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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

558.9 560.4 564.3 564.9 570.7 579.4 566.2 567.2 575.3 579.7 583.4 585.8 571.4

2024

572.0 571.4 575.1 578.7 584.3 591.6 585.8 584.3 586.5 (p)589.1      

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2023

22.8 22.9 23.3 23.2 23.5 23.6 23.8 23.9 23.6 23.6 23.2 23.7 23.4

2024

23.1 23.2 23.7 24.3 24.6 25.1 25.9 25.6 25.2 (p)25.6      

Manufacturing

2023

40.3 40.2 40.2 40.5 40.5 41.1 41.2 41.4 41.4 41.3 41.3 41.5 40.9

2024

41.1 41.1 40.8 40.7 41.1 41.0 40.7 40.9 40.4 (p)40.4      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

136.9 134.5 134.3 132.9 134.7 136.1 134.8 135.6 136.9 138.1 140.5 142.2 136.5

2024

136.1 134.2 133.9 134.5 135.3 136.6 136.6 135.6 135.6 (p)136.7      

Information

2023

6.4 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.6 6.4 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3

2024

6.2 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.1 (p)6.1      

Financial Activities

2023

29.7 29.7 29.9 29.9 30.0 30.1 30.1 30.1 30.0 30.2 29.8 29.9 30.0

2024

29.5 29.7 29.7 29.8 29.9 30.0 29.9 30.0 30.0 (p)29.8      

Professional & Business Services

2023

78.5 78.9 80.5 81.8 82.0 83.2 78.8 77.9 80.5 81.7 82.9 82.2 80.7

2024

80.3 79.7 80.7 81.7 82.5 83.6 82.9 82.6 83.6 (p)84.2      

Educational & Health Services

2023

103.8 104.6 105.2 105.1 106.1 108.3 107.6 107.9 108.7 109.3 110.8 111.6 107.4

2024

111.2 111.7 112.8 112.6 113.7 114.5 114.4 114.9 115.5 (p)116.2      

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

47.0 47.4 48.4 48.9 51.0 54.3 54.3 54.1 52.2 50.5 49.6 49.2 50.6

2024

47.4 46.7 48.1 49.6 51.9 54.9 56.6 55.4 51.6 (p)49.5      

Other Services

2023

20.2 20.3 20.4 20.7 21.0 21.4 21.0 21.0 20.9 21.0 21.1 21.2 20.9

2024

20.9 20.7 20.8 20.9 21.2 21.6 21.2 21.2 20.8 (p)21.1      

Government

2023

73.3 75.4 75.8 75.7 75.3 74.9 68.5 69.1 74.7 77.7 77.9 78.0 74.7

2024

76.2 78.1 78.4 78.4 77.8 78.1 71.4 71.9 77.7 (p)79.5      

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

2023

688,300 692,314 695,521 691,722 691,054 695,188 693,475 692,015 689,171 693,860 695,461 694,301 692,698

2024

688,857 694,118 697,957 696,522 689,255 701,908 708,706 704,989 690,910 (p)698,580      

Employment

2023

658,895 661,532 666,810 666,703 661,694 663,449 659,787 658,208 658,585 663,409 665,820 663,144 662,336

2024

654,273 659,813 666,036 668,896 659,051 669,238 670,537 667,132 662,952 (p)670,176      

Unemployment

2023

29,405 30,782 28,711 25,019 29,360 31,739 33,688 33,807 30,586 30,451 29,641 31,157 30,362

2024

34,584 34,305 31,921 27,626 30,204 32,670 38,169 37,857 27,958 (p)28,404      

Unemployment Rate

2023

4.3 4.4 4.1 3.6 4.2 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.4

2024

5.0 4.9 4.6 4.0 4.4 4.7 5.4 5.4 4.0 (p)4.1      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties in New Jersey.

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Burlington County, N.J.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

250,409 251,795 253,085 251,914 251,589 253,134 252,493 252,134 251,313 253,135 253,359 252,692 252,255

2024

250,375 252,375 253,972 253,717 251,140 255,676 257,974 256,925 252,127 (p)254,799      

Employment

2023

240,933 241,804 243,644 243,664 242,007 242,693 241,355 240,948 241,147 243,001 243,627 242,702 242,294

2024

239,195 241,199 243,417 244,613 241,125 244,818 245,262 244,268 242,763 (p)245,294      

Unemployment

2023

9,476 9,991 9,441 8,250 9,582 10,441 11,138 11,186 10,166 10,134 9,732 9,990 9,961

2024

11,180 11,176 10,555 9,104 10,015 10,858 12,712 12,657 9,364 (p)9,505      

Unemployment Rate

2023

3.8 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.0 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.9

2024

4.5 4.4 4.2 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.9 4.9 3.7 (p)3.7      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Camden County, N.J.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

274,450 276,172 277,415 275,811 275,687 277,204 276,555 275,878 274,635 276,397 277,149 276,883 276,187

2024

274,887 276,950 278,395 277,585 274,660 279,714 282,618 280,998 275,182 (p)278,308      

Employment

2023

261,580 262,707 264,860 264,750 262,605 263,284 261,828 261,069 261,188 263,028 264,193 263,129 262,852

2024

259,776 261,989 264,524 265,506 261,520 265,575 266,105 264,576 262,889 (p)265,866      

Unemployment

2023

12,870 13,465 12,555 11,061 13,082 13,920 14,727 14,809 13,447 13,369 12,956 13,754 13,335

2024

15,111 14,961 13,871 12,079 13,140 14,139 16,513 16,422 12,293 (p)12,442      

Unemployment Rate

2023

4.7 4.9 4.5 4.0 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.8

2024

5.5 5.4 5.0 4.4 4.8 5.1 5.8 5.8 4.5 (p)4.5      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Gloucester County, N.J.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

163,441 164,347 165,021 163,997 163,778 164,850 164,427 164,003 163,223 164,328 164,953 164,726 164,258

2024

163,595 164,793 165,590 165,220 163,455 166,518 168,114 167,066 163,601 (p)165,473      

Employment

2023

156,382 157,021 158,306 158,289 157,082 157,472 156,604 156,191 156,250 157,380 158,000 157,313 157,191

2024

155,302 156,625 158,095 158,777 156,406 158,845 159,170 158,288 157,300 (p)159,016      

Unemployment

2023

7,059 7,326 6,715 5,708 6,696 7,378 7,823 7,812 6,973 6,948 6,953 7,413 7,067

2024

8,293 8,168 7,495 6,443 7,049 7,673 8,944 8,778 6,301 (p)6,457      

Unemployment Rate

2023

4.3 4.5 4.1 3.5 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.3

2024

5.1 5.0 4.5 3.9 4.3 4.6 5.3 5.3 3.9 (p)3.9      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary