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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New York–New Jersey > Table

Local Area Unemployment Statistics - New Jersey

Status of the Civilian Labor Force - New Jersey

Civilian Labor Force - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2012

 4,573,226 4,572,104 4,572,304 4,572,964 4,574,098 4,575,467 4,576,629 4,578,329 4,581,093 4,583,579 4,584,357 4,582,248  

2013

 4,576,918 4,569,169 4,560,491 4,552,734 4,545,446 4,537,662 4,528,808 4,517,350 4,503,664 4,490,616 4,480,939 4,475,815  

2014

 4,474,601 4,475,891 4,478,887 4,482,331 4,486,012 4,490,716 4,496,114 4,502,037 4,507,583 4,510,847 4,510,783 4,508,668  

2015

 4,506,245 4,504,414 4,503,300 4,502,099 4,499,740 4,495,690 4,490,941 4,486,690 4,483,815 4,484,030 4,487,793 4,493,120  

2016

 4,497,590 4,500,079 4,500,037 4,498,429 4,496,747 4,495,078 4,493,345 4,491,870 4,490,549 4,488,150 4,484,804 4,482,046  

2017

 4,608,916 4,611,297 4,615,010 4,619,442 4,623,330 4,625,598 4,625,490 4,622,153 4,616,269 4,609,435 4,602,632 4,596,953  

2018

 4,594,473 4,596,940 4,603,382 4,610,320 4,614,871 4,616,059 4,614,076 4,611,011 4,609,037 4,609,750 4,613,827 4,620,634  

2019

 4,628,460 4,636,360 4,644,993 4,655,761 4,668,729 4,682,868 4,696,685 4,708,870 4,719,285 4,728,291 4,735,677 4,738,741  

2020

 4,734,973 4,722,120 4,701,376 4,518,520 4,579,556 4,621,364 4,716,522 4,723,079 4,563,575 4,574,059 4,609,217 4,629,359  

2021

 4,643,010 4,652,693 4,657,234 4,675,610 4,672,304 4,702,203 4,684,109 4,683,383 4,656,122 4,646,759 4,633,409 4,632,670  

2022

 4,641,835 4,622,687 4,617,907 4,634,049 4,648,350 4,662,709 4,666,387 4,693,253 4,675,993 4,698,826 4,710,040 (p)4,719,297  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Employment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2012

 4,149,396 4,146,808 4,143,868 4,140,731 4,138,729 4,138,908 4,141,405 4,145,792 4,151,159 4,156,020 4,159,323 4,160,353  

2013

 4,158,784 4,155,701 4,152,943 4,152,015 4,151,597 4,150,253 4,147,947 4,144,838 4,141,572 4,139,153 4,139,036 4,142,292  

2014

 4,148,926 4,157,794 4,167,358 4,175,971 4,183,785 4,191,512 4,198,635 4,205,182 4,211,077 4,215,767 4,218,647 4,220,057  

2015

 4,221,064 4,222,229 4,224,426 4,227,666 4,231,181 4,234,299 4,237,324 4,240,738 4,245,263 4,251,866 4,260,009 4,267,692  

2016

 4,273,085 4,275,593 4,275,290 4,273,344 4,271,365 4,269,959 4,269,348 4,269,454 4,269,602 4,269,123 4,268,999 4,270,453  

2017

 4,396,117 4,402,506 4,408,891 4,414,239 4,417,571 4,418,021 4,415,446 4,410,238 4,403,727 4,397,686 4,392,811 4,390,479  

2018

 4,392,214 4,398,756 4,408,665 4,418,557 4,425,701 4,429,793 4,431,488 4,432,373 4,434,073 4,438,169 4,445,552 4,455,786  

2019

 4,467,515 4,480,115 4,493,191 4,506,955 4,520,462 4,532,262 4,541,439 4,548,271 4,554,604 4,560,779 4,566,400 4,569,196  

2020

 4,567,040 4,558,665 4,547,065 3,817,750 3,854,583 3,949,671 4,043,080 4,117,946 4,183,835 4,229,655 4,264,118 4,287,060  

2021

 4,303,514 4,318,304 4,334,624 4,349,897 4,361,984 4,369,843 4,374,761 4,379,616 4,384,960 4,392,068 4,396,380 4,398,562  

2022

 4,403,536 4,409,774 4,425,423 4,444,630 4,466,973 4,482,786 4,494,274 4,505,032 4,521,874 4,536,787 4,549,096 (p)4,556,758  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Unemployment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2012

 423,830 425,296 428,436 432,233 435,369 436,559 435,224 432,537 429,934 427,559 425,034 421,895  

2013

 418,134 413,468 407,548 400,719 393,849 387,409 380,861 372,512 362,092 351,463 341,903 333,523  

2014

 325,675 318,097 311,529 306,360 302,227 299,204 297,479 296,855 296,506 295,080 292,136 288,611  

2015

 285,181 282,185 278,874 274,433 268,559 261,391 253,617 245,952 238,552 232,164 227,784 225,428  

2016

 224,505 224,486 224,747 225,085 225,382 225,119 223,997 222,416 220,947 219,027 215,805 211,593  

2017

 212,799 208,791 206,119 205,203 205,759 207,577 210,044 211,915 212,542 211,749 209,821 206,474  

2018

 202,259 198,184 194,717 191,763 189,170 186,266 182,588 178,638 174,964 171,581 168,275 164,848  

2019

 160,945 156,245 151,802 148,806 148,267 150,606 155,246 160,599 164,681 167,512 169,277 169,545  

2020

 167,933 163,455 154,311 700,770 724,973 671,693 673,442 605,133 379,740 344,404 345,099 342,299  

2021

 339,496 334,389 322,610 325,713 310,320 332,360 309,348 303,767 271,162 254,691 237,029 234,108  

2022

 238,299 212,913 192,484 189,419 181,377 179,923 172,113 188,221 154,119 162,039 160,944 (p)162,539  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2012

 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.2  

2013

 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.5  

2014

 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.4  

2015

 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.0  

2016

 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.7  

2017

 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5  

2018

 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6  

2019

 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6  

2020

 3.5 3.5 3.3 15.5 15.8 14.5 14.3 12.8 8.3 7.5 7.5 7.4  

2021

 7.3 7.2 6.9 7.0 6.6 7.1 6.6 6.5 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.1  

2022

 5.1 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.7 4.0 3.3 3.4 3.4 (p)3.4  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Civilian Labor Force - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2012

 4,530,410 4,563,037 4,567,527 4,548,098 4,573,972 4,628,975 4,646,801 4,598,007 4,545,834 4,585,936 4,551,525 4,575,304 4,576,286

2013

 4,557,459 4,558,326 4,540,821 4,528,573 4,543,926 4,598,179 4,595,337 4,548,048 4,478,200 4,466,194 4,462,927 4,458,233 4,528,019

2014

 4,438,201 4,469,828 4,480,907 4,461,781 4,485,892 4,533,074 4,565,467 4,531,509 4,468,366 4,503,785 4,498,094 4,489,822 4,493,894

2015

 4,477,771 4,491,589 4,488,375 4,489,228 4,514,465 4,543,321 4,554,682 4,508,933 4,435,583 4,476,557 4,475,499 4,479,268 4,494,606

2016

 4,457,524 4,497,227 4,510,977 4,485,124 4,485,101 4,534,421 4,558,990 4,510,968 4,466,513 4,479,229 4,462,969 4,464,806 4,492,821

2017

 4,584,364 4,609,343 4,613,450 4,611,161 4,610,590 4,660,510 4,682,463 4,639,326 4,596,726 4,595,209 4,590,164 4,586,134 4,614,953

2018

 4,567,891 4,613,641 4,599,669 4,580,790 4,595,855 4,663,161 4,680,794 4,608,925 4,566,914 4,606,800 4,609,140 4,623,695 4,609,773

2019

 4,619,700 4,648,284 4,645,863 4,617,341 4,641,830 4,705,628 4,753,398 4,717,584 4,691,565 4,727,676 4,730,636 4,740,907 4,686,701

2020

 4,730,674 4,752,986 4,713,742 4,485,095 4,518,689 4,642,512 4,730,765 4,757,311 4,529,200 4,608,780 4,620,539 4,625,045 4,642,945

2021

 4,626,722 4,657,496 4,661,726 4,641,403 4,643,132 4,711,626 4,739,260 4,686,989 4,629,616 4,643,268 4,641,588 4,650,220 4,661,087

2022

 4,601,700 4,610,851 4,642,587 4,629,212 4,640,918 4,674,044 4,692,497 4,719,714 4,691,164 4,756,029 4,732,244 (p)4,731,550  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Employment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2012

 4,092,610 4,112,342 4,130,513 4,135,160 4,147,046 4,181,001 4,178,750 4,158,164 4,132,417 4,174,179 4,158,306 4,166,159 4,147,221

2013

 4,107,333 4,124,896 4,135,435 4,151,175 4,151,249 4,193,279 4,191,250 4,173,223 4,122,613 4,122,926 4,145,106 4,153,442 4,147,661

2014

 4,098,525 4,124,333 4,151,097 4,181,671 4,189,536 4,233,118 4,237,720 4,220,907 4,180,293 4,227,716 4,223,565 4,227,330 4,191,318

2015

 4,171,054 4,189,464 4,206,336 4,230,928 4,243,037 4,275,125 4,273,000 4,261,796 4,207,966 4,258,444 4,262,743 4,274,614 4,237,876

2016

 4,223,367 4,256,058 4,272,113 4,266,083 4,269,416 4,306,772 4,312,161 4,283,109 4,248,752 4,272,459 4,271,741 4,272,378 4,271,201

2017

 4,352,232 4,375,596 4,403,352 4,417,479 4,409,616 4,451,816 4,452,672 4,420,823 4,392,146 4,402,456 4,395,201 4,400,425 4,406,151

2018

 4,345,901 4,388,153 4,392,547 4,401,514 4,422,079 4,467,003 4,475,672 4,428,900 4,405,694 4,456,338 4,464,759 4,470,843 4,426,617

2019

 4,428,559 4,464,350 4,481,331 4,485,095 4,503,352 4,554,989 4,576,903 4,555,409 4,543,153 4,578,599 4,578,950 4,587,325 4,528,168

2020

 4,542,100 4,569,625 4,517,868 3,806,637 3,795,296 3,964,929 4,043,359 4,167,640 4,165,313 4,282,773 4,286,559 4,297,232 4,203,278

2021

 4,264,875 4,295,937 4,321,628 4,329,752 4,338,973 4,375,118 4,410,554 4,387,043 4,366,599 4,411,847 4,430,276 4,452,161 4,365,397

2022

 4,374,816 4,403,541 4,449,122 4,464,430 4,482,536 4,503,708 4,516,332 4,544,112 4,561,668 4,617,365 4,590,656 (p)4,584,473  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Unemployment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2012

 437,800 450,695 437,014 412,938 426,926 447,974 468,051 439,843 413,417 411,757 393,219 409,145 429,065

2013

 450,126 433,430 405,386 377,398 392,677 404,900 404,087 374,825 355,587 343,268 317,821 304,791 380,358

2014

 339,676 345,495 329,810 280,110 296,356 299,956 327,747 310,602 288,073 276,069 274,529 262,492 302,576

2015

 306,717 302,125 282,039 258,300 271,428 268,196 281,682 247,137 227,617 218,113 212,756 204,654 256,730

2016

 234,157 241,169 238,864 219,041 215,685 227,649 246,829 227,859 217,761 206,770 191,228 192,428 221,620

2017

 232,132 233,747 210,098 193,682 200,974 208,694 229,791 218,503 204,580 192,753 194,963 185,709 208,802

2018

 221,990 225,488 207,122 179,276 173,776 196,158 205,122 180,025 161,220 150,462 144,381 152,852 183,156

2019

 191,141 183,934 164,532 132,246 138,478 150,639 176,495 162,175 148,412 149,077 151,686 153,582 158,533

2020

 188,574 183,361 195,874 678,458 723,393 677,583 687,406 589,671 363,887 326,007 333,980 327,813 439,667

2021

 361,847 361,559 340,098 311,651 304,159 336,508 328,706 299,946 263,017 231,421 211,312 198,059 295,690

2022

 226,884 207,310 193,465 164,782 158,382 170,336 176,165 175,602 129,496 138,664 141,588 (p)147,077  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Unemployment Rate - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2012

 9.7 9.9 9.6 9.1 9.3 9.7 10.1 9.6 9.1 9.0 8.6 8.9 9.4

2013

 9.9 9.5 8.9 8.3 8.6 8.8 8.8 8.2 7.9 7.7 7.1 6.8 8.4

2014

 7.7 7.7 7.4 6.3 6.6 6.6 7.2 6.9 6.4 6.1 6.1 5.8 6.7

2015

 6.8 6.7 6.3 5.8 6.0 5.9 6.2 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.6 5.7

2016

 5.3 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.9

2017

 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.5

2018

 4.9 4.9 4.5 3.9 3.8 4.2 4.4 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.3 4.0

2019

 4.1 4.0 3.5 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4

2020

 4.0 3.9 4.2 15.1 16.0 14.6 14.5 12.4 8.0 7.1 7.2 7.1 9.5

2021

 7.8 7.8 7.3 6.7 6.6 7.1 6.9 6.4 5.7 5.0 4.6 4.3 6.3

2022

 4.9 4.5 4.2 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 (p)3.1  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).