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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

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

2016

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

2017

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

2018

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

2019

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

2020

 4,551,684 4,564,128 4,588,196 4,483,327 4,531,245 4,548,773 4,589,169 4,578,368 4,325,103 4,401,919 (p)4,526,235    

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
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

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

2016

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

2017

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

2018

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

2019

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

2020

 4,379,423 4,390,255 4,419,828 3,751,422 3,835,528 3,782,601 3,937,803 4,068,399 4,035,347 4,051,425 (p)4,063,590    

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
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

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

2016

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

2017

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

2018

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

2019

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

2020

 172,261 173,873 168,368 731,905 695,717 766,172 651,366 509,969 289,756 350,494 (p)462,645    

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
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

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

2016

 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.7  

2017

 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6  

2018

 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8  

2019

 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7  

2020

 3.8 3.8 3.7 16.3 15.4 16.8 14.2 11.1 6.7 8.0 (p)10.2    

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
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

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

2016

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

2017

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

2018

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

2019

 4,436,343 4,458,702 4,450,191 4,422,942 4,443,339 4,508,811 4,555,166 4,530,548 4,496,207 4,533,349 4,534,778 4,547,131 4,493,125

2020

 4,558,934 4,582,170 4,565,536 4,454,525 4,515,845 4,586,771 4,650,728 4,596,237 4,291,718 4,394,721 (p)4,518,710    

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
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

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

2016

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

2017

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

2018

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

2019

 4,243,393 4,274,921 4,285,513 4,298,138 4,310,300 4,361,691 4,379,087 4,363,856 4,344,140 4,378,390 4,377,687 4,382,885 4,333,333

2020

 4,358,598 4,390,588 4,396,571 3,744,208 3,834,831 3,824,299 3,982,098 4,084,965 4,014,749 4,058,678 (p)4,071,199    

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
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

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

2016

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

2017

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

2018

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

2019

 192,950 183,781 164,678 124,804 133,039 147,120 176,079 166,692 152,067 154,959 157,091 164,246 159,792

2020

 200,336 191,582 168,965 710,317 681,014 762,472 668,630 511,272 276,969 336,043 (p)447,511    

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
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

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

2016

 5.2 5.4 5.4 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.2 4.3 5.0

2017

 5.0 5.0 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.6 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.6

2018

 5.0 5.0 4.6 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.6 4.2 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.5 4.1

2019

 4.3 4.1 3.7 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6

2020

 4.4 4.2 3.7 15.9 15.1 16.6 14.4 11.1 6.5 7.6 (p)9.9    

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

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