New Jersey: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted
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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
|
New Jersey |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total Nonfarm |
|
2022 |
4,172.5 |
4,216.0 |
4,225.6 |
4,233.2 |
4,242.2 |
4,239.6 |
4,261.8 |
4,274.9 |
4,282.4 |
4,267.3 |
4,291.7 |
4,297.4 |
2023 |
4,316.8 |
4,313.7 |
4,316.5 |
4,326.0 |
4,337.7 |
4,334.1 |
4,329.9 |
4,339.7 |
4,346.4 |
4,353.0 |
|
|
Construction |
|
2022 |
162.1 |
165.0 |
163.7 |
163.1 |
163.2 |
163.4 |
164.1 |
164.6 |
164.6 |
161.8 |
164.4 |
163.2 |
2023 |
166.2 |
166.1 |
166.6 |
166.6 |
165.8 |
166.5 |
168.1 |
166.9 |
164.5 |
164.5 |
|
|
Manufacturing |
|
2022 |
245.0 |
247.8 |
248.3 |
249.6 |
250.2 |
251.1 |
252.0 |
252.2 |
252.5 |
251.5 |
251.2 |
252.0 |
2023 |
253.8 |
253.7 |
253.4 |
253.2 |
253.2 |
252.7 |
252.6 |
253.3 |
253.8 |
253.6 |
|
|
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
|
2022 |
896.1 |
912.6 |
913.7 |
915.2 |
912.2 |
912.2 |
915.2 |
917.4 |
917.8 |
915.6 |
919.7 |
921.7 |
2023 |
921.5 |
919.8 |
919.7 |
922.3 |
921.6 |
921.1 |
921.9 |
920.5 |
919.6 |
920.3 |
|
|
Information |
|
2022 |
72.8 |
73.5 |
74.3 |
75.3 |
76.2 |
76.3 |
77.0 |
77.5 |
77.1 |
76.0 |
76.1 |
76.5 |
2023 |
76.3 |
76.5 |
77.0 |
76.5 |
77.2 |
77.6 |
77.6 |
78.2 |
77.5 |
77.6 |
|
|
Financial Activities |
|
2022 |
256.3 |
257.2 |
258.2 |
258.8 |
260.0 |
260.3 |
260.9 |
261.4 |
262.1 |
258.5 |
259.1 |
259.0 |
2023 |
259.5 |
259.4 |
258.0 |
259.0 |
259.3 |
258.9 |
259.3 |
259.5 |
258.9 |
258.8 |
|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2022 |
719.5 |
723.3 |
725.3 |
723.6 |
725.0 |
718.8 |
728.9 |
729.4 |
729.8 |
721.8 |
727.0 |
725.4 |
2023 |
724.8 |
722.6 |
721.5 |
725.3 |
725.1 |
719.5 |
713.9 |
714.5 |
714.6 |
716.6 |
|
|
Educational & Health Services |
|
2022 |
713.1 |
720.1 |
721.0 |
724.8 |
728.2 |
729.1 |
732.8 |
735.8 |
739.2 |
745.5 |
752.5 |
756.5 |
2023 |
764.3 |
766.5 |
767.5 |
771.0 |
776.7 |
778.3 |
780.0 |
783.6 |
790.9 |
791.0 |
|
|
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2022 |
363.0 |
368.6 |
372.1 |
373.6 |
376.5 |
379.2 |
382.6 |
384.6 |
386.6 |
385.8 |
387.9 |
387.5 |
2023 |
393.0 |
393.2 |
398.0 |
397.8 |
399.7 |
401.3 |
396.5 |
397.4 |
398.4 |
400.2 |
|
|
Other Services |
|
2022 |
161.0 |
163.0 |
163.7 |
163.8 |
164.4 |
164.8 |
165.5 |
166.1 |
166.8 |
167.8 |
169.8 |
170.6 |
2023 |
169.4 |
167.9 |
167.6 |
168.3 |
169.6 |
170.1 |
167.9 |
169.9 |
169.5 |
170.5 |
|
|
Government |
|
2022 |
582.0 |
583.2 |
583.7 |
583.7 |
584.6 |
582.7 |
581.1 |
584.2 |
584.2 |
581.3 |
582.3 |
583.3 |
2023 |
586.2 |
586.3 |
585.5 |
584.2 |
587.7 |
586.3 |
590.3 |
594.1 |
596.9 |
598.1 |
|
|
Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
|
New Jersey |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Labor Force |
|
2022 |
4,678,306 |
4,693,448 |
4,706,634 |
4,725,353 |
4,740,508 |
4,752,862 |
4,758,983 |
4,762,369 |
4,763,708 |
4,764,810 |
4,764,624 |
4,764,691 |
2023 |
4,778,908 |
4,796,374 |
4,814,879 |
4,833,049 |
4,850,743 |
4,867,373 |
4,875,778 |
4,877,694 |
4,871,803 |
4,858,948 |
|
|
Employment |
|
2022 |
4,439,967 |
4,477,726 |
4,511,597 |
4,542,322 |
4,568,268 |
4,589,644 |
4,605,705 |
4,619,344 |
4,611,149 |
4,606,149 |
4,605,955 |
4,607,487 |
2023 |
4,615,244 |
4,627,539 |
4,644,165 |
4,662,494 |
4,676,028 |
4,684,874 |
4,685,770 |
4,674,354 |
4,657,509 |
4,635,785 |
|
|
Unemployment |
|
2022 |
238,339 |
215,722 |
195,037 |
183,031 |
172,240 |
163,218 |
153,278 |
143,025 |
152,559 |
158,661 |
158,669 |
157,204 |
2023 |
163,664 |
168,835 |
170,714 |
170,555 |
174,715 |
182,499 |
190,008 |
203,340 |
214,294 |
223,163 |
|
|
Unemployment Rate |
|
2022 |
5.1 |
4.6 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
2023 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.9 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
4.6 |
|
|
United States Department of Labor
