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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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2021	512.6	516.3	521.7	526.6	530.1	537.5	533.2	532.5	538.4	546.5	552.6	555.9	533.7
2022	542.5	549.4	554.1	560.3	566.3	575.2	570.0	572.0	571.8	576.3	578.4	(p)579.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	21.5	20.6	21.9	22.7	23.0	23.1	23.7	23.9	23.9	24.7	24.4	24.2	23.1
2022	23.3	23.1	23.1	23.1	23.1	23.4	23.4	23.5	23.5	23.2	22.6	(p)22.0
Manufacturing
2021	37.7	37.6	37.7	37.7	37.7	38.0	38.2	38.2	37.9	38.2	38.2	38.5	38.0
2022	38.5	38.7	38.9	39.2	39.2	39.8	40.1	39.8	39.4	39.2	39.6	(p)39.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	127.3	126.7	127.1	126.4	126.9	127.8	127.5	128.1	129.4	133.4	136.9	138.4	129.7
2022	133.7	133.6	134.1	135.4	137.2	139.3	139.4	140.0	140.0	141.9	143.1	(p)145.0
Information
2021	6.1	6.2	6.0	6.0	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.3	6.0
2022	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	(p)5.6
Financial Activities
2021	29.3	29.5	29.7	29.7	29.6	29.9	29.8	29.8	29.5	29.6	30.1	30.7	29.8
2022	30.5	31.1	31.0	31.1	31.2	31.1	30.9	30.7	30.8	30.3	30.4	(p)30.8
Professional & Business Services
2021	71.7	72.7	73.9	75.9	76.4	77.9	77.6	76.8	77.3	78.2	79.1	79.6	76.4
2022	76.8	80.5	84.1	85.4	86.6	87.3	87.7	87.4	87.8	88.7	89.7	(p)88.1
Educational & Health Services
2021	94.7	95.6	95.9	96.1	96.5	97.0	97.0	97.0	96.6	97.1	98.5	98.7	96.7
2022	98.0	99.0	99.4	99.9	100.4	100.6	100.7	102.0	101.5	101.7	103.2	(p)103.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	36.0	36.6	38.1	40.1	42.3	45.5	47.5	47.1	46.0	45.3	45.2	45.9	43.0
2022	43.8	44.0	43.4	46.0	48.4	53.0	53.9	54.0	49.9	49.7	47.8	(p)47.7
Other Services
2021	18.1	18.2	18.5	18.9	19.1	19.4	19.4	19.2	19.3	19.6	19.9	19.9	19.1
2022	19.6	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.5	20.9	20.8	20.8	20.7	20.7	21.0	(p)21.0
Government
2021	70.2	72.6	72.9	73.1	72.3	72.7	66.4	66.4	72.7	74.6	74.7	74.7	71.9
2022	73.1	74.1	74.7	74.7	74.2	74.2	67.5	68.2	72.6	75.3	75.4	(p)75.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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
2021	662,000	668,592	670,032	665,643	664,163	670,519	672,582	667,540	662,727	667,294	667,934	669,571	667,383
2022	666,643	668,720	673,302	671,898	673,275	673,258	677,231	683,780	681,179	691,993	687,748	(p)686,869
Employment
2021	613,325	619,334	624,055	623,492	622,544	624,496	627,747	626,349	626,658	635,478	638,800	642,222	627,042
2022	635,340	640,388	646,968	649,393	651,309	649,436	652,062	658,372	662,527	672,054	667,522	(p)665,657
Unemployment
2021	48,675	49,258	45,977	42,151	41,619	46,023	44,835	41,191	36,069	31,816	29,134	27,349	40,341
2022	31,303	28,332	26,334	22,505	21,966	23,822	25,169	25,408	18,652	19,939	20,226	(p)21,212
Unemployment Rate
2021	7.4	7.4	6.9	6.3	6.3	6.9	6.7	6.2	5.4	4.8	4.4	4.1	6.0
2022	4.7	4.2	3.9	3.3	3.3	3.5	3.7	3.7	2.7	2.9	2.9	(p)3.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties in New Jersey.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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
2021	239,859	242,274	242,698	241,319	241,041	243,220	244,003	242,757	240,895	242,704	242,857	243,276	242,242
2022	242,190	243,060	244,817	244,458	245,228	245,010	246,461	249,298	248,545	252,629	250,648	(p)250,105
Employment
2021	224,284	226,471	228,118	228,005	227,932	228,627	229,702	229,446	229,408	232,668	233,650	234,841	229,429
2022	232,448	234,155	236,469	237,384	238,318	237,486	238,455	241,157	242,608	246,237	244,155	(p)243,486
Unemployment
2021	15,575	15,803	14,580	13,314	13,109	14,593	14,301	13,311	11,487	10,036	9,207	8,435	12,813
2022	9,742	8,905	8,348	7,074	6,910	7,524	8,006	8,141	5,937	6,392	6,493	(p)6,619
Unemployment Rate
2021	6.5	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.4	6.0	5.9	5.5	4.8	4.1	3.8	3.5	5.3
2022	4.0	3.7	3.4	2.9	2.8	3.1	3.2	3.3	2.4	2.5	2.6	(p)2.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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
2021	264,981	267,502	268,203	266,358	265,533	268,264	269,082	266,657	264,861	266,491	266,667	267,460	266,839
2022	266,246	266,926	268,676	267,941	268,243	268,471	270,054	272,304	271,089	275,294	273,924	(p)273,844
Employment
2021	243,486	245,889	247,816	247,477	246,861	247,683	249,082	248,292	248,562	252,048	253,576	254,992	248,814
2022	252,118	254,243	256,920	257,835	258,381	257,788	258,822	260,989	262,728	266,415	264,954	(p)264,235
Unemployment
2021	21,495	21,613	20,387	18,881	18,672	20,581	20,000	18,365	16,299	14,443	13,091	12,468	18,025
2022	14,128	12,683	11,756	10,106	9,862	10,683	11,232	11,315	8,361	8,879	8,970	(p)9,609
Unemployment Rate
2021	8.1	8.1	7.6	7.1	7.0	7.7	7.4	6.9	6.2	5.4	4.9	4.7	6.8
2022	5.3	4.8	4.4	3.8	3.7	4.0	4.2	4.2	3.1	3.2	3.3	(p)3.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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
2021	157,160	158,816	159,131	157,966	157,589	159,035	159,497	158,126	156,971	158,099	158,410	158,835	158,303
2022	158,207	158,734	159,809	159,499	159,804	159,777	160,716	162,178	161,545	164,070	163,176	(p)162,920
Employment
2021	145,555	146,974	148,121	148,010	147,751	148,186	148,963	148,611	148,688	150,762	151,574	152,389	148,799
2022	150,774	151,990	153,579	154,174	154,610	154,162	154,785	156,226	157,191	159,402	158,413	(p)157,936
Unemployment
2021	11,605	11,842	11,010	9,956	9,838	10,849	10,534	9,515	8,283	7,337	6,836	6,446	9,504
2022	7,433	6,744	6,230	5,325	5,194	5,615	5,931	5,952	4,354	4,668	4,763	(p)4,984
Unemployment Rate
2021	7.4	7.5	6.9	6.3	6.2	6.8	6.6	6.0	5.3	4.6	4.3	4.1	6.0
2022	4.7	4.2	3.9	3.3	3.3	3.5	3.7	3.7	2.7	2.8	2.9	(p)3.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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Camden, NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data