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Local Area Unemployment Statistics - New Jersey

Status of the Civilian Labor Force - New Jersey

Civilian Labor Force - Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	4,608,942	4,613,440	4,615,485	4,615,927	4,616,116	4,615,959	4,615,331	4,614,705	4,614,140	4,612,396	4,609,536	4,607,400
2017	4,607,318	4,609,280	4,612,471	4,616,364	4,619,842	4,622,054	4,622,218	4,619,239	4,613,608	4,606,841	4,599,881	4,593,657
2018	4,590,359	4,592,098	4,598,161	4,605,163	4,610,201	4,612,096	4,611,059	4,609,237	4,608,780	4,611,131	4,616,532	4,623,928
2019	4,631,274	4,637,559	4,643,984	4,652,828	4,665,140	4,680,591	4,697,847	4,715,055	4,731,072	4,745,300	4,757,345	4,764,786
2020	4,765,234	4,757,142	4,742,018	4,478,993	4,571,265	4,628,508	4,732,543	4,754,575	4,520,716	4,552,900	4,591,781	4,616,267
2021	(r)4,652,771	(r)4,661,369	(r)4,668,964	(r)4,680,821	(r)4,679,443	(r)4,698,261	(r)4,689,232	(r)4,688,530	(r)4,671,240	(r)4,668,565	(r)4,664,712	(r)4,674,910
2022	(r)4,697,367	(r)4,709,911	(r)4,723,290	(r)4,742,255	(r)4,756,383	(r)4,772,837	(r)4,784,248	(r)4,795,054	(r)4,805,077	(r)4,816,597	(r)4,828,801	(r)4,840,718
2023	(r)4,852,074	(r)4,862,743	(r)4,871,773	(r)4,878,412	(r)4,882,307	(r)4,884,148	(r)4,885,306	(r)4,885,787	(r)4,885,370	(r)4,884,539	(r)4,884,646	(r)4,885,869
2024	(r)4,887,577	(r)4,890,460	(r)4,895,118	(r)4,900,580	(r)4,905,629	(r)4,908,702	(r)4,908,756	(r)4,906,661	(r)4,903,661	(r)4,900,103	(r)4,897,135	(r)4,896,083
2025	(r)4,896,874	(r)4,898,132	(r)4,898,440	(r)4,897,988	(r)4,897,944	(r)4,899,596	(r)4,903,658	(r)4,909,106	(r)4,915,086	(1)-	(r)4,919,896	(r)4,919,038
2026	(p)4,918,065
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Employment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	4,380,800	4,384,641	4,385,513	4,384,603	4,383,590	4,383,136	4,383,494	4,384,607	4,385,808	4,386,458	4,387,598	4,390,595
2017	4,395,510	4,401,732	4,407,830	4,412,814	4,415,756	4,415,854	4,412,977	4,407,512	4,400,750	4,394,376	4,388,931	4,385,709
2018	4,386,416	4,392,094	4,401,537	4,411,555	4,419,465	4,424,839	4,428,154	4,430,703	4,433,869	4,439,032	4,446,827	4,456,667
2019	4,467,242	4,478,287	4,490,012	4,503,205	4,517,290	4,530,891	4,542,822	4,552,738	4,561,908	4,569,881	4,576,022	4,578,023
2020	4,573,720	4,562,044	4,546,335	3,808,817	3,865,414	3,957,596	4,048,735	4,121,175	4,185,335	4,229,192	4,260,768	4,279,403
2021	(r)4,310,263	(r)4,318,620	(r)4,329,549	(r)4,341,063	(r)4,351,396	(r)4,359,376	(r)4,365,323	(r)4,372,295	(r)4,379,930	(r)4,390,941	(r)4,403,061	(r)4,416,179
2022	(r)4,452,878	(r)4,487,500	(r)4,518,518	(r)4,547,735	(r)4,575,022	(r)4,601,191	(r)4,625,256	(r)4,648,026	(r)4,647,071	(r)4,648,058	(r)4,651,268	(r)4,656,276
