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Camden, NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

558.9 560.4 564.3 564.9 570.7 579.4 566.2 567.2 575.3 579.7 583.4 585.8 571.4

2024

572.0 (p)570.8                      

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2023

22.8 22.9 23.3 23.2 23.5 23.6 23.8 23.9 23.6 23.6 23.2 23.7 23.4

2024

23.1 (p)23.1                      

Manufacturing

2023

40.3 40.2 40.2 40.5 40.5 41.1 41.2 41.4 41.4 41.3 41.3 41.5 40.9

2024

41.1 (p)41.1                      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

136.9 134.5 134.3 132.9 134.7 136.1 134.8 135.6 136.9 138.1 140.5 142.2 136.5

2024

136.1 (p)134.3                      

Information

2023

6.4 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.6 6.4 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3

2024

6.2 (p)6.3                      

Financial Activities

2023

29.7 29.7 29.9 29.9 30.0 30.1 30.1 30.1 30.0 30.2 29.8 29.9 30.0

2024

29.5 (p)29.5                      

Professional & Business Services

2023

78.5 78.9 80.5 81.8 82.0 83.2 78.8 77.9 80.5 81.7 82.9 82.2 80.7

2024

80.3 (p)79.5                      

Educational & Health Services

2023

103.8 104.6 105.2 105.1 106.1 108.3 107.6 107.9 108.7 109.3 110.8 111.6 107.4

2024

111.2 (p)111.5                      

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

47.0 47.4 48.4 48.9 51.0 54.3 54.3 54.1 52.2 50.5 49.6 49.2 50.6

2024

47.4 (p)46.5                      

Other Services

2023

20.2 20.3 20.4 20.7 21.0 21.4 21.0 21.0 20.9 21.0 21.1 21.2 20.9

2024

20.9 (p)20.8                      

Government

2023

73.3 75.4 75.8 75.7 75.3 74.9 68.5 69.1 74.7 77.7 77.9 78.0 74.7

2024

76.2 (p)78.2                      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

693,643 693,730 698,198 695,885 697,980 703,457 705,212 698,403 691,331 694,125 693,939 (p)696,202  

2024

(p)688,757                        

Employment

2023

665,816 665,577 672,004 674,564 671,411 672,054 671,766 663,157 660,193 664,037 664,564 (p)665,322  

2024

(p)654,178                        

Unemployment

2023

27,827 28,153 26,194 21,321 26,569 31,403 33,446 35,246 31,138 30,088 29,375 (p)30,880  

2024

(p)34,579                        

Unemployment Rate

2023

4.0 4.1 3.8 3.1 3.8 4.5 4.7 5.0 4.5 4.3 4.2 (p)4.4  

2024

(p)5.0                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties in New Jersey.

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Burlington County, N.J.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

252,433 252,426 254,163 253,568 254,228 256,172 256,787 254,415 252,085 253,237 252,812 (p)253,384  

2024

(p)250,343                        

Employment

2023

243,462 243,286 245,544 246,534 245,555 245,836 245,723 242,748 241,733 243,226 243,167 (p)243,496  

2024

(p)239,159                        

Unemployment

2023

8,971 9,140 8,619 7,034 8,673 10,336 11,064 11,667 10,352 10,011 9,645 (p)9,888  

2024

(p)11,184                        

Unemployment Rate

2023

3.6 3.6 3.4 2.8 3.4 4.0 4.3 4.6 4.1 4.0 3.8 (p)3.9  

2024

(p)4.5                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Camden County, N.J.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

276,494 276,621 278,368 277,295 278,296 280,464 281,200 278,470 275,511 276,487 276,529 (p)277,624  

2024

(p)274,809                        

Employment

2023

264,328 264,312 266,922 267,873 266,465 266,702 266,589 263,039 261,827 263,280 263,694 (p)263,994  

2024

(p)259,739                        

Unemployment

2023

12,166 12,309 11,446 9,422 11,831 13,762 14,611 15,431 13,684 13,207 12,835 (p)13,630  

2024

(p)15,070                        

Unemployment Rate

2023

4.4 4.4 4.1 3.4 4.3 4.9 5.2 5.5 5.0 4.8 4.6 (p)4.9  

2024

(p)5.5                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Gloucester County, N.J.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

164,716 164,683 165,667 165,022 165,456 166,821 167,225 165,518 163,735 164,401 164,598 (p)165,194  

2024

(p)163,605                        

Employment

2023

158,026 157,979 159,538 160,157 159,391 159,516 159,454 157,370 156,633 157,531 157,703 (p)157,832  

2024

(p)155,280                        

Unemployment

2023

6,690 6,704 6,129 4,865 6,065 7,305 7,771 8,148 7,102 6,870 6,895 (p)7,362  

2024

(p)8,325                        

Unemployment Rate

2023

4.1 4.1 3.7 2.9 3.7 4.4 4.6 4.9 4.3 4.2 4.2 (p)4.5  

2024

(p)5.1                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary