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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New York–New Jersey > Table

Local Area Unemployment Statistics - New Jersey

Status of the Civilian Labor Force - New Jersey

Civilian Labor Force - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 4,549,452 4,555,278 4,559,927 4,562,426 4,562,235 4,559,450 4,555,437 4,551,948 4,549,867 4,549,879 4,551,299 4,553,174  

2011

 4,555,359 4,557,018 4,557,107 4,556,028 4,555,600 4,557,176 4,561,230 4,566,927 4,572,793 4,577,450 4,579,959 4,580,274  

2012

 4,579,827 4,580,547 4,582,440 4,584,234 4,585,463 4,586,476 4,587,732 4,590,156 4,594,086 4,597,516 4,598,151 4,594,449  

2013

 4,594,280 4,584,049 4,574,555 4,567,974 4,563,611 4,559,345 4,552,908 4,542,657 4,529,217 4,516,243 4,507,052 4,502,856  

2014

 4,467,170 4,468,826 4,471,808 4,474,887 4,477,992 4,482,119 4,487,413 4,493,750 4,500,035 4,504,389 4,505,707 4,505,141  

2015

 (r)4,501,741 (r)4,500,552 (r)4,499,373 (r)4,497,565 (r)4,494,259 (r)4,489,166 (r)4,483,529 (r)4,478,486 (r)4,474,724 (r)4,473,418 (r)4,474,986 (r)4,478,075  

2016

 (r)4,480,839 (r)4,482,215 (r)4,481,577 (r)4,479,689 (r)4,477,760 (r)4,475,906 (r)4,473,967 (r)4,472,131 (r)4,470,616 (r)4,468,604 (r)4,465,906 (r)4,463,317  

2017

 (r)4,461,746 (r)4,461,245 (r)4,461,144 (r)4,461,194 (r)4,460,983 (r)4,460,352 (r)4,459,059 (r)4,456,259 (r)4,451,899 (r)4,446,491 (r)4,440,412 (r)4,434,158  

2018

 (r)4,429,148 (r)4,426,833 (r)4,427,229 (r)4,428,470 (r)4,429,065 (r)4,428,816 (r)4,428,176 (r)4,428,823 (r)4,431,853 (r)4,437,542 (r)4,445,042 (r)4,452,190  

2019

 (r)4,456,587 (r)4,457,146 (r)4,455,781 (r)4,455,716 (r)4,459,791 (r)4,469,516 (r)4,486,272 (r)4,505,661 (r)4,523,734 (r)4,536,222 (r)4,537,131 (r)4,535,046  

2020

 4,551,684 4,564,128 4,588,196 (p)4,469,885                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Employment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 4,104,096 4,112,020 4,119,791 4,125,865 4,129,579 4,130,185 4,128,028 4,124,659 4,121,354 4,119,800 4,120,337 4,122,269  

2011

 4,125,018 4,127,495 4,128,833 4,128,987 4,129,075 4,130,621 4,134,490 4,140,177 4,146,653 4,152,800 4,157,197 4,158,972  

2012

 4,158,773 4,157,820 4,155,993 4,153,426 4,151,747 4,152,120 4,154,797 4,159,373 4,164,815 4,169,473 4,172,301 4,172,901  

2013

 4,178,849 4,176,045 4,174,535 4,175,392 4,176,838 4,177,318 4,176,414 4,174,222 4,171,484 4,169,309 4,169,278 4,172,420  

2014

 4,145,028 4,153,001 4,161,622 4,169,393 4,176,500 4,183,543 4,190,050 4,195,985 4,201,222 4,205,462 4,208,297 4,210,147  

2015

 (r)4,209,904 (r)4,211,785 (r)4,214,616 (r)4,218,352 (r)4,222,145 (r)4,225,326 (r)4,228,258 (r)4,231,467 (r)4,235,571 (r)4,241,085 (r)4,247,347 (r)4,252,744  

2016

 (r)4,255,861 (r)4,256,223 (r)4,254,203 (r)4,251,164 (r)4,248,677 (r)4,247,446 (r)4,247,606 (r)4,248,751 (r)4,250,177 (r)4,251,355 (r)4,252,582 (r)4,254,125  

2017

 (r)4,256,013 (r)4,257,961 (r)4,258,943 (r)4,258,672 (r)4,257,252 (r)4,254,705 (r)4,251,211 (r)4,246,868 (r)4,242,119 (r)4,237,472 (r)4,233,062 (r)4,229,695  

2018

 (r)4,228,216 (r)4,229,220 (r)4,232,626 (r)4,236,980 (r)4,241,062 (r)4,245,082 (r)4,249,462 (r)4,254,763 (r)4,261,271 (r)4,268,824 (r)4,277,081 (r)4,284,903  

2019

 (r)4,291,177 (r)4,295,671 (r)4,299,568 (r)4,304,824 (r)4,312,707 (r)4,323,243 (r)4,336,736 (r)4,350,169 (r)4,361,752 (r)4,369,115 (r)4,368,963 (r)4,367,342  

2020

 4,379,423 4,390,255 4,419,828 (p)3,784,340                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 445,356 443,258 440,136 436,561 432,656 429,265 427,409 427,289 428,513 430,079 430,962 430,905  

2011

 430,341 429,523 428,274 427,041 426,525 426,555 426,740 426,750 426,140 424,650 422,762 421,302  

2012

 421,054 422,727 426,447 430,808 433,716 434,356 432,935 430,783 429,271 428,043 425,850 421,548  

2013

 415,431 408,004 400,020 392,582 386,773 382,027 376,494 368,435 357,733 346,934 337,774 330,436  

2014

 322,142 315,825 310,186 305,494 301,492 298,576 297,363 297,765 298,813 298,927 297,410 294,994  

2015

 (r)291,837 (r)288,767 (r)284,757 (r)279,213 (r)272,114 (r)263,840 (r)255,271 (r)247,019 (r)239,153 (r)232,333 (r)227,639 (r)225,331  

2016

 (r)224,978 (r)225,992 (r)227,374 (r)228,525 (r)229,083 (r)228,460 (r)226,361 (r)223,380 (r)220,439 (r)217,249 (r)213,324 (r)209,192  

2017

 (r)205,733 (r)203,284 (r)202,201 (r)202,522 (r)203,731 (r)205,647 (r)207,848 (r)209,391 (r)209,780 (r)209,019 (r)207,350 (r)204,463  

2018

 (r)200,932 (r)197,613 (r)194,603 (r)191,490 (r)188,003 (r)183,734 (r)178,714 (r)174,060 (r)170,582 (r)168,718 (r)167,961 (r)167,287  

2019

 (r)165,410 (r)161,475 (r)156,213 (r)150,892 (r)147,084 (r)146,273 (r)149,536 (r)155,492 (r)161,982 (r)167,107 (r)168,168 (r)167,704  

2020

 172,261 173,873 168,368 (p)685,545                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.5  

2011

 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.2  

2012

 9.2 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.2  

2013

 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.3  

2014

 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.5  

2015

 (r)6.5 (r)6.4 (r)6.3 (r)6.2 (r)6.1 (r)5.9 (r)5.7 (r)5.5 (r)5.3 (r)5.2 (r)5.1 (r)5.0  

2016

 (r)5.0 (r)5.0 (r)5.1 (r)5.1 (r)5.1 (r)5.1 (r)5.1 (r)5.0 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.8 (r)4.7  

2017

 (r)4.6 (r)4.6 (r)4.5 (r)4.5 (r)4.6 (r)4.6 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.6  

2018

 (r)4.5 (r)4.5 (r)4.4 (r)4.3 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)3.9 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.8  

2019

 (r)3.7 (r)3.6 (r)3.5 (r)3.4 (r)3.3 (r)3.3 (r)3.3 (r)3.5 (r)3.6 (r)3.7 (r)3.7 (r)3.7  

2020

 3.8 3.8 3.7 (p)15.3                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Civilian Labor Force - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 4,518,682 4,534,321 4,548,793 4,569,810 4,560,800 4,594,818 4,619,484 4,583,768 4,523,356 4,528,964 4,538,572 4,542,589 4,555,330

2011

 4,519,207 4,541,084 4,554,081 4,545,120 4,555,198 4,598,582 4,619,615 4,592,987 4,552,859 4,569,948 4,566,790 4,567,795 4,565,272

2012

 4,534,225 4,568,971 4,574,565 4,564,459 4,586,458 4,647,868 4,652,390 4,600,392 4,564,678 4,593,560 4,586,509 4,582,310 4,588,033

2013

 4,570,862 4,568,820 4,549,790 4,540,431 4,565,666 4,621,677 4,623,634 4,571,135 4,506,715 4,496,553 4,488,352 4,479,075 4,548,560

2014

 4,432,756 4,462,199 4,472,344 4,445,567 4,478,367 4,526,429 4,564,649 4,524,046 4,467,495 4,497,686 4,489,634 4,483,285 4,487,038

2015

 (r)4,472,961 (r)4,484,523 (r)4,481,278 (r)4,476,748 (r)4,511,333 (r)4,537,020 (r)4,554,248 (r)4,503,012 (r)4,437,227 (r)4,464,164 (r)4,461,421 (r)4,463,763 (r)4,487,308

2016

 (r)4,439,243 (r)4,471,779 (r)4,481,734 (r)4,465,364 (r)4,471,996 (r)4,517,146 (r)4,541,395 (r)4,499,013 (r)4,452,531 (r)4,459,996 (r)4,442,872 (r)4,442,300 (r)4,473,781

2017

 (r)4,429,773 (r)4,455,222 (r)4,453,084 (r)4,447,499 (r)4,453,554 (r)4,503,658 (r)4,523,713 (r)4,481,826 (r)4,439,688 (r)4,431,196 (r)4,424,311 (r)4,412,661 (r)4,454,682

2018

 (r)4,394,274 (r)4,431,093 (r)4,416,772 (r)4,402,756 (r)4,418,163 (r)4,483,726 (r)4,504,720 (r)4,444,332 (r)4,399,153 (r)4,425,805 (r)4,427,587 (r)4,441,859 (r)4,432,520

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                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Employment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 4,052,972 4,068,665 4,087,942 4,140,829 4,138,961 4,165,950 4,166,870 4,157,177 4,108,747 4,120,632 4,120,385 4,128,327 4,121,455

2011

 4,068,804 4,089,475 4,113,430 4,131,373 4,136,695 4,162,510 4,171,440 4,168,968 4,133,394 4,158,493 4,164,702 4,162,287 4,138,464

2012

 4,099,975 4,124,344 4,141,634 4,145,347 4,161,179 4,200,067 4,188,142 4,169,037 4,155,736 4,185,440 4,172,617 4,176,309 4,159,986

2013

 4,125,773 4,144,438 4,153,333 4,171,119 4,180,900 4,219,808 4,223,556 4,201,346 4,155,601 4,154,410 4,176,528 4,179,118 4,173,828

2014

 4,098,609 4,117,713 4,140,826 4,169,540 4,184,056 4,228,623 4,233,196 4,210,649 4,176,522 4,216,400 4,212,278 4,214,077 4,183,541

2015

 (r)4,159,711 (r)4,175,982 (r)4,191,782 (r)4,218,766 (r)4,236,627 (r)4,267,402 (r)4,269,847 (r)4,251,536 (r)4,206,466 (r)4,245,078 (r)4,250,010 (r)4,258,454 (r)4,227,638

2016

 (r)4,206,811 (r)4,230,641 (r)4,241,528 (r)4,245,564 (r)4,251,995 (r)4,285,264 (r)4,292,487 (r)4,266,965 (r)4,231,570 (r)4,253,150 (r)4,255,489 (r)4,253,063 (r)4,251,211

2017

 (r)4,206,766 (r)4,230,361 (r)4,249,312 (r)4,258,351 (r)4,257,162 (r)4,297,974 (r)4,293,071 (r)4,257,595 (r)4,232,169 (r)4,238,094 (r)4,234,185 (r)4,229,877 (r)4,248,743

2018

 (r)4,175,658 (r)4,211,325 (r)4,215,021 (r)4,228,936 (r)4,247,750 (r)4,289,283 (r)4,299,337 (r)4,259,595 (r)4,236,070 (r)4,274,484 (r)4,284,871 (r)4,287,225 (r)4,250,796

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                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 465,710 465,656 460,851 428,981 421,839 428,868 452,614 426,591 414,609 408,332 418,187 414,262 433,875

2011

 450,403 451,609 440,651 413,747 418,503 436,072 448,175 424,019 419,465 411,455 402,088 405,508 426,808

2012

 434,250 444,627 432,931 419,112 425,279 447,801 464,248 431,355 408,942 408,120 413,892 406,001 428,047

2013

 445,089 424,382 396,457 369,312 384,766 401,869 400,078 369,789 351,114 342,143 311,824 299,957 374,732

2014

 334,147 344,486 331,518 276,027 294,311 297,806 331,453 313,397 290,973 281,286 277,356 269,208 303,497

2015

 (r)313,250 (r)308,541 (r)289,496 (r)257,982 (r)274,706 (r)269,618 (r)284,401 (r)251,476 (r)230,761 (r)219,086 (r)211,411 (r)205,309 (r)259,670

2016

 (r)232,432 (r)241,138 (r)240,206 (r)219,800 (r)220,001 (r)231,882 (r)248,908 (r)232,048 (r)220,961 (r)206,846 (r)187,383 (r)189,237 (r)222,570

2017

 (r)223,007 (r)224,861 (r)203,772 (r)189,148 (r)196,392 (r)205,684 (r)230,642 (r)224,231 (r)207,519 (r)193,102 (r)190,126 (r)182,784 (r)205,939

2018

 (r)218,616 (r)219,768 (r)201,751 (r)173,820 (r)170,413 (r)194,443 (r)205,383 (r)184,737 (r)163,083 (r)151,321 (r)142,716 (r)154,634 (r)181,724

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                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Rate - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 10.3 10.3 10.1 9.4 9.2 9.3 9.8 9.3 9.2 9.0 9.2 9.1 9.5

2011

 10.0 9.9 9.7 9.1 9.2 9.5 9.7 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.9 9.3

2012

 9.6 9.7 9.5 9.2 9.3 9.6 10.0 9.4 9.0 8.9 9.0 8.9 9.3

2013

 9.7 9.3 8.7 8.1 8.4 8.7 8.7 8.1 7.8 7.6 6.9 6.7 8.2

2014

 7.5 7.7 7.4 6.2 6.6 6.6 7.3 6.9 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.8

2015

 (r)7.0 (r)6.9 (r)6.5 (r)5.8 (r)6.1 (r)5.9 (r)6.2 (r)5.6 (r)5.2 (r)4.9 (r)4.7 (r)4.6 (r)5.8

2016

 (r)5.2 (r)5.4 (r)5.4 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)5.1 (r)5.5 (r)5.2 (r)5.0 (r)4.6 (r)4.2 (r)4.3 (r)5.0

2017

 (r)5.0 (r)5.0 (r)4.6 (r)4.3 (r)4.4 (r)4.6 (r)5.1 (r)5.0 (r)4.7 (r)4.4 (r)4.3 (r)4.1 (r)4.6

2018

 (r)5.0 (r)5.0 (r)4.6 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)4.3 (r)4.6 (r)4.2 (r)3.7 (r)3.4 (r)3.2 (r)3.5 (r)4.1

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

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).