Source: Form 10-K FY2025 cover (address of principal executive offices) · See them on the map ↓
Source: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners project list · Kimmerle Group press release (Apr 18, 2017) · jnj.com Powerhouse story and May 1, 2017 press release · stories, year and site area: Wikipedia
Benefits (worldwide and United States)
Paid, in the first year, for every kind of new parent — birth, adoptive, foster or surrogacy — worldwide.
Up to 30 paid business days for an immediate family member, 5 for an extended family member, worldwide.
Paid each year to care for a family member with a critical illness or injury, worldwide.
120 hours of vacation and 13 holidays including floating holidays, plus 40 hours of sick time and 40 hours of personal and family time.
Reimbursed per child for adoption, and the same for surrogacy, plus help with fertility treatment.
Employees can join both the consolidated retirement plan (pension) and the 401(k) savings plan.
Free mental health services for employees and their families, plus an Employee Assistance Program with counselors.
Up to three years of full pay and benefits for employees called to duty, on top of military pay.
Source: careers.jnj.com “Employee benefits” and “12 employee benefits that make J&J a great company” (Sep 12, 2025) · posting R-102022 (Pay Transparency). J&J does not publish its 401(k) match rate on its public sites.
Why people stay: what J&J itself reports
Fewer than 6 in every 100 employees chose to leave during the year.
The 2025 employee survey ran in 73 countries and 36 languages.
Once a year, employees set aside a full day for courses on the J&J Learn platform.
Office-based employees balance in-person and remote work.
A global program for thanking teammates in real time.
Full-time employees can volunteer with nonprofits for up to four paid days a year, from day one, through Talent for Good.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025, Employees and human capital management · careers.jnj.com “Employee benefits” and “12 employee benefits that make J&J a great company” (Sep 12, 2025)
Who works here
employees worldwide (Dec 28, 2025)
full-time-equivalent positions
countries in the 2025 employee survey
of employees work in the 24 countries used to set the median pay
Source: Form 10-K FY2025, Employees and human capital management · Proxy statement 2026 (pay ratio). A gender breakdown is published only in downloadable reports.
Pay at Johnson & Johnson
Measured worldwide, including pension, retirement-plan contributions and company medical and dental cover. The CEO earned 360 times this amount ($32.8 million). The median was $83,000 in 2024.
Source: Proxy statement, March 11, 2026 (CEO pay ratio)
Source: careers.jnj.com postings R-102022 (HR, posted Sep 29, 2026), R-101331 (HR, Oct 5, 2026) and R-080971 (Data Science, Oct 7, 2026), all New Brunswick, hybrid. Base pay only.
U.S. companies don't have to report pay by age, and J&J doesn't. The posting ranges above are the closest official numbers.
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Office history: 140 years in one New Jersey city
- 1886 The top floor of a former wallpaper factory
On a train from New York to Philadelphia, James Wood Johnson spotted a four-story red brick building with a “For Rent” sign beside the tracks in New Brunswick — the old Janeway & Carpender wallpaper factory. He rented the top floor, and J&J opened with 14 employees: eight women and six men.
Source: jnj.com “How a train ride sparked the founding of Johnson & Johnson”
The first Johnson & Johnson building · Unknown author / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 1894 14 buildings and 400 people
In less than a decade the startup had grown to 400 employees spread across 14 buildings in New Brunswick.
Source: jnj.com heritage timeline
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1899 A new Cotton Mill, designed with science
J&J began building a new cotton mill with better light and ventilation for its workers and purified water for processing cotton into sterile gauze.
Source: jnj.com heritage timeline
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1907 The Powerhouse — 40 buildings in all
An all-electric Powerhouse, lined with cream glazed tiles like a hospital ward, was built in 1907 and fitted out by 1908. With the new Cotton Mill addition, the company reached 40 buildings and 500,000 sq ft (≈ 46,452 m²) of manufacturing space.
Source: jnj.com “The inside story of the Powerhouse”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1973–76 The decision to stay
Chairman and CEO Richard Sellars decided that J&J would remain in New Brunswick and build its new world headquarters there, in a public-private partnership to revitalize the city.
Source: jnj.com heritage timeline
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1983 One Johnson & Johnson Plaza — the Pei tower
The new world headquarters by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners opened: a 16-story white tower with low glass pavilions in a park, next to the railroad where the company began. Older campus buildings, including one with 12 stained-glass windows, were later torn down.
Source: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners project list · jnj.com stained-glass story · opening year and stories: Wikipedia
One Johnson & Johnson Plaza · Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2017 A redesign — and a museum in the Powerhouse
Kimmerle Newman Architects finished a nine-project update of the 449,000 sq ft headquarters, adding a Mobility Center, a café, a salon and an outdoor dining plaza. The 1907 Powerhouse reopened as the museum “Our Story at the Powerhouse”.
