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

Ocean City

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – November 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Dec 2024
Average Earnings and Hours in New Jersey - March 2013 Pay News Release May 2014
Occupational Employment and Wages in Ocean City — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Ocean City, NJ Economy at a Glance:
Ocean City, NJ
Data Series Back
Data		 May
2024		 June
2024		 July
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2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 49.9 54.9 58.7 57.8 49.7 (p)44.5

Employment(1)

 46.8 52.0 55.7 55.0 47.5 (p)42.0

Unemployment(1)

 3.1 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.2 (p)2.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

 6.2 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.4 (p)5.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 48.0 54.1 58.2 57.2 48.3 (p)41.2

12-month % change

 10.6 -2.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.4 (p)-5.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 9.0 10.8 11.9 11.7 9.7 (p)8.7

12-month % change

 13.9 13.7 14.4 14.7 12.8 (p)7.4

Education and Health Services(3)

 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 (p)4.7

12-month % change

 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 (p)4.4

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 17.5 23.1 24.8 24.2 17.3 (p)13.0

12-month % change

 35.7 9.5 4.2 4.3 7.5 (p)3.2

Government(3)

 8.1 9.1 8.6 8.4 8.5 (p)8.0

12-month % change

 2.5 2.2 8.9 9.1 7.6 (p)1.3

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   314.328   316.061   316.617

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

     3.6   3.4   3.4

CPI-W, All items(5)

   314.773   316.888   317.957

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

     3.6   3.1   3.4

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