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Camden, NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	570.4	572.1	578.0	578.9	583.4	589.5	573.8	574.4	583.5	586.2	590.4	594.6	581.3
2025	577.4	580.2	582.9	587.7	594.6	600.4	(p)591.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	21.4	21.5	22.1	22.5	23.0	23.3	23.4	23.7	23.4	23.7	23.7	22.9	22.9
2025	21.4	21.2	21.5	22.5	22.2	22.5	(p)22.6
Manufacturing
2024	40.3	40.3	40.4	40.3	40.3	40.9	40.6	40.7	40.6	40.4	40.2	40.2	40.4
2025	39.9	40.2	40.2	40.5	40.5	40.8	(p)41.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	138.3	136.1	136.0	135.4	136.2	137.7	136.3	135.6	136.5	137.5	140.8	143.5	137.5
2025	137.5	136.6	136.4	135.6	137.4	138.0	(p)137.1
Information
2024	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.0	6.1	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	6.0
2025	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.6	(p)5.6
Financial Activities
2024	29.0	29.0	29.2	29.1	29.2	29.4	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.7	30.0	29.4
2025	29.6	29.7	29.4	29.7	29.7	29.6	(p)29.9
Professional & Business Services
2024	79.4	80.3	82.3	82.5	83.4	84.3	79.9	80.0	83.4	84.3	85.0	86.2	82.6
2025	82.2	83.4	83.8	84.8	87.3	88.5	(p)89.8
Educational & Health Services
2024	108.4	109.0	110.0	110.5	111.3	111.9	111.2	111.5	112.8	113.2	114.2	115.1	111.6
2025	113.8	114.3	115.1	115.9	116.3	116.7	(p)115.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	49.5	49.3	50.8	51.4	53.7	56.2	55.2	55.0	52.3	50.4	49.4	49.4	51.9
2025	48.2	47.4	48.8	50.7	54.3	57.9	(p)57.4
Other Services
2024	20.8	20.8	21.0	21.2	21.4	21.8	21.2	21.1	21.0	21.2	21.1	21.3	21.2
2025	20.9	20.8	21.0	21.1	21.1	21.2	(p)21.3
Government
2024	76.9	79.5	79.9	79.8	78.9	77.9	70.6	71.3	78.0	80.1	80.5	80.2	77.8
2025	78.2	80.9	81.1	81.3	80.1	79.6	(p)71.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	684,460	688,308	692,446	688,691	685,798	694,443	691,833	688,467	685,193	690,157	689,944	689,716	689,121
2025	685,129	692,755	694,789	693,051	687,212	696,849	(p)696,073
Employment
2024	652,277	655,017	661,428	661,221	656,214	661,779	654,294	653,242	656,065	660,965	659,940	660,539	657,748
2025	651,670	658,290	660,863	661,270	655,449	660,890	(p)656,305
Unemployment
2024	32,183	33,291	31,018	27,470	29,584	32,664	37,539	35,225	29,128	29,192	30,004	29,177	31,373
2025	33,459	34,465	33,926	31,781	31,763	35,959	(p)39,768
Unemployment Rate
2024	4.7	4.8	4.5	4.0	4.3	4.7	5.4	5.1	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.6
2025	4.9	5.0	4.9	4.6	4.6	5.2	(p)5.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties in New Jersey.