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New Jersey: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	New Jersey
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	4,216.0	4,232.8	4,257.1	4,267.2	4,329.0	4,407.0	4,329.4	4,315.3	4,345.6	4,365.2	4,386.5	4,396.7	4,320.7
2024	4,286.4	4,292.8	(p)4,328.3
Mining & Logging
2023	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
2024	1.4	1.4	(p)1.5
Construction
2023	156.6	157.7	160.2	163.8	166.7	169.4	170.1	170.2	169.3	169.4	165.7	167.3	165.5
2024	160.2	158.7	(p)161.8
Manufacturing
2023	252.2	252.8	253.4	253.0	254.7	257.4	256.2	256.6	256.4	255.4	254.8	255.3	254.9
2024	251.7	253.2	(p)253.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	910.3	897.7	897.4	890.4	902.8	915.2	903.8	903.9	908.2	917.5	935.0	945.9	910.7
2024	915.0	903.3	(p)902.6
Information
2023	78.3	78.7	78.0	77.4	78.7	79.3	78.2	78.0	77.7	77.2	76.6	76.8	77.9
2024	75.4	77.0	(p)76.6
Financial Activities
2023	264.8	265.6	266.8	266.5	268.2	272.3	271.7	272.3	270.1	269.6	269.5	270.8	269.0
2024	267.3	268.0	(p)267.0
Professional & Business Services
2023	707.5	709.0	713.4	713.7	722.3	730.1	717.9	714.1	722.0	730.2	734.0	730.0	720.4
2024	702.4	700.7	(p)708.3
Educational & Health Services
2023	732.3	740.6	745.7	746.6	752.5	757.4	742.4	736.2	757.9	764.5	771.3	775.5	751.9
2024	770.6	778.3	(p)788.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	358.7	360.0	369.0	379.0	405.3	437.7	444.5	443.3	414.7	397.2	390.5	387.0	398.9
2024	370.1	369.2	(p)381.4
Other Services
2023	165.1	166.1	167.1	169.1	171.7	175.9	174.3	173.9	170.8	172.6	173.4	173.5	171.1
2024	172.9	171.8	(p)172.8
Government
2023	588.8	603.2	604.7	606.3	604.7	610.8	568.8	565.3	597.0	610.1	614.2	613.1	598.9
2024	599.4	611.2	(p)614.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	New Jersey
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(r)4,786,023	(r)4,820,462	(r)4,835,499	(r)4,804,763	(r)4,821,413	(r)4,874,332	(r)4,878,125	(r)4,854,917	(r)4,803,602	(r)4,824,862	(r)4,829,088	(r)4,822,968	(r)4,829,671
2024	4,769,527	4,807,251	(p)4,843,053
Employment
2023	(r)4,581,555	(r)4,603,069	(r)4,630,838	(r)4,628,778	(r)4,615,062	(r)4,649,621	(r)4,642,970	(r)4,617,863	(r)4,586,525	(r)4,608,565	(r)4,618,632	(r)4,605,191	(r)4,615,722
2024	4,523,420	4,563,073	(p)4,612,113
Unemployment
2023	(r)204,468	(r)217,393	(r)204,661	(r)175,985	(r)206,351	(r)224,711	(r)235,155	(r)237,054	(r)217,077	(r)216,297	(r)210,456	(r)217,777	(r)213,949
2024	246,107	244,178	(p)230,940
Unemployment Rate
2023	(r)4.3	(r)4.5	(r)4.2	(r)3.7	(r)4.3	(r)4.6	(r)4.8	(r)4.9	(r)4.5	(r)4.5	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.4
2024	5.2	5.1	(p)4.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised