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Current Employment Statistics - New Jersey

New Jersey Total Nonagricultural Payroll Employment (all numbers in thousands)

Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2010	3,845.7	3,833.2	3,836.0	3,851.0	3,860.0	3,855.9	3,845.5	3,838.8	3,826.7	3,835.3	3,831.6	3,832.6
2011	3,825.6	3,829.7	3,830.3	3,835.4	3,831.5	3,830.7	3,843.9	3,837.7	3,846.0	3,847.4	3,850.6	3,854.1
2012	3,866.2	3,874.6	3,885.3	3,865.3	3,872.2	3,881.5	3,876.7	3,882.7	3,890.0	3,893.5	3,876.1	3,896.7
2013	3,912.3	3,917.7	3,923.0	3,910.0	3,914.4	3,923.3	3,925.2	3,934.6	3,934.4	3,935.3	3,938.7	3,935.0
2014	3,934.1	3,929.8	3,931.1	3,953.0	3,961.2	3,958.4	3,961.9	3,962.8	3,967.3	3,966.6	3,973.1	3,977.9
2015	3,971.4	3,973.7	3,976.1	3,976.9	3,992.5	3,994.4	4,003.3	4,010.0	4,011.1	4,021.3	4,028.9	4,029.8
2016	4,026.0	4,033.9	4,044.0	4,046.1	4,044.2	4,049.8	4,068.7	4,071.4	4,082.5	4,080.0	4,084.2	4,089.3
2017	4,093.4	4,097.2	4,097.1	4,097.5	4,111.1	4,120.3	4,115.5	4,121.4	4,130.7	4,131.0	4,132.3	4,138.3
2018	4,130.2	4,141.7	4,138.4	4,141.7	4,147.6	4,152.4	4,151.9	4,152.5	4,154.7	4,165.1	4,173.8	4,171.3
2019	4,175.9	4,177.4	4,182.8	4,186.1	4,183.6	4,189.4	4,192.9	4,190.0	4,190.6	4,192.1	4,204.5	4,201.4
2020	4,210.0	4,217.7	4,186.4	3,491.4	3,506.3	3,568.5	3,694.3	3,770.8	3,861.4	3,886.0	3,894.0	3,899.3
2021	3,921.9	3,933.8	3,952.7	3,976.0	3,988.3	4,005.2	4,036.3	4,045.9	4,067.4	4,120.4	4,139.8	4,161.0
2022	4,161.4	4,201.6	4,214.0	4,222.8	4,226.4	4,226.0	4,247.9	4,253.3	4,257.9	4,258.1	4,271.0	4,276.7
2023	4,292.7	4,297.7	4,302.4	4,298.4	4,313.5	4,330.0	4,316.4	4,319.8	4,341.5	4,343.5	4,353.2	4,366.3
2024	4,376.0	4,372.8	4,385.3	4,377.2	4,389.5	4,385.3	4,373.8	4,373.9	4,388.5	(p)4,387.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2010	3,767.6	3,760.0	3,790.9	3,840.8	3,886.1	3,929.3	3,857.4	3,833.0	3,834.3	3,853.7	3,866.2	3,871.8	3,840.9
2011	3,745.6	3,755.9	3,785.1	3,828.1	3,857.9	3,907.6	3,853.8	3,830.2	3,854.0	3,866.9	3,886.4	3,894.0	3,838.8
2012	3,784.6	3,802.3	3,839.7	3,852.3	3,900.1	3,961.4	3,885.8	3,876.5	3,898.9	3,912.2	3,914.7	3,939.1	3,880.6
2013	3,826.7	3,843.8	3,876.9	3,896.7	3,938.2	3,998.0	3,935.5	3,929.0	3,942.8	3,954.9	3,979.1	3,978.9	3,925.0
2014	3,850.3	3,851.6	3,883.6	3,938.7	3,986.0	4,033.7	3,973.5	3,958.2	3,975.1	3,991.4	4,013.4	4,024.4	3,956.7
2015	3,887.4	3,894.7	3,927.3	3,968.3	4,021.1	4,069.4	4,016.2	4,002.8	4,017.4	4,048.0	4,070.9	4,076.9	4,000.0
2016	3,941.4	3,955.0	3,992.6	4,034.5	4,070.6	4,129.9	4,081.7	4,065.1	4,087.2	4,102.0	4,125.6	4,135.2	4,060.1
2017	4,007.3	4,021.6	4,044.0	4,078.1	4,135.0	4,203.7	4,129.7	4,116.1	4,132.1	4,154.3	4,178.2	4,187.4	4,115.6
2018	4,045.3	4,067.9	4,084.5	4,120.2	4,169.4	4,235.4	4,166.7	4,149.8	4,158.1	4,188.6	4,219.7	4,220.0	4,152.1
2019	4,094.1	4,104.7	4,129.1	4,162.8	4,195.3	4,261.6	4,206.5	4,187.6	4,191.2	4,215.0	4,249.0	4,247.5	4,187.0
2020	4,136.5	4,147.4	4,134.2	3,474.8	3,523.7	3,637.8	3,715.8	3,769.8	3,862.1	3,918.6	3,935.8	3,944.7	3,850.1
2021	3,849.7	3,865.5	3,902.9	3,957.8	4,003.8	4,073.0	4,058.1	4,044.7	4,069.0	4,141.6	4,181.5	4,208.2	4,029.7
2022	4,083.8	4,135.6	4,167.2	4,202.0	4,241.6	4,302.2	4,262.1	4,250.7	4,261.0	4,278.4	4,312.8	4,323.0	4,235.0
2023	4,216.0	4,232.8	4,257.1	4,267.2	4,329.0	4,407.0	4,329.4	4,315.3	4,345.6	4,365.2	4,386.5	4,396.7	4,320.7
2024	4,286.4	4,292.8	4,328.3	4,349.2	4,400.0	4,463.2	4,405.5	4,377.1	4,393.6	(p)4,405.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
Note: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).