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New Jersey: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	New Jersey
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2023	4,292.7	4,297.7	4,302.4	4,298.4	4,313.5	4,330.0	4,316.4	4,319.8	4,341.5	4,343.5	4,353.2	4,366.3
2024	4,376.0	(p)4,370.7
Construction
2023	165.3	166.4	165.8	164.6	165.1	165.5	165.6	165.8	166.0	165.0	163.6	167.7
2024	170.8	(p)167.4
Manufacturing
2023	253.9	254.2	254.3	254.3	255.1	255.6	254.9	255.9	256.6	255.6	255.1	255.0
2024	254.8	(p)254.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	909.3	909.2	909.3	906.9	911.4	913.1	907.3	908.8	914.2	913.6	914.1	918.0
2024	918.5	(p)917.5
Information
2023	79.6	78.8	78.7	78.2	78.3	78.4	77.7	77.4	78.0	76.5	76.1	76.9
2024	77.2	(p)77.7
Financial Activities
2023	267.2	267.9	268.5	268.7	269.1	270.0	268.7	269.4	270.0	270.1	270.4	270.3
2024	268.9	(p)269.1
Professional & Business Services
2023	723.0	721.9	721.5	718.2	718.4	719.2	716.1	713.5	719.9	721.9	723.1	722.9
2024	724.7	(p)720.5
Educational & Health Services
2023	735.8	738.5	741.1	742.7	746.7	753.7	755.0	755.1	759.5	761.9	766.5	770.4
2024	774.2	(p)776.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	393.8	394.1	395.6	396.4	399.2	402.1	399.3	401.5	404.0	405.7	409.1	408.5
2024	406.6	(p)407.6
Other Services
2023	168.7	169.2	169.5	169.8	170.5	171.2	171.0	171.5	171.7	173.3	174.0	174.5
2024	176.5	(p)174.9
Government
2023	594.7	596.0	596.7	597.2	598.3	599.7	599.3	599.4	600.1	598.4	599.7	600.6
2024	602.4	(p)603.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	New Jersey
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2023	(r)4,802,664	(r)4,813,871	(r)4,824,433	(r)4,832,802	(r)4,837,877	(r)4,839,708	(r)4,838,977	(r)4,836,467	(r)4,833,817	(r)4,832,097	(r)4,831,775	(r)4,832,330
2024	4,824,539	(p)4,819,907
Employment
2023	(r)4,615,271	(r)4,622,488	(r)4,629,154	(r)4,633,005	(r)4,632,272	(r)4,627,564	(r)4,619,902	(r)4,611,114	(r)4,603,906	(r)4,599,565	(r)4,599,624	(r)4,600,849
2024	4,592,192	(p)4,588,491
Unemployment
2023	(r)187,393	(r)191,383	(r)195,279	(r)199,797	(r)205,605	(r)212,144	(r)219,075	(r)225,353	(r)229,911	(r)232,532	(r)232,151	(r)231,481
2024	232,347	(p)231,416
Unemployment Rate
2023	(r)3.9	(r)4.0	(r)4.0	(r)4.1	(r)4.2	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.7	(r)4.8	(r)4.8	(r)4.8	(r)4.8
2024	4.8	(p)4.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised