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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
2025	4,299.0	4,313.0	4,336.5	4,360.7	4,412.0	4,459.9	4,381.5	4,351.6	4,381.4	4,395.6	4,412.1	4,414.6	4,376.5
2026	4,304.8	4,302.6	(p)4,330.0
Mining & Logging
2025	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
2026	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
Construction
2025	155.5	155.6	161.1	164.9	167.3	170.0	170.7	171.0	169.9	171.3	168.0	165.1	165.9
2026	158.0	151.2	(p)156.0
Manufacturing
2025	251.3	251.5	252.3	252.7	253.3	255.0	253.4	252.6	251.5	251.0	250.3	249.6	252.0
2026	247.4	247.6	(p)247.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	901.4	892.5	890.0	886.4	893.4	900.1	894.5	892.3	893.5	898.1	914.2	922.8	898.3
2026	892.8	880.9	(p)881.6
Information
2025	75.5	75.3	74.7	75.0	75.3	76.9	78.0	78.2	76.6	76.1	75.5	76.6	76.1
2026	74.8	74.0	(p)74.9
Financial Activities
2025	267.6	267.6	268.4	268.1	269.5	272.9	273.1	272.7	270.3	269.6	270.8	271.0	270.1
2026	267.9	267.1	(p)264.9
Professional & Business Services
2025	695.9	699.7	704.5	711.9	718.8	724.7	709.4	704.2	713.1	715.9	715.1	714.3	710.6
2026	691.4	688.9	(p)697.9
Educational & Health Services
2025	787.8	794.2	798.1	800.0	805.5	803.4	786.8	782.0	800.2	813.4	822.6	822.8	801.4
2026	815.8	822.3	(p)828.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	374.3	372.7	382.1	393.0	422.4	446.6	453.9	447.9	417.7	400.6	391.9	391.5	407.9
2026	369.8	371.5	(p)380.4
Other Services
2025	166.8	166.6	167.1	169.1	171.4	174.8	172.6	171.4	167.8	166.4	166.8	165.8	168.9
2026	166.2	166.3	(p)165.2
Government
2025	621.4	635.8	636.8	638.1	633.6	634.0	587.6	577.8	619.3	631.7	635.4	633.6	623.8
2026	619.3	631.4	(p)632.2
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
2025	(r)4,865,122	(r)4,892,551	(r)4,905,949	(r)4,900,864	(r)4,873,350	(r)4,937,516	(r)4,956,807	(r)4,924,658	(r)4,886,509	(1)-	(r)4,918,239	(r)4,900,403	(2)(r)4,905,633
2026	4,862,054	4,880,497	(p)4,903,783
Employment
2025	(r)4,614,510	(r)4,628,529	(r)4,649,170	(r)4,664,511	(r)4,629,767	(r)4,672,919	(r)4,663,647	(r)4,637,407	(r)4,606,191	(1)-	(r)4,687,020	(r)4,679,818	(2)(r)4,648,499
2026	4,626,218	4,620,332	(p)4,671,293
Unemployment
2025	(r)250,612	(r)264,022	(r)256,779	(r)236,353	(r)243,583	(r)264,597	(r)293,160	(r)287,251	(r)280,318	(1)-	(r)231,219	(r)220,585	(2)(r)257,134
2026	235,836	260,165	(p)232,490
Unemployment Rate
2025	(r)5.2	(r)5.4	(r)5.2	(r)4.8	(r)5.0	(r)5.4	(r)5.9	(r)5.8	(r)5.7	(1)-	(r)4.7	(r)4.5	(2)(r)5.2
2026	4.9	5.3	(p)4.7
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised