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 |
|
2025 |
4,374.1 |
4,377.3 |
4,377.6 |
4,380.8 |
4,391.3 |
4,379.1 |
4,377.2 |
4,369.5 |
4,373.8 |
4,373.4 |
4,375.1 |
4,380.5 |
2026 |
4,384.0 |
4,375.8 |
4,378.9 |
4,386.0 |
4,387.4 |
4,383.2 |
4,357.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Construction |
|
2025 |
164.4 |
165.2 |
166.5 |
165.9 |
165.6 |
165.8 |
166.2 |
166.1 |
166.1 |
166.7 |
166.2 |
166.2 |
2026 |
168.0 |
162.1 |
162.5 |
161.2 |
162.3 |
162.6 |
161.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Manufacturing |
|
2025 |
253.5 |
253.2 |
253.3 |
253.7 |
253.6 |
252.9 |
252.1 |
251.6 |
251.5 |
250.8 |
250.3 |
249.2 |
2026 |
249.4 |
248.8 |
248.4 |
249.1 |
247.8 |
248.2 |
248.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
|
2025 |
901.6 |
903.9 |
900.7 |
900.6 |
900.3 |
897.8 |
899.2 |
898.4 |
897.2 |
894.4 |
896.0 |
895.8 |
2026 |
895.0 |
893.6 |
893.4 |
893.7 |
893.6 |
890.6 |
891.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Information |
|
2025 |
75.7 |
75.7 |
75.4 |
75.7 |
75.7 |
76.4 |
77.4 |
76.8 |
76.4 |
75.7 |
75.8 |
76.9 |
2026 |
76.1 |
74.7 |
75.2 |
74.6 |
74.0 |
73.2 |
73.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Activities |
|
2025 |
270.2 |
270.1 |
270.1 |
270.2 |
270.4 |
270.3 |
270.1 |
269.8 |
269.7 |
269.9 |
269.9 |
270.1 |
2026 |
270.2 |
268.5 |
268.0 |
268.0 |
267.6 |
267.7 |
266.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2025 |
712.7 |
713.2 |
713.1 |
712.3 |
713.7 |
711.9 |
708.5 |
707.4 |
709.4 |
706.5 |
704.2 |
707.5 |
2026 |
709.1 |
707.7 |
710.1 |
714.7 |
714.3 |
714.9 |
701.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Educational & Health Services |
|
2025 |
789.6 |
791.6 |
793.4 |
796.2 |
799.4 |
799.3 |
799.6 |
801.4 |
802.5 |
811.5 |
815.7 |
817.1 |
2026 |
818.8 |
820.3 |
823.4 |
825.9 |
826.7 |
828.7 |
826.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2025 |
408.8 |
407.5 |
408.2 |
409.1 |
415.0 |
408.1 |
408.7 |
408.3 |
407.1 |
408.9 |
407.4 |
408.2 |
2026 |
406.0 |
408.1 |
408.0 |
406.7 |
407.9 |
403.2 |
395.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other Services |
|
2025 |
170.1 |
169.7 |
169.4 |
169.6 |
169.8 |
169.7 |
169.5 |
169.3 |
169.0 |
166.8 |
166.6 |
166.5 |
2026 |
168.3 |
169.4 |
167.4 |
168.5 |
168.4 |
168.1 |
167.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Government |
|
2025 |
625.9 |
625.7 |
626.1 |
626.0 |
626.3 |
625.4 |
624.4 |
618.9 |
623.4 |
620.7 |
621.5 |
621.5 |
2026 |
621.6 |
621.1 |
621.1 |
622.2 |
623.4 |
624.5 |
624.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
2025 |
4,896,874 |
4,898,132 |
4,898,440 |
4,897,988 |
4,897,944 |
4,899,596 |
4,903,658 |
4,909,106 |
4,915,086 |
- |
4,919,896 |
4,919,038 |
2026 |
4,918,046 |
4,912,328 |
4,906,727 |
4,903,423 |
4,909,153 |
4,908,203 |
4,910,656 |
|
|
|
|
|
Employment |
|
2025 |
4,655,242 |
4,652,062 |
4,649,173 |
4,645,747 |
4,641,144 |
4,636,881 |
4,635,972 |
4,638,766 |
4,644,843 |
- |
4,655,110 |
4,655,408 |
2026 |
4,663,409 |
4,663,876 |
4,665,813 |
4,669,460 |
4,680,604 |
4,685,214 |
4,694,394 |
|
|
|
|
|
Unemployment |
|
2025 |
241,632 |
246,070 |
249,267 |
252,241 |
256,800 |
262,715 |
267,686 |
270,340 |
270,243 |
- |
264,786 |
263,630 |
2026 |
254,637 |
248,452 |
240,914 |
233,963 |
228,549 |
222,989 |
216,262 |
|
|
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate |
|
2025 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
- |
5.4 |
5.4 |
2026 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.5 |
4.4 |
|
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|
|
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United States Department of Labor
