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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
Sector	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	(p)4,314.9
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	(p)1.4
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	(p)154.9
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	(p)255.4
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	(p)901.7
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	(p)71.9
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	(p)270.9
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	(p)694.8
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	(p)802.1
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	(p)372.1
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	(p)173.8
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	(p)615.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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	(r)4,840,049	(r)4,877,205	(r)4,903,691	(r)4,885,809	(r)4,873,081	(r)4,951,078	(r)4,974,752	(r)4,933,691	(r)4,867,052	(r)4,898,713	(r)4,884,427	(r)4,886,545	(r)4,898,008
2025	(p)4,852,353
Employment
2024	(r)4,611,216	(r)4,640,594	(r)4,679,823	(r)4,689,080	(r)4,663,505	(r)4,718,936	(r)4,712,171	(r)4,689,209	(r)4,662,860	(r)4,692,144	(r)4,672,989	(r)4,680,237	(r)4,676,064
2025	(p)4,612,249
Unemployment
2024	(r)228,833	(r)236,611	(r)223,868	(r)196,729	(r)209,576	(r)232,142	(r)262,581	(r)244,482	(r)204,192	(r)206,569	(r)211,438	(r)206,308	(r)221,944
2025	(p)240,104
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)4.7	(r)4.9	(r)4.6	(r)4.0	(r)4.3	(r)4.7	(r)5.3	(r)5.0	(r)4.2	(r)4.2	(r)4.3	(r)4.2	(r)4.5
2025	(p)4.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised