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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
2019	4,100.1	4,110.2	4,134.8	4,171.5	4,204.4	4,270.8	4,211.1	4,195.6	4,201.0	4,230.1	4,252.3	4,256.9	4,194.9
2020	4,155.4	4,159.8	4,111.8	(p)3,407.6
Mining & Logging
2019	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4
2020	1.4	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
Construction
2019	150.5	148.7	151.5	158.4	161.6	163.2	164.6	165.8	164.8	165.6	163.9	159.1	159.8
2020	153.9	154.5	157.8	(p)120.2
Manufacturing
2019	249.5	249.7	250.9	250.9	251.6	253.8	253.3	251.9	251.0	250.2	252.3	252.3	251.5
2020	250.9	251.8	251.7	(p)218.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	884.5	871.6	872.7	871.2	878.0	889.3	883.6	882.6	882.1	891.1	912.4	922.4	886.8
2020	893.8	881.3	877.6	(p)723.6
Information
2019	66.5	66.9	66.7	66.8	67.6	68.7	67.8	69.2	67.6	67.4	67.3	66.5	67.4
2020	65.8	66.2	65.5	(p)60.3
Financial Activities
2019	250.2	249.9	250.6	251.2	252.1	255.6	255.8	255.8	252.6	250.6	251.2	251.6	252.3
2020	248.7	251.1	248.2	(p)235.2
Professional & Business Services
2019	660.7	663.7	668.8	682.2	683.4	694.0	685.2	688.1	690.3	696.1	698.7	695.8	683.9
2020	670.4	669.8	666.6	(p)588.8
Educational & Health Services
2019	710.0	715.4	720.4	720.5	722.2	719.7	703.4	699.4	715.7	726.8	729.9	731.9	717.9
2020	725.6	732.4	727.0	(p)613.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	359.2	360.7	368.3	380.6	401.8	429.9	435.8	433.7	405.7	390.5	382.3	382.2	394.2
2020	366.6	366.6	349.5	(p)137.8
Other Services
2019	169.1	169.4	170.4	173.0	174.5	178.4	177.5	176.7	173.2	175.0	173.9	173.8	173.7
2020	171.5	169.7	169.4	(p)114.3
Government
2019	598.6	612.9	613.2	615.4	610.2	616.8	582.7	570.9	596.5	615.3	618.9	619.8	605.9
2020	606.8	615.0	597.1	(p)593.9
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
2019	(r)4,436,343	(r)4,458,702	(r)4,450,191	(r)4,422,942	(r)4,443,339	(r)4,508,811	(r)4,555,166	(r)4,530,548	(r)4,496,207	(r)4,533,349	(r)4,534,778	(r)4,547,131	(r)4,493,125
2020	4,558,934	4,582,170	4,565,536	(p)4,455,935
Employment
2019	(r)4,243,393	(r)4,274,921	(r)4,285,513	(r)4,298,138	(r)4,310,300	(r)4,361,691	(r)4,379,087	(r)4,363,856	(r)4,344,140	(r)4,378,390	(r)4,377,687	(r)4,382,885	(r)4,333,333
2020	4,358,598	4,390,588	4,396,571	(p)3,748,772
Unemployment
2019	(r)192,950	(r)183,781	(r)164,678	(r)124,804	(r)133,039	(r)147,120	(r)176,079	(r)166,692	(r)152,067	(r)154,959	(r)157,091	(r)164,246	(r)159,792
2020	200,336	191,582	168,965	(p)707,163
Unemployment Rate
2019	(r)4.3	(r)4.1	(r)3.7	(r)2.8	(r)3.0	(r)3.3	(r)3.9	(r)3.7	(r)3.4	(r)3.4	(r)3.5	(r)3.6	(r)3.6
2020	4.4	4.2	3.7	(p)15.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised