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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	4,300.4	4,321.1	(p)4,335.7
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	(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	154.0	153.2	(p)156.3
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	(p)254.7
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	(p)892.6
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	(p)72.7
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	(p)267.8
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	(p)694.1
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	(p)815.4
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	(p)374.2
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	(p)173.3
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	(p)633.2
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
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	4,850,144	4,899,840	(p)4,909,268
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	4,610,503	4,652,573	(p)4,663,513
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	239,641	247,267	(p)245,755
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	4.9	5.0	(p)5.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised