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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
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	(p)4,332.3
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	(p)166.9
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	(p)253.3
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	(p)923.3
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	(p)76.7
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	(p)258.6
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	(p)729.1
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	(p)770.2
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	(p)399.2
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	(p)167.8
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	(p)585.4
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
2022	(r)4,678,306	(r)4,693,448	(r)4,706,634	(r)4,725,353	(r)4,740,508	(r)4,752,862	(r)4,758,983	(r)4,762,369	(r)4,763,708	(r)4,764,810	(r)4,764,624	(r)4,764,691
2023	4,778,908	4,796,374	4,814,879	(p)4,832,677
Employment
2022	(r)4,439,967	(r)4,477,726	(r)4,511,597	(r)4,542,322	(r)4,568,268	(r)4,589,644	(r)4,605,705	(r)4,619,344	(r)4,611,149	(r)4,606,149	(r)4,605,955	(r)4,607,487
2023	4,615,244	4,627,539	4,644,165	(p)4,662,560
Unemployment
2022	(r)238,339	(r)215,722	(r)195,037	(r)183,031	(r)172,240	(r)163,218	(r)153,278	(r)143,025	(r)152,559	(r)158,661	(r)158,669	(r)157,204
2023	163,664	168,835	170,714	(p)170,117
Unemployment Rate
2022	(r)5.1	(r)4.6	(r)4.1	(r)3.9	(r)3.6	(r)3.4	(r)3.2	(r)3.0	(r)3.2	(r)3.3	(r)3.3	(r)3.3
2023	3.4	3.5	3.5	(p)3.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised