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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

2013

 4,576,918 4,569,169 4,560,491 4,552,734 4,545,446 4,537,662 4,528,808 4,517,350 4,503,664 4,490,616 4,480,939 4,475,815  

2014

 4,474,601 4,475,891 4,478,887 4,482,331 4,486,012 4,490,716 4,496,114 4,502,037 4,507,583 4,510,847 4,510,783 4,508,668  

2015

 4,506,245 4,504,414 4,503,300 4,502,099 4,499,740 4,495,690 4,490,941 4,486,690 4,483,815 4,484,030 4,487,793 4,493,120  

2016

 4,497,590 4,500,079 4,500,037 4,498,429 4,496,747 4,495,078 4,493,345 4,491,870 4,490,549 4,488,150 4,484,804 4,482,046  

2017

 4,608,916 4,611,297 4,615,010 4,619,442 4,623,330 4,625,598 4,625,490 4,622,153 4,616,269 4,609,435 4,602,632 4,596,953  

2018

 (r)4,589,597 (r)4,591,388 (r)4,597,167 (r)4,603,634 (r)4,608,051 (r)4,609,385 (r)4,607,904 (r)4,605,741 (r)4,604,978 (r)4,607,016 (r)4,612,105 (r)4,619,188  

2019

 (r)4,626,305 (r)4,632,556 (r)4,639,105 (r)4,648,025 (r)4,660,187 (r)4,675,185 (r)4,691,659 (r)4,707,756 (r)4,722,462 (r)4,735,359 (r)4,746,264 (r)4,752,986  

2020

 (r)4,753,250 (r)4,745,496 (r)4,731,203 (r)4,486,453 (r)4,590,276 (r)4,645,951 (r)4,747,442 (r)4,768,751 (r)4,532,467 (r)4,563,271 (r)4,600,843 (r)4,624,093  

2021

 (r)4,639,477 (r)4,651,945 (r)4,661,230 (r)4,675,579 (r)4,678,360 (r)4,695,852 (r)4,686,044 (r)4,683,082 (r)4,662,465 (r)4,655,775 (r)4,648,884 (r)4,655,098  

2022

 (r)4,678,306 (r)4,693,448 (r)4,706,634 (r)4,725,353 (r)4,740,508 (r)4,752,862 (r)4,758,983 (r)4,762,369 (r)4,763,708 (r)4,764,810 (r)4,764,624 (r)4,764,691  

2023

 4,778,908 4,796,374 4,814,879 (p)4,832,677                  

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

2013

 4,158,784 4,155,701 4,152,943 4,152,015 4,151,597 4,150,253 4,147,947 4,144,838 4,141,572 4,139,153 4,139,036 4,142,292  

2014

 4,148,926 4,157,794 4,167,358 4,175,971 4,183,785 4,191,512 4,198,635 4,205,182 4,211,077 4,215,767 4,218,647 4,220,057  

2015

 4,221,064 4,222,229 4,224,426 4,227,666 4,231,181 4,234,299 4,237,324 4,240,738 4,245,263 4,251,866 4,260,009 4,267,692  

2016

 4,273,085 4,275,593 4,275,290 4,273,344 4,271,365 4,269,959 4,269,348 4,269,454 4,269,602 4,269,123 4,268,999 4,270,453  

2017

 4,396,117 4,402,506 4,408,891 4,414,239 4,417,571 4,418,021 4,415,446 4,410,238 4,403,727 4,397,686 4,392,811 4,390,479  

2018

 (r)4,385,453 (r)4,391,311 (r)4,400,669 (r)4,410,368 (r)4,417,829 (r)4,422,709 (r)4,425,537 (r)4,427,631 (r)4,430,370 (r)4,435,151 (r)4,442,666 (r)4,452,345  

2019

 (r)4,462,932 (r)4,474,203 (r)4,486,272 (r)4,499,683 (r)4,513,663 (r)4,526,756 (r)4,537,766 (r)4,546,431 (r)4,554,199 (r)4,560,884 (r)4,566,123 (r)4,567,851  

2020

 (r)4,563,931 (r)4,553,129 (r)4,538,549 (r)3,817,083 (r)3,885,849 (r)3,976,612 (r)4,064,793 (r)4,135,248 (r)4,196,699 (r)4,239,295 (r)4,270,347 (r)4,289,974  

2021

 (r)4,303,297 (r)4,315,408 (r)4,329,648 (r)4,343,837 (r)4,355,340 (r)4,362,613 (r)4,365,599 (r)4,368,476 (r)4,371,438 (r)4,378,549 (r)4,388,549 (r)4,401,723  

