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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Nonfarm

2021

 3,927.5 3,940.9 3,957.9 3,977.1 3,992.8 4,005.4 4,038.4 4,044.7 4,066.9 4,078.0 4,103.4 4,116.8

2022

 4,128.2 4,157.4 4,176.7 4,192.4 4,203.0 4,212.0 4,225.8 4,235.8 4,248.7 4,246.2 4,264.3 (p)4,265.7

Construction

2021

 155.5 153.3 156.0 156.0 156.5 157.1 157.8 157.9 158.7 159.6 159.9 161.3

2022

 161.4 162.6 162.2 158.6 157.4 154.5 155.9 157.6 154.9 153.7 155.8 (p)152.4

Manufacturing

2021

 239.1 239.2 239.9 240.0 240.1 240.0 240.1 240.3 240.8 241.1 241.8 243.1

2022

 241.9 243.0 244.5 246.0 244.5 246.4 247.2 246.9 245.9 245.9 246.0 (p)245.5

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2021

 854.6 855.8 858.4 860.7 862.7 865.0 867.2 869.0 870.7 872.9 877.5 880.4

2022

 887.0 896.5 901.7 904.4 903.9 906.3 910.6 913.7 912.4 915.0 916.9 (p)919.1

Information

2021

 68.5 69.0 69.4 70.0 70.7 70.9 72.6 72.1 71.8 70.6 70.6 70.0

2022

 69.4 69.4 69.4 69.9 70.7 70.6 70.2 70.2 70.6 70.2 70.2 (p)70.3

Financial Activities

2021

 249.5 249.9 250.4 250.7 251.3 251.7 252.2 252.3 252.2 252.4 252.1 253.9

2022

 256.8 256.8 258.0 258.8 262.1 259.6 260.0 260.0 259.7 258.6 258.5 (p)258.1

Professional & Business Services

2021

 668.5 672.9 674.5 676.3 679.9 681.8 688.8 686.0 684.5 695.6 703.1 704.8

2022

 703.6 707.2 711.2 712.2 711.5 710.5 714.3 715.2 715.1 717.5 720.3 (p)717.8

Educational & Health Services

2021

 679.9 683.4 685.6 688.8 690.3 693.2 694.6 695.3 694.7 695.9 701.4 700.5

2022

 701.4 707.3 708.8 713.2 716.2 720.4 725.7 727.7 726.9 728.1 734.3 (p)738.7

Leisure & Hospitality

2021

 300.0 303.2 306.6 315.7 320.0 323.9 338.2 339.3 350.0 353.2 357.1 360.7

2022

 363.5 367.8 373.4 379.7 385.9 390.4 389.7 388.4 396.3 396.7 398.6 (p)398.3

Other Services

2021

 146.2 147.1 147.8 148.5 149.0 149.3 153.1 153.5 154.0 156.0 158.6 159.5

2022

 160.6 163.3 163.9 164.8 166.7 167.5 168.7 168.6 170.8 172.1 174.6 (p)175.1

Government

2021

 564.3 565.7 568.1 569.1 571.0 571.2 572.5 577.7 588.2 579.4 580.0 581.2

2022

 581.2 582.1 582.3 583.4 582.7 584.4 582.1 586.1 594.7 587.0 587.7 (p)589.0

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

2021

 4,643,010 4,652,693 4,657,234 4,675,610 4,672,304 4,702,203 4,684,109 4,683,383 4,656,122 4,646,759 4,633,409 4,632,670

2022

 4,641,835 4,622,687 4,617,907 4,634,049 4,648,350 4,662,709 4,666,387 4,693,253 4,675,993 4,698,826 4,710,040 (p)4,719,297

Employment

2021

 4,303,514 4,318,304 4,334,624 4,349,897 4,361,984 4,369,843 4,374,761 4,379,616 4,384,960 4,392,068 4,396,380 4,398,562

2022

 4,403,536 4,409,774 4,425,423 4,444,630 4,466,973 4,482,786 4,494,274 4,505,032 4,521,874 4,536,787 4,549,096 (p)4,556,758

Unemployment

2021

 339,496 334,389 322,610 325,713 310,320 332,360 309,348 303,767 271,162 254,691 237,029 234,108

2022

 238,299 212,913 192,484 189,419 181,377 179,923 172,113 188,221 154,119 162,039 160,944 (p)162,539

Unemployment Rate

2021

 7.3 7.2 6.9 7.0 6.6 7.1 6.6 6.5 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.1

2022

 5.1 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.7 4.0 3.3 3.4 3.4 (p)3.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary