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Ocean City

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – February 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 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
Sept
2023
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Dec
2023
Jan
2024
Feb
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

51.7 47.2 46.5 (p)47.4 (p)46.4  

Employment(1)

49.2 44.4 42.7 (p)42.7 (p)40.6  

Unemployment(1)

2.5 2.8 3.8 (p)4.7 (p)5.8  

Unemployment Rate(2)

4.8 5.9 8.2 (p)9.9 (p)12.6  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

48.1 43.7 42.6 42.6 (p)40.2  

12-month % change

1.7 7.4 10.1 10.9 (p)18.9  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

8.6 8.1 8.1 8.2 (p)8.0  

12-month % change

1.2 6.6 9.5 10.8 (p)25.0  

Education and Health Services(3)

4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 (p)4.5  

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 2.2 2.2 (p)2.3  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

16.1 12.6 10.7 10.3 (p)8.1  

12-month % change

0.6 13.5 12.6 12.0 (p)26.6  

Government(3)

7.9 7.9 7.9 8.0 (p)7.9  

12-month % change

3.9 5.3 6.8 6.7 (p)5.3  

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

  306.276   306.386   311.227

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

    3.5   3.9   3.4

CPI-W, All items(5)

  307.523   307.441   311.504

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

    3.4   3.6   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