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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
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	(p)4,386.5
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	(p)167.8
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	(p)249.7
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	(p)896.2
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	(p)76.3
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	(p)269.7
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	(p)710.1
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	(p)818.9
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	(p)406.4
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	(p)168.0
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	(p)621.9
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
2025	(r)4,896,874	(r)4,898,132	(r)4,898,440	(r)4,897,988	(r)4,897,944	(r)4,899,596	(r)4,903,658	(r)4,909,106	(r)4,915,086	(1)-	(r)4,919,896	(r)4,919,038
2026	(p)4,918,065
Employment
2025	(r)4,655,242	(r)4,652,062	(r)4,649,173	(r)4,645,747	(r)4,641,144	(r)4,636,881	(r)4,635,972	(r)4,638,766	(r)4,644,843	(1)-	(r)4,655,110	(r)4,655,408
2026	(p)4,663,409
Unemployment
2025	(r)241,632	(r)246,070	(r)249,267	(r)252,241	(r)256,800	(r)262,715	(r)267,686	(r)270,340	(r)270,243	(1)-	(r)264,786	(r)263,630
2026	(p)254,656
Unemployment Rate
2025	(r)4.9	(r)5.0	(r)5.1	(r)5.1	(r)5.2	(r)5.4	(r)5.5	(r)5.5	(r)5.5	(1)-	(r)5.4	(r)5.4
2026	(p)5.2
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised