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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
2022	4,093.7	4,145.6	4,177.1	4,216.6	4,257.0	4,314.4	4,276.7	4,267.7	4,277.0	4,290.9	4,326.0	4,334.3	4,248.1
2023	4,223.2	4,235.3	4,252.4	(p)4,302.6
Mining & Logging
2022	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
2023	1.7	1.7	1.7	(p)1.8
Construction
2022	151.6	153.6	157.3	162.8	165.6	167.5	168.8	169.2	168.1	166.9	165.7	162.7	163.3
2023	154.9	156.1	158.5	(p)165.4
Manufacturing
2022	243.1	246.6	248.0	249.2	249.9	252.5	253.2	252.6	251.7	250.9	251.0	252.4	250.1
2023	250.8	252.3	252.7	(p)252.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	896.8	900.9	901.7	902.1	906.0	914.9	912.5	911.4	908.9	920.2	936.5	949.4	913.4
2023	916.9	907.4	906.5	(p)907.1
Information
2022	71.7	73.2	73.8	75.4	76.5	77.1	77.5	78.4	77.0	76.5	76.4	76.4	75.8
2023	74.7	75.8	76.1	(p)75.8
Financial Activities
2022	254.0	255.1	256.5	257.7	259.1	261.9	263.2	263.5	261.5	258.0	260.4	260.3	259.3
2023	258.3	258.6	256.5	(p)257.1
Professional & Business Services
2022	702.5	708.5	714.3	723.4	727.8	730.4	734.5	729.3	727.9	730.4	737.9	733.8	725.1
2023	698.7	701.8	705.0	(p)725.0
Educational & Health Services
2022	709.7	722.0	726.0	729.3	733.3	731.5	719.7	717.4	737.3	748.7	758.7	762.3	733.0
2023	759.3	766.8	770.4	(p)773.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	327.8	334.4	344.9	358.0	380.7	412.8	427.1	425.2	395.2	378.7	372.8	368.9	377.2
2023	357.8	355.8	367.8	(p)383.7
Other Services
2022	157.3	159.5	161.1	163.6	166.0	169.7	169.1	168.6	165.9	167.4	170.0	170.8	165.8
2023	165.1	164.9	163.9	(p)166.9
Government
2022	577.6	590.2	591.9	593.5	590.4	594.4	549.4	550.4	581.8	591.5	594.9	595.6	583.5
2023	585.0	594.1	593.3	(p)594.1
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
2022	(r)4,657,359	(r)4,688,627	(r)4,717,858	(r)4,699,368	(r)4,719,435	(r)4,766,052	(r)4,791,532	(r)4,786,079	(r)4,741,051	(r)4,774,158	(r)4,761,059	(r)4,775,069	(r)4,739,804
2023	4,812,635	4,848,662	4,864,957	(p)4,838,469
Employment
2022	(r)4,396,989	(r)4,449,131	(r)4,510,010	(r)4,525,585	(r)4,552,717	(r)4,595,978	(r)4,619,826	(r)4,635,174	(r)4,609,996	(r)4,632,792	(r)4,614,537	(r)4,626,615	(r)4,564,113
2023	4,619,231	4,649,908	4,678,279	(p)4,690,920
Unemployment
2022	(r)260,370	(r)239,496	(r)207,848	(r)173,783	(r)166,718	(r)170,074	(r)171,706	(r)150,905	(r)131,055	(r)141,366	(r)146,522	(r)148,454	(r)175,691
2023	193,404	198,754	186,678	(p)147,549
Unemployment Rate
2022	(r)5.6	(r)5.1	(r)4.4	(r)3.7	(r)3.5	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)3.2	(r)2.8	(r)3.0	(r)3.1	(r)3.1	(r)3.7
2023	4.0	4.1	3.8	(p)3.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised