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Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 (5) 4,630.4 (5) 4,640.3 4,647.7 4,636.2 4,614.9 (P) 4,610.5

Employment (1)

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 (5) 4,187.9 (5) 4,198.4 4,204.7 4,204.5 4,199.7 (P) 4,211.0

Unemployment (1)

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 (5) 442.5 (5) 441.9 443.0 431.7 415.2 (P) 399.5

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 (5) 9.6 (5) 9.5 9.5 9.3 9.0 (P) 8.7

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 3,907.7 3,932.2 3,930.0 3,939.4 3,947.0 (P) 3,950.3

12-month % change
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 1.2 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 (P) 1.8

Mining and Logging (3)

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 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 (P) 1.2

12-month % change
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 8.3 -7.7 -7.7 -7.7 0.0 (P) -7.7

Construction (3)

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 130.0 130.8 132.8 132.4 133.6 (P) 133.3

12-month % change
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 -1.8 -1.5 -1.3 -2.4 0.8 (P) 2.5

Manufacturing (3)

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 244.0 245.1 247.3 247.5 250.2 (P) 249.0

12-month % change
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 -1.6 -0.8 0.2 0.2 1.2 (P) 1.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 824.2 829.1 834.8 831.9 831.2 (P) 832.9

12-month % change
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 0.7 1.3 1.7 1.2 0.9 (P) 1.6

Information (3)

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 76.3 76.3 74.1 77.0 74.9 (P) 76.5

12-month % change
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 -0.9 -1.9 -4.5 -1.9 -4.9 (P) -1.3

Financial Activities (3)

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 249.4 251.3 250.3 249.0 249.2 (P) 250.6

12-month % change
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 0.4 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.1 (P) 0.7

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 623.9 632.0 628.3 627.8 626.7 (P) 622.0

12-month % change
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 2.5 3.7 2.9 2.7 2.1 (P) 1.4

Education & Health Services (3)

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 626.2 629.1 625.9 628.2 634.3 (P) 638.0

12-month % change
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 2.6 2.7 1.9 1.8 2.4 (P) 3.2

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 342.1 345.3 343.7 346.3 349.7 (P) 351.8

12-month % change
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 1.4 2.2 0.7 0.7 1.0 (P) 1.8

Other Services (3)

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 165.8 166.4 167.1 168.1 168.3 (P) 168.2

12-month % change
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 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.2 2.9 (P) 2.9

Government (3)

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 624.5 625.6 624.5 630.0 627.6 (P) 626.8

12-month % change
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 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.9 1.4 (P) 1.5

Mass layoffs

  

Layoff events, all industries (4)

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 215 78 36 24 41  

Initial claimants, all industries (4)

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 33,307 8,472 2,933 2,020 4,031  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) See About the data.
(5) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: May 21, 2013

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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New Jersey includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

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