2023	(r)4,661,988	(r)4,667,903	(r)4,672,825	(r)4,675,502	(r)4,674,982	(r)4,672,412	(r)4,669,515	(r)4,666,708	(r)4,664,215	(r)4,662,513	(r)4,662,433	(r)4,664,067
2024	(r)4,666,903	(r)4,670,463	(r)4,674,073	(r)4,677,203	(r)4,679,875	(r)4,681,207	(r)4,680,124	(r)4,677,402	(r)4,673,790	(r)4,669,184	(r)4,663,984	(r)4,659,143
2025	(r)4,655,242	(r)4,652,062	(r)4,649,173	(r)4,645,747	(r)4,641,144	(r)4,636,881	(r)4,635,972	(r)4,638,766	(r)4,644,843	(1)-	(r)4,655,110	(r)4,655,408
2026	(p)4,663,409
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Unemployment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	228,142	228,799	229,972	231,324	232,526	232,823	231,837	230,098	228,332	225,938	221,938	216,805
2017	211,808	207,548	204,641	203,550	204,086	206,200	209,241	211,727	212,858	212,465	210,950	207,948
2018	203,943	200,004	196,624	193,608	190,736	187,257	182,905	178,534	174,911	172,099	169,705	167,261
2019	164,032	159,272	153,972	149,623	147,850	149,700	155,025	162,317	169,164	175,419	181,323	186,763
2020	191,514	195,098	195,683	670,176	705,851	670,912	683,808	633,400	335,381	323,708	331,013	336,864
2021	(r)342,508	(r)342,749	(r)339,415	(r)339,758	(r)328,047	(r)338,885	(r)323,909	(r)316,235	(r)291,310	(r)277,624	(r)261,651	(r)258,731
2022	(r)244,489	(r)222,411	(r)204,772	(r)194,520	(r)181,361	(r)171,646	(r)158,992	(r)147,028	(r)158,006	(r)168,539	(r)177,533	(r)184,442
2023	(r)190,086	(r)194,840	(r)198,948	(r)202,910	(r)207,325	(r)211,736	(r)215,791	(r)219,079	(r)221,155	(r)222,026	(r)222,213	(r)221,802
2024	(r)220,674	(r)219,997	(r)221,045	(r)223,377	(r)225,754	(r)227,495	(r)228,632	(r)229,259	(r)229,871	(r)230,919	(r)233,151	(r)236,940
2025	(r)241,632	(r)246,070	(r)249,267	(r)252,241	(r)256,800	(r)262,715	(r)267,686	(r)270,340	(r)270,243	(1)-	(r)264,786	(r)263,630
2026	(p)254,656
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.7
2017	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5
2018	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6
2019	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.9
2020	4.0	4.1	4.1	15.0	15.4	14.5	14.4	13.3	7.4	7.1	7.2	7.3
2021	(r)7.4	(r)7.4	(r)7.3	(r)7.3	(r)7.0	(r)7.2	(r)6.9	(r)6.7	(r)6.2	(r)5.9	(r)5.6	(r)5.5
2022	(r)5.2	(r)4.7	(r)4.3	(r)4.1	(r)3.8	(r)3.6	(r)3.3	(r)3.1	(r)3.3	(r)3.5	(r)3.7	(r)3.8
2023	(r)3.9	(r)4.0	(r)4.1	(r)4.2	(r)4.2	(r)4.3	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.5	(r)4.5	(r)4.5	(r)4.5
2024	(r)4.5	(r)4.5	(r)4.5	(r)4.6	(r)4.6	(r)4.6	(r)4.7	(r)4.7	(r)4.7	(r)4.7	(r)4.8	(r)4.8
2025	(r)4.9	(r)5.0	(r)5.1	(r)5.1	(r)5.2	(r)5.4	(r)5.5	(r)5.5	(r)5.5	(1)-	(r)5.4	(r)5.4
2026	(p)5.2
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Civilian Labor Force - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	4,564,995	4,606,207	4,629,073	4,605,275	4,603,864	4,657,613	4,684,104	4,634,803	4,587,701	4,603,549	4,585,680	4,591,644	4,612,876
2017	4,578,118	4,604,284	4,610,100	4,611,386	4,607,636	4,660,357	4,681,724	4,641,194	4,592,329	4,594,878	4,584,541	4,577,897	4,612,037
2018	4,558,443	4,605,121	4,595,266	4,578,741	4,589,961	4,666,826	4,683,277	4,611,979	4,564,339	4,606,627	4,605,239	4,623,414	4,607,436
2019	4,617,778	4,646,118	4,645,047	4,618,400	4,641,166	4,709,967	4,759,041	4,730,719	4,701,189	4,744,133	4,744,867	4,760,044	4,693,206
2020	4,751,285	4,776,932	4,756,332	4,459,348	4,517,302	4,655,600	4,757,477	4,791,100	4,488,599	4,577,858	4,593,980	4,598,581	4,643,700
2021	(r)4,625,574	(r)4,662,958	(r)4,675,545	(r)4,659,411	(r)4,651,004	(r)4,728,783	(r)4,754,952	(r)4,702,953	(r)4,632,825	(r)4,660,886	(r)4,662,769	(r)4,676,560	(r)4,674,518
2022	(r)4,669,786	(r)4,705,590	(r)4,736,369	(r)4,723,407	(r)4,738,939	(r)4,799,149	(r)4,826,703	(r)4,827,519	(r)4,772,771	(r)4,821,440	(r)4,809,311	(r)4,830,390	(r)4,771,781
2023	(r)4,825,197	(r)4,869,158	(r)4,882,660	(r)4,854,302	(r)4,863,870	(r)4,924,678	(r)4,933,434	(r)4,914,908	(r)4,849,981	(r)4,877,156	(r)4,883,431	(r)4,872,637	(r)4,879,285
2024	(r)4,845,834	(r)4,887,100	(r)4,911,632	(r)4,890,681	(r)4,873,096	(r)4,951,239	(r)4,977,534	(r)4,935,126	(r)4,859,526	(r)4,895,347	(r)4,882,488	(r)4,883,002	(r)4,899,384
2025	(r)4,865,122	(r)4,892,551	(r)4,905,949	(r)4,900,864	(r)4,873,350	(r)4,937,516	(r)4,956,807	(r)4,924,658	(r)4,886,509	(1)-	(r)4,918,239	(r)4,900,403	(2)(r)4,905,633
2026	(p)4,862,147
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Employment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	4,329,824	4,363,710	4,384,291	4,379,442	4,381,242	4,420,656	4,424,691	4,396,004	4,363,219	4,391,879	4,390,773	4,394,026	4,384,980
2017	4,349,196	4,373,729	4,402,971	4,421,899	4,407,172	4,450,044	4,449,197	4,417,556	4,386,761	4,400,991	4,390,757	4,393,570	4,403,654
2018	4,338,342	4,380,344	4,386,341	4,400,008	4,416,492	4,465,669	4,471,963	4,425,758	4,402,282	4,456,901	4,464,012	4,468,078	4,423,016
2019	4,425,729	4,462,146	4,480,552	4,488,996	4,503,826	4,557,620	4,577,515	4,558,742	4,545,990	4,586,021	4,583,342	4,589,409	4,529,991
2020	4,544,443	4,571,873	4,520,249	3,817,061	3,812,152	3,977,817	4,047,033	4,168,222	4,161,508	4,275,702	4,276,039	4,279,507	4,204,301
2021	(r)4,263,512	(r)4,298,172	(r)4,325,702	(r)4,335,750	(r)4,336,767	(r)4,373,900	(r)4,404,129	(r)4,379,831	(r)4,350,570	(r)4,404,686	(r)4,421,925	(r)4,438,821	(r)4,361,147
2022	(r)4,404,765	(r)4,464,527	(r)4,523,042	(r)4,543,631	(r)4,567,724	(r)4,618,650	(r)4,644,263	(r)4,663,102	(r)4,631,193	(r)4,666,749	(r)4,649,141	(r)4,663,310	(r)4,586,675
2023	(r)4,619,874	(r)4,652,575	(r)4,678,868	(r)4,678,107	(r)4,658,785	(r)4,700,111	(r)4,698,675	(r)4,677,497	(r)4,637,147	(r)4,666,673	(r)4,683,769	(r)4,667,466	(r)4,668,296
2024	(r)4,614,012	(r)4,648,263	(r)4,684,110	(r)4,689,863	(r)4,660,632	(r)4,714,626	(r)4,710,702	(r)4,684,118	(r)4,649,626	(r)4,680,529	(r)4,662,926	(r)4,665,660	(r)4,672,089
2025	(r)4,614,510	(r)4,628,529	(r)4,649,170	(r)4,664,511	(r)4,629,767	(r)4,672,919	(r)4,663,647	(r)4,637,407	(r)4,606,191	(1)-	(r)4,687,020	(r)4,679,818	(2)(r)4,648,499
2026	(p)4,626,213
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Unemployment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	235,171	242,497	244,782	225,833	222,622	236,957	259,413	238,799	224,482	211,670	194,907	197,618	227,896
2017	228,922	230,555	207,129	189,487	200,464	210,313	232,527	223,638	205,568	193,887	193,784	184,327	208,383
2018	220,101	224,777	208,925	178,733	173,469	201,157	211,314	186,221	162,057	149,726	141,227	155,336	184,420
2019	192,049	183,972	164,495	129,404	137,340	152,347	181,526	171,977	155,199	158,112	161,525	170,635	163,215
2020	206,842	205,059	236,083	642,287	705,150	677,783	710,444	622,878	327,091	302,156	317,941	319,074	439,399
2021	(r)362,062	(r)364,786	(r)349,843	(r)323,661	(r)314,237	(r)354,883	(r)350,823	(r)323,122	(r)282,255	(r)256,200	(r)240,844	(r)237,739	(r)313,371
2022	(r)265,021	(r)241,063	(r)213,327	(r)179,776	(r)171,215	(r)180,499	(r)182,440	(r)164,417	(r)141,578	(r)154,691	(r)160,170	(r)167,080	(r)185,106
2023	(r)205,323	(r)216,583	(r)203,792	(r)176,195	(r)205,085	(r)224,567	(r)234,759	(r)237,411	(r)212,834	(r)210,483	(r)199,662	(r)205,171	(r)210,989
2024	(r)231,822	(r)238,837	(r)227,522	(r)200,818	(r)212,464	(r)236,613	(r)266,832	(r)251,008	(r)209,900	(r)214,818	(r)219,562	(r)217,342	(r)227,295
2025	(r)250,612	(r)264,022	(r)256,779	(r)236,353	(r)243,583	(r)264,597	(r)293,160	(r)287,251	(r)280,318	(1)-	(r)231,219	(r)220,585	(2)(r)257,134
2026	(p)235,934
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Unemployment Rate - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	5.2	5.3	5.3	4.9	4.8	5.1	5.5	5.2	4.9	4.6	4.3	4.3	4.9
2017	5.0	5.0	4.5	4.1	4.4	4.5	5.0	4.8	4.5	4.2	4.2	4.0	4.5
2018	4.8	4.9	4.5	3.9	3.8	4.3	4.5	4.0	3.6	3.3	3.1	3.4	4.0
2019	4.2	4.0	3.5	2.8	3.0	3.2	3.8	3.6	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.5
2020	4.4	4.3	5.0	14.4	15.6	14.6	14.9	13.0	7.3	6.6	6.9	6.9	9.5
2021	(r)7.8	(r)7.8	(r)7.5	(r)6.9	(r)6.8	(r)7.5	(r)7.4	(r)6.9	(r)6.1	(r)5.5	(r)5.2	(r)5.1	(r)6.7
2022	(r)5.7	(r)5.1	(r)4.5	(r)3.8	(r)3.6	(r)3.8	(r)3.8	(r)3.4	(r)3.0	(r)3.2	(r)3.3	(r)3.5	(r)3.9
2023	(r)4.3	(r)4.4	(r)4.2	(r)3.6	(r)4.2	(r)4.6	(r)4.8	(r)4.8	(r)4.4	(r)4.3	(r)4.1	(r)4.2	(r)4.3
2024	(r)4.8	(r)4.9	(r)4.6	(r)4.1	(r)4.4	(r)4.8	(r)5.4	(r)5.1	(r)4.3	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.5	(r)4.6
2025	(r)5.2	(r)5.4	(r)5.2	(r)4.8	(r)5.0	(r)5.4	(r)5.9	(r)5.8	(r)5.7	(1)-	(r)4.7	(r)4.5	(2)(r)5.2
2026	(p)4.9
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).