New Jersey: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted
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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
|
New Jersey |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
|
2024 |
4,270.6 |
4,291.4 |
4,320.1 |
4,341.8 |
4,383.3 |
4,452.0 |
4,364.2 |
4,344.5 |
4,382.0 |
4,393.3 |
4,410.9 |
4,427.6 |
4,365.1 |
2025 |
4,300.4 |
4,321.1 |
4,334.2 |
4,368.5 |
4,410.2 |
4,455.9 |
4,411.4 |
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Mining & Logging |
|
2024 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
2025 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
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|
|
|
|
Construction |
|
2024 |
156.1 |
156.5 |
160.0 |
163.8 |
166.4 |
169.2 |
168.6 |
169.6 |
168.6 |
169.9 |
169.6 |
163.9 |
165.2 |
2025 |
154.0 |
153.2 |
155.7 |
161.2 |
160.4 |
160.9 |
161.4 |
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|
|
|
|
Manufacturing |
|
2024 |
252.6 |
253.0 |
254.0 |
254.2 |
254.9 |
257.6 |
256.7 |
256.6 |
255.8 |
255.5 |
255.5 |
257.2 |
255.3 |
2025 |
254.2 |
254.8 |
254.6 |
255.4 |
255.8 |
258.1 |
259.1 |
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|
|
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
|
2024 |
907.2 |
893.6 |
895.2 |
892.4 |
899.0 |
908.6 |
898.6 |
895.3 |
899.5 |
906.6 |
918.8 |
931.8 |
903.9 |
2025 |
900.9 |
894.6 |
892.1 |
888.7 |
895.1 |
899.9 |
895.3 |
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|
|
|
|
Information |
|
2024 |
77.6 |
77.8 |
78.0 |
77.3 |
76.7 |
77.2 |
76.3 |
77.1 |
76.1 |
74.0 |
73.2 |
73.7 |
76.3 |
2025 |
72.3 |
72.7 |
72.2 |
71.7 |
71.8 |
72.1 |
71.9 |
|
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|
|
|
|
Financial Activities |
|
2024 |
267.1 |
267.0 |
267.9 |
267.9 |
268.6 |
273.2 |
272.5 |
272.2 |
270.6 |
270.6 |
271.3 |
273.6 |
270.2 |
2025 |
269.1 |
268.7 |
267.8 |
269.1 |
270.0 |
273.1 |
275.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2024 |
696.1 |
698.1 |
703.8 |
709.2 |
714.4 |
722.6 |
706.5 |
705.0 |
712.5 |
712.9 |
711.9 |
715.7 |
709.1 |
2025 |
688.0 |
690.8 |
693.2 |
702.6 |
710.1 |
717.5 |
723.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Educational & Health Services |
|
2024 |
765.7 |
774.4 |
780.6 |
783.2 |
787.4 |
788.4 |
772.5 |
768.1 |
789.2 |
797.8 |
807.0 |
809.9 |
785.4 |
2025 |
800.8 |
810.8 |
816.0 |
820.8 |
820.6 |
819.1 |
809.2 |
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|
|
|
|
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2024 |
370.3 |
371.6 |
379.9 |
389.5 |
413.6 |
446.0 |
450.3 |
444.2 |
417.7 |
398.1 |
392.4 |
391.1 |
405.4 |
2025 |
371.2 |
369.2 |
374.9 |
387.2 |
419.7 |
446.7 |
459.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Services |
|
2024 |
168.9 |
169.6 |
171.0 |
173.1 |
175.5 |
179.5 |
176.9 |
175.9 |
172.4 |
175.0 |
174.5 |
175.6 |
174.0 |
2025 |
172.8 |
171.7 |
173.1 |
175.2 |
176.1 |
177.4 |
177.9 |
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|
|
|
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Government |
|
2024 |
607.6 |
628.4 |
628.3 |
629.7 |
625.3 |
628.2 |
583.8 |
579.0 |
618.1 |
631.4 |
635.2 |
633.6 |
619.1 |
2025 |
615.7 |
633.2 |
633.2 |
635.1 |
629.1 |
629.6 |
576.8 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
|
New Jersey |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Labor Force |
|
2024 |
4,840,049 |
4,877,205 |
4,903,691 |
4,885,809 |
4,873,081 |
4,951,078 |
4,974,752 |
4,933,691 |
4,867,052 |
4,898,713 |
4,884,427 |
4,886,545 |
4,898,008 |
2025 |
4,850,144 |
4,899,840 |
4,909,250 |
4,894,932 |
4,850,466 |
4,922,088 |
4,941,777 |
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|
|
|
|
Employment |
|
2024 |
4,611,216 |
4,640,594 |
4,679,823 |
4,689,080 |
4,663,505 |
4,718,936 |
4,712,171 |
4,689,209 |
4,662,860 |
4,692,144 |
4,672,989 |
4,680,237 |
4,676,064 |
2025 |
4,610,503 |
4,652,573 |
4,663,654 |
4,666,772 |
4,625,125 |
4,666,823 |
4,665,498 |
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|
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|
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Unemployment |
|
2024 |
228,833 |
236,611 |
223,868 |
196,729 |
209,576 |
232,142 |
262,581 |
244,482 |
204,192 |
206,569 |
211,438 |
206,308 |
221,944 |
2025 |
239,641 |
247,267 |
245,596 |
228,160 |
225,341 |
255,265 |
276,279 |
|
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|
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate |
|
2024 |
4.7 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
5.3 |
5.0 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
4.5 |
2025 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
5.2 |
5.6 |
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United States Department of Labor
