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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > New Jersey > Atlantic City

Atlantic City

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Atlantic City Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary May 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table May 2026
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — 2023–24 Consumer spending News Release Jan 2026
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — April 2026 Consumer price indexes News Release May 2026
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Atlantic City-Hammonton — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2021
Average Earnings and Hours in New Jersey - March 2013 Pay News Release May 2014
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Economy at a Glance:
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
Data Series Back
Data		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Jan
2026		 Feb
2026		 Mar
2026		 Apr
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)178.4 (2)177.4 174.8 176.3 (p)177.6  

Employment(1)

 (2)166.1 (2)165.0 160.8 161.3 (p)164.3  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)12.3 (2)12.4 14.0 15.0 (p)13.2  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)6.9 (2)7.0 8.0 8.5 (p)7.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 173.5 173.3 166.4 167.6 169.6 (p)172.8

12-month % change

 2.3 2.3 4.2 3.7 3.5 (p)3.0

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 8.7 8.5 8.3 7.9 8.1 (p)8.5

12-month % change

 1.2 1.2 3.8 -4.8 -8.0 (p)-3.4

Manufacturing(4)

 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 (p)3.4

12-month % change

 -2.9 0.0 6.5 3.1 3.1 (p)3.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 28.7 29.0 27.5 27.3 27.4 (p)27.6

12-month % change

 3.2 4.3 5.0 4.6 4.2 (p)3.0

Information(4)

 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 (p)0.6

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 -14.3 -14.3 -14.3 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(4)

 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 (p)5.9

12-month % change

 5.3 3.4 3.5 5.4 3.5 (p)1.7

Professional and Business Services(4)

 15.1 15.1 14.8 14.8 15.1 (p)15.3

12-month % change

 2.7 3.4 7.2 5.0 3.4 (p)0.7

Education and Health Services(4)

 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.9 (p)27.0

12-month % change

 3.5 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.7 (p)3.1

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 48.2 47.9 44.8 45.1 46.4 (p)48.1

12-month % change

 2.3 1.7 7.2 6.9 8.4 (p)5.9

Other Services(4)

 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 (p)6.3

12-month % change

 0.0 1.6 6.8 8.6 5.1 (p)3.3

Government(4)

 29.7 29.7 28.2 29.7 29.7 (p)30.1

12-month % change

 1.0 0.7 -1.4 0.3 0.3 (p)1.7

Consumer Price Index: Northeast

CPI-U, All items(5)

 337.284 337.880 339.104 340.945 344.142 347.585

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   3.1 3.3 2.8 2.7 3.6 4.4

CPI-W, All items(6)

 334.957 335.685 336.799 338.402 341.850 345.652

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

   3.1 3.3 2.8 2.7 3.6 4.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary