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Trenton-Princeton, NJ

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Trenton Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Oct 2026
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2026
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1967 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2026
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2026
Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City — September 2026 Consumer price indexes News Release Oct 2026
Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area — June 2026 Pay, Benefits News Release Aug 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Trenton-Princeton — May 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2026
Trenton-Princeton, NJ Economy at a Glance:
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
Data Series Back
Data
Apr
2026
May
2026
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2026
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2026
Aug
2026
Sept
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

197.2 197.4 198.5 199.7 (p)199.2  

Employment(1)

189.2 188.9 189.4 190.1 (p)189.4  

Unemployment(1)

8.1 8.5 9.1 9.6 (p)9.8  

Unemployment Rate(2)

4.1 4.3 4.6 4.8 (p)4.9  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

289.8 290.8 293.1 290.1 (p)287.7  

12-month % change

-0.4 -0.5 -0.2 0.5 (p)0.0  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

5.8 5.9 6.0 6.0 (p)6.0  

12-month % change

-3.3 -4.8 -4.8 -4.8 (p)-4.8  

Manufacturing(3)

10.3 10.2 10.3 10.4 (p)10.3  

12-month % change

0.0 -1.0 0.0 1.0 (p)0.0  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

38.4 38.6 38.6 38.3 (p)38.1  

12-month % change

-2.0 -2.3 -3.0 -1.8 (p)-1.6  

Information(3)

4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 (p)4.9  

12-month % change

19.5 25.6 8.9 -2.0 (p)-7.5  

Financial Activities(3)

19.7 19.8 19.9 19.8 (p)19.7  

12-month % change

-2.5 -2.0 -2.0 -2.9 (p)-3.0  

Professional and Business Services(3)

52.5 52.5 53.6 53.3 (p)52.9  

12-month % change

-1.5 -2.2 -0.6 0.9 (p)0.4  

Education and Health Services(3)

53.2 53.3 52.7 51.5 (p)50.9  

12-month % change

1.3 0.9 1.0 0.6 (p)-0.8  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

15.0 15.7 16.1 16.3 (p)15.9  

12-month % change

-2.0 -0.6 0.6 5.2 (p)2.6  

Other Services(3)

8.7 8.8 9.0 8.8 (p)8.8  

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 1.1 1.1 (p)1.1  

Government(3)

81.3 81.1 82.0 80.8 (p)80.2  

12-month % change

0.0 -0.1 0.7 1.8 (p)1.9  

Consumer Price Index: Northeast

CPI-U, All items(4)

347.585 350.338 349.552 349.414 349.921 351.570

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

  4.4 5.0 4.3 4.1 3.9 4.2

CPI-W, All items(5)

345.652 348.165 347.049 347.271 347.749 349.510

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

  4.5 5.2 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.4

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