2022

 (r)4,439,967 (r)4,477,726 (r)4,511,597 (r)4,542,322 (r)4,568,268 (r)4,589,644 (r)4,605,705 (r)4,619,344 (r)4,611,149 (r)4,606,149 (r)4,605,955 (r)4,607,487  

2023

 4,615,244 4,627,539 4,644,165 (p)4,662,560                  

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

2013

 418,134 413,468 407,548 400,719 393,849 387,409 380,861 372,512 362,092 351,463 341,903 333,523  

2014

 325,675 318,097 311,529 306,360 302,227 299,204 297,479 296,855 296,506 295,080 292,136 288,611  

2015

 285,181 282,185 278,874 274,433 268,559 261,391 253,617 245,952 238,552 232,164 227,784 225,428  

2016

 224,505 224,486 224,747 225,085 225,382 225,119 223,997 222,416 220,947 219,027 215,805 211,593  

2017

 212,799 208,791 206,119 205,203 205,759 207,577 210,044 211,915 212,542 211,749 209,821 206,474  

2018

 (r)204,144 (r)200,077 (r)196,498 (r)193,266 (r)190,222 (r)186,676 (r)182,367 (r)178,110 (r)174,608 (r)171,865 (r)169,439 (r)166,843  

2019

 (r)163,373 (r)158,353 (r)152,833 (r)148,342 (r)146,524 (r)148,429 (r)153,893 (r)161,325 (r)168,263 (r)174,475 (r)180,141 (r)185,135  

2020

 (r)189,319 (r)192,367 (r)192,654 (r)669,370 (r)704,427 (r)669,339 (r)682,649 (r)633,503 (r)335,768 (r)323,976 (r)330,496 (r)334,119  

2021

 (r)336,180 (r)336,537 (r)331,582 (r)331,742 (r)323,020 (r)333,239 (r)320,445 (r)314,606 (r)291,027 (r)277,226 (r)260,335 (r)253,375  

2022

 (r)238,339 (r)215,722 (r)195,037 (r)183,031 (r)172,240 (r)163,218 (r)153,278 (r)143,025 (r)152,559 (r)158,661 (r)158,669 (r)157,204  

2023

 163,664 168,835 170,714 (p)170,117                  

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

2013

 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.5  

2014

 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.4  

2015

 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.0  

2016

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

2017

 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5  

2018

 (r)4.4 (r)4.4 (r)4.3 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)3.9 (r)3.8 (r)3.7 (r)3.7 (r)3.6  

2019

 (r)3.5 (r)3.4 (r)3.3 (r)3.2 (r)3.1 (r)3.2 (r)3.3 (r)3.4 (r)3.6 (r)3.7 (r)3.8 (r)3.9  

2020

 (r)4.0 (r)4.1 (r)4.1 (r)14.9 (r)15.3 (r)14.4 (r)14.4 (r)13.3 (r)7.4 (r)7.1 (r)7.2 (r)7.2  

2021

 (r)7.2 (r)7.2 (r)7.1 (r)7.1 (r)6.9 (r)7.1 (r)6.8 (r)6.7 (r)6.2 (r)6.0 (r)5.6 (r)5.4  

2022

 (r)5.1 (r)4.6 (r)4.1 (r)3.9 (r)3.6 (r)3.4 (r)3.2 (r)3.0 (r)3.2 (r)3.3 (r)3.3 (r)3.3  

2023

 3.4 3.5 3.5 (p)3.5                  

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

2013

 4,557,459 4,558,326 4,540,821 4,528,573 4,543,926 4,598,179 4,595,337 4,548,048 4,478,200 4,466,194 4,462,927 4,458,233 4,528,019

2014

 4,438,201 4,469,828 4,480,907 4,461,781 4,485,892 4,533,074 4,565,467 4,531,509 4,468,366 4,503,785 4,498,094 4,489,822 4,493,894

2015

 4,477,771 4,491,589 4,488,375 4,489,228 4,514,465 4,543,321 4,554,682 4,508,933 4,435,583 4,476,557 4,475,499 4,479,268 4,494,606

2016

 4,457,524 4,497,227 4,510,977 4,485,124 4,485,101 4,534,421 4,558,990 4,510,968 4,466,513 4,479,229 4,462,969 4,464,806 4,492,821

2017

 4,584,364 4,609,343 4,613,450 4,611,161 4,610,590 4,660,510 4,682,463 4,639,326 4,596,726 4,595,209 4,590,164 4,586,134 4,614,953

2018

 (r)4,557,386 (r)4,603,452 (r)4,593,217 (r)4,575,865 (r)4,590,010 (r)4,658,793 (r)4,677,331 (r)4,607,621 (r)4,565,659 (r)4,605,478 (r)4,603,630 (r)4,619,006 (r)4,604,787