Source: Kimmerle Group press release (Apr 18, 2017) · J&J press release (May 1, 2017)
From the Northeast Corridor · Jim.henderson / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2025 Still at One Johnson & Johnson Plaza
The annual report still gives One Johnson & Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick, as J&J's principal executive office.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025 cover
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
Johnson & Johnson has never left New Brunswick. Its first rented floor stood beside the Pennsylvania Railroad depot; the 1983 headquarters stands a short walk away, on the same railroad.
- 1 · 1886Former Janeway & Carpender wallpaper factory, New Brunswick — Top floor rented beside the railroad depot at George and Hamilton Streets (approximate location; no street number published)
- 2 · 1983One Johnson & Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick — World headquarters by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners — today
Addresses: jnj.com founding story (1886) · Form 10-K FY2025 cover (today). Coordinates placed by eciffo from the addresses; the 1886 point is approximate.
What Johnson & Johnson does
J&J began in 1886 making sterile surgical dressings and sutures. After spinning off its consumer brands (now Kenvue) in 2023, it is a two-part healthcare company: prescription medicines and medical technology.
Two reporting segments: Innovative Medicine ($60.4B in 2025) and MedTech ($33.8B).
Where the money came from · Sales by therapeutic area and franchise, 2025
Source: Form 10-K FY2025, Item 1 (segments) and Item 7 (sales by therapeutic area and MedTech franchise)
Source: Form 10-K FY2025 (fiscal year ended Dec 28, 2025) · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
$71.9B → $94.2B
126,400 → 138,200
Fiscal years end around December 31. Sales as reported in each year's Form 10-K (SEC XBRL data); from 2023 they exclude the consumer health business spun off as Kenvue. Employees: the headcount in Item 1 of each Form 10-K (from 2024 equal to full-time-equivalent positions). Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Eighth CEO and the first from outside the U.S. Joined in 1989 in Madrid; CEO since 2022 and Chairman since 2023.
Seventh CEO; started in 1988 as a sales representative for Janssen.
Chairman and CEO who spent his entire career at J&J.
Chairman and CEO.
CEO when the Pei headquarters opened in 1983.
Decided J&J would stay in New Brunswick and build a new world headquarters there.
Founded in 1886 by three brothers: Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson.
Source: jnj.com heritage timeline · Form 10-K FY2025 (executive officers)
Johnson & Johnson: questions people ask
Where is Johnson & Johnson's headquarters?
At One Johnson & Johnson Plaza in New Brunswick, New Jersey (ZIP 08933). J&J has been based in New Brunswick since it was founded in 1886.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025 cover · jnj.com founding story
Who designed Johnson & Johnson's headquarters?
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, the firm of I. M. Pei, which lists “Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, New Brunswick” among its projects. Kimmerle Newman Architects redesigned the interiors and amenities in 2016–17.
Source: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners project list · Kimmerle Group press release (2017)
How big is the Johnson & Johnson headquarters?
About 449,000 sq ft (≈ 41,713 m²), with a 16-story tower that opened in 1983.
Source: Kimmerle Group press release (2017) · stories and year: Wikipedia
Where did Johnson & Johnson start?
On the top floor of a former wallpaper factory, the Janeway & Carpender building, beside the railroad in New Brunswick, in 1886 — with 14 employees.
Source: jnj.com “How a train ride sparked the founding of Johnson & Johnson”
Can you visit the Johnson & Johnson museum?
The museum, “Our Story at the Powerhouse”, is in the 1907 Powerhouse on the headquarters campus. It opened in 2017 to employees, contractors and their escorted guests, with partners and community members by appointment. J&J says it is now renovating it and building a virtual museum.
Source: J&J press release (May 1, 2017) · jnj.com “The Johnson & Johnson Museum”
What benefits does Johnson & Johnson offer?
Worldwide: 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all new parents, up to 30 days of paid bereavement leave and 10 days of caregiver leave a year. In the U.S.: 120 hours of vacation, 13 holidays, a pension and a 401(k), and $20,000 per child for adoption or surrogacy.
Source: careers.jnj.com “Employee benefits” · posting R-102022
Does Johnson & Johnson allow hybrid work?
Yes. Under J&J Flex, office-based employees combine in-person and remote work; New Brunswick job postings are listed as “Hybrid Work”.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025 · careers.jnj.com postings
How much do Johnson & Johnson employees make?
The median employee's total compensation was $91,000 in 2025, measured worldwide. 2026 postings in New Brunswick list base pay of $79,000–$127,650 for an experienced analyst and $122,000–$212,750 for a senior manager.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · careers.jnj.com postings R-102022, R-101331
How many people work at Johnson & Johnson?
About 140,800 employees at the end of 2025 (138,200 full-time-equivalent positions). Voluntary turnover was 5.8%.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025
Who is Johnson & Johnson's CEO?
Joaquin Duato, CEO since 2022 and Chairman since 2023 — the eighth CEO in J&J's history and the first from outside the U.S.
Source: jnj.com heritage timeline · Form 10-K FY2025
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