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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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2024	4,351.5	4,356.2	4,360.0	4,362.3	4,369.2	4,375.6	4,360.6	4,360.3	4,375.4	4,376.6	4,376.2	4,393.8
2025	4,382.8	4,396.5	4,393.5	(p)4,398.3
Construction
2024	165.6	165.2	165.7	165.2	164.9	165.1	164.3	165.0	165.3	165.5	166.2	164.8
2025	164.4	164.5	162.7	(p)161.9
Manufacturing
2024	254.7	254.6	254.9	255.4	255.5	255.8	255.3	255.6	255.9	256.1	256.0	256.6
2025	256.2	256.0	255.2	(p)256.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	908.8	906.0	905.4	906.8	907.2	905.6	903.7	902.7	904.2	902.7	900.7	903.4
2025	904.5	906.4	905.5	(p)904.4
Information
2024	78.3	78.0	78.3	77.8	76.8	76.6	76.0	75.9	76.1	73.6	73.2	74.0
2025	73.7	73.5	73.1	(p)73.4
Financial Activities
2024	270.0	269.7	269.7	269.9	269.7	271.1	269.3	269.0	269.9	271.2	271.8	272.7
2025	271.5	270.2	270.0	(p)271.6
Professional & Business Services
2024	713.4	712.5	712.4	708.3	710.1	711.0	705.2	706.6	707.8	705.5	701.0	708.6
2025	707.3	708.5	706.3	(p)704.4
Educational & Health Services
2024	769.3	772.1	775.3	779.2	782.0	784.8	786.2	789.2	792.8	795.6	801.2	804.1
2025	805.0	808.4	813.4	(p)820.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	405.1	405.6	405.9	406.1	407.5	409.5	405.5	401.5	406.3	408.2	409.8	411.1
2025	409.6	407.6	404.1	(p)401.3
Other Services
2024	172.8	172.9	173.3	173.4	173.9	174.5	173.7	173.4	173.2	175.3	174.7	176.0
2025	175.5	174.9	175.7	(p)175.9
Government
2024	612.1	618.1	617.7	618.7	620.1	620.1	619.9	619.9	622.4	621.4	620.1	621.0
2025	613.6	625.0	626.1	(p)627.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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
2024	(r)4,876,755	(r)4,881,124	(r)4,887,906	(r)4,895,749	(r)4,903,227	(r)4,908,736	(r)4,910,706	(r)4,909,638	(r)4,907,142	(r)4,904,466	(r)4,903,351	(r)4,903,331
2025	4,898,499	4,897,945	4,897,266	(p)4,899,755
Employment
2024	(r)4,660,831	(r)4,665,741	(r)4,671,305	(r)4,676,713	(r)4,681,620	(r)4,684,975	(r)4,685,420	(r)4,683,712	(r)4,681,283	(r)4,678,938	(r)4,678,009	(r)4,678,030
2025	4,673,290	4,672,171	4,668,218	(p)4,665,361
Unemployment
2024	(r)215,924	(r)215,383	(r)216,601	(r)219,036	(r)221,607	(r)223,761	(r)225,286	(r)225,926	(r)225,859	(r)225,528	(r)225,342	(r)225,301
2025	225,209	225,774	229,048	(p)234,394
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)4.4	(r)4.4	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.5	(r)4.6	(r)4.6	(r)4.6	(r)4.6	(r)4.6	(r)4.6	(r)4.6
2025	4.6	4.6	4.7	(p)4.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised