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Camden, NJ

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Camden, NJ, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Sep 2024
Vineland Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Sep 2024
Camden, NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2024
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — 2021-22 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2023
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – August 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2024
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jun 2022
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
Average Earnings and Hours in New Jersey - March 2013 Pay News Release May 2014
Occupational Employment and Wages in Camden — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages for Emergency Responders in Selected Metropolitan Areas in New York and New Jersey – May 2014 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2015
Camden, NJ Economy at a Glance:
Camden, NJ
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

698.0 696.5 689.3 701.9 708.7 (p)704.3

Employment(1)

666.0 668.9 659.1 669.2 670.5 (p)666.4

Unemployment(1)

31.9 27.6 30.2 32.7 38.2 (p)37.9

Unemployment Rate(2)

4.6 4.0 4.4 4.7 5.4 (p)5.4

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

575.1 578.7 584.3 591.6 585.8 (p)582.7

12-month % change

1.9 2.4 2.4 2.1 3.5 (p)2.7

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

23.7 24.3 24.6 25.1 25.9 (p)25.5

12-month % change

1.7 4.7 4.7 6.4 8.8 (p)6.7

Manufacturing(3)

40.8 40.7 41.1 41.0 40.7 (p)40.8

12-month % change

1.5 0.5 1.5 -0.2 -1.2 (p)-1.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

133.9 134.5 135.3 136.6 136.6 (p)135.5

12-month % change

-0.3 1.2 0.4 0.4 1.3 (p)-0.1

Information(3)

6.2 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.2 (p)6.2

12-month % change

-1.6 0.0 -4.5 -3.1 1.6 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

29.7 29.8 29.9 30.0 29.9 (p)30.1

12-month % change

-0.7 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.7 (p)0.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

80.7 81.7 82.5 83.6 82.9 (p)82.8

12-month % change

0.2 -0.1 0.6 0.5 5.2 (p)6.3

Education and Health Services(3)

112.8 112.6 113.7 114.5 114.4 (p)114.7

12-month % change

7.2 7.1 7.2 5.7 6.3 (p)6.3

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

48.1 49.6 51.9 54.9 56.6 (p)55.2

12-month % change

-0.6 1.4 1.8 1.1 4.2 (p)2.0

Other Services(3)

20.8 20.9 21.2 21.6 21.2 (p)21.2

12-month % change

2.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 (p)1.0

Government(3)

78.4 78.4 77.8 78.1 71.4 (p)70.7

12-month % change

3.4 3.6 3.3 4.3 4.2 (p)2.3

Consumer Price Index: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

CPI-U, All items(4)

  313.505   314.328   316.061

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

    4.1   3.6   3.4

CPI-W, All items(5)

  314.742   314.773   316.888

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

    4.3   3.6   3.1

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