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Trenton

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 Feb 2024
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2024
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1967 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2024
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – February 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area — December 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2024
Average Earnings and Hours in New Jersey - March 2013 Pay News Release May 2014
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
Occupational Employment and Wages in Trenton — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2023
Trenton, NJ Economy at a Glance:
Trenton, NJ
Data Series Back
Data
Sept
2023
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Dec
2023
Jan
2024
Feb
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

222.3 222.6 223.8 (p)223.9 (p)215.7  

Employment(1)

213.4 214.1 215.5 (p)215.6 (p)206.3  

Unemployment(1)

8.9 8.5 8.3 (p)8.3 (p)9.4  

Unemployment Rate(2)

4.0 3.8 3.7 (p)3.7 (p)4.4  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

291.3 293.7 294.7 295.5 (p)288.8  

12-month % change

2.1 1.6 1.1 1.6 (p)1.1  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

6.2 6.2 6.0 6.1 (p)5.9  

12-month % change

5.1 3.3 1.7 5.2 (p)5.4  

Manufacturing(3)

11.1 11.0 11.0 11.0 (p)10.9  

12-month % change

3.7 1.9 0.9 0.9 (p)0.0  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

40.7 41.5 42.7 43.1 (p)40.7  

12-month % change

3.6 2.7 2.4 2.4 (p)-1.9  

Information(3)

5.1 5.3 5.0 5.0 (p)4.6  

12-month % change

-12.1 -17.2 -23.1 -12.3 (p)-17.9  

Financial Activities(3)

20.2 20.2 20.1 20.3 (p)20.2  

12-month % change

2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 (p)-0.5  

Professional and Business Services(3)

52.6 53.2 53.3 53.1 (p)51.9  

12-month % change

-2.0 -1.3 -2.0 -2.2 (p)0.4  

Education and Health Services(3)

51.3 51.8 52.3 52.3 (p)51.5  

12-month % change

3.4 3.0 3.6 4.8 (p)2.2  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

15.3 15.0 14.9 14.7 (p)14.1  

12-month % change

2.0 0.7 0.7 -1.3 (p)-2.1  

Other Services(3)

9.1 9.2 9.2 9.2 (p)9.1  

12-month % change

2.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 (p)3.4  

Government(3)

79.7 80.3 80.2 80.7 (p)79.9  

12-month % change

4.0 3.7 3.5 3.6 (p)4.4  

Consumer Price Index: Northeast

CPI-U, All items(4)

316.373 316.300 316.252 316.143 318.133 319.577

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

  3.0 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.4

CPI-W, All items(5)

313.926 314.057 314.024 313.824 315.809 317.056

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

  2.9 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5

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