2019

 (r)4,612,369 (r)4,639,868 (r)4,639,310 (r)4,611,850 (r)4,637,091 (r)4,699,753 (r)4,750,408 (r)4,721,433 (r)4,697,334 (r)4,737,754 (r)4,738,302 (r)4,749,675 (r)4,686,262

2020

 (r)4,739,756 (r)4,764,677 (r)4,743,755 (r)4,464,084 (r)4,535,657 (r)4,665,093 (r)4,769,844 (r)4,803,597 (r)4,506,242 (r)4,592,050 (r)4,608,226 (r)4,610,927 (r)4,650,326

2021

 (r)4,618,674 (r)4,650,568 (r)4,665,716 (r)4,649,849 (r)4,649,366 (r)4,715,946 (r)4,746,347 (r)4,694,169 (r)4,630,276 (r)4,653,249 (r)4,653,195 (r)4,665,945 (r)4,666,108

2022

 (r)4,657,359 (r)4,688,627 (r)4,717,858 (r)4,699,368 (r)4,719,435 (r)4,766,052 (r)4,791,532 (r)4,786,079 (r)4,741,051 (r)4,774,158 (r)4,761,059 (r)4,775,069 (r)4,739,804

2023

 4,812,635 4,848,662 4,864,957 (p)4,838,469                  

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

2013

 4,107,333 4,124,896 4,135,435 4,151,175 4,151,249 4,193,279 4,191,250 4,173,223 4,122,613 4,122,926 4,145,106 4,153,442 4,147,661

2014

 4,098,525 4,124,333 4,151,097 4,181,671 4,189,536 4,233,118 4,237,720 4,220,907 4,180,293 4,227,716 4,223,565 4,227,330 4,191,318

2015

 4,171,054 4,189,464 4,206,336 4,230,928 4,243,037 4,275,125 4,273,000 4,261,796 4,207,966 4,258,444 4,262,743 4,274,614 4,237,876

2016

 4,223,367 4,256,058 4,272,113 4,266,083 4,269,416 4,306,772 4,312,161 4,283,109 4,248,752 4,272,459 4,271,741 4,272,378 4,271,201

2017

 4,352,232 4,375,596 4,403,352 4,417,479 4,409,616 4,451,816 4,452,672 4,420,823 4,392,146 4,402,456 4,395,201 4,400,425 4,406,151

2018

 (r)4,337,374 (r)4,376,786 (r)4,383,765 (r)4,396,310 (r)4,416,025 (r)4,460,232 (r)4,468,694 (r)4,423,639 (r)4,403,835 (r)4,455,229 (r)4,461,766 (r)4,464,903 (r)4,420,713

2019

 (r)4,421,254 (r)4,454,904 (r)4,474,866 (r)4,481,995 (r)4,499,800 (r)4,550,336 (r)4,572,202 (r)4,552,664 (r)4,543,502 (r)4,580,459 (r)4,577,653 (r)4,581,868 (r)4,524,292

2020

 (r)4,535,131 (r)4,559,390 (r)4,509,170 (r)3,819,410 (r)3,831,383 (r)3,990,215 (r)4,062,673 (r)4,183,113 (r)4,180,209 (r)4,290,924 (r)4,291,724 (r)4,295,321 (r)4,212,389

2021

 (r)4,261,795 (r)4,288,032 (r)4,320,582 (r)4,330,894 (r)4,337,428 (r)4,368,649 (r)4,401,616 (r)4,376,894 (r)4,351,882 (r)4,400,451 (r)4,414,709 (r)4,433,672 (r)4,357,217

2022

 (r)4,396,989 (r)4,449,131 (r)4,510,010 (r)4,525,585 (r)4,552,717 (r)4,595,978 (r)4,619,826 (r)4,635,174 (r)4,609,996 (r)4,632,792 (r)4,614,537 (r)4,626,615 (r)4,564,113

2023

 4,619,231 4,649,908 4,678,279 (p)4,690,920                  

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

2013

 450,126 433,430 405,386 377,398 392,677 404,900 404,087 374,825 355,587 343,268 317,821 304,791 380,358

2014

 339,676 345,495 329,810 280,110 296,356 299,956 327,747 310,602 288,073 276,069 274,529 262,492 302,576

2015

 306,717 302,125 282,039 258,300 271,428 268,196 281,682 247,137 227,617 218,113 212,756 204,654 256,730

2016

 234,157 241,169 238,864 219,041 215,685 227,649 246,829 227,859 217,761 206,770 191,228 192,428 221,620

2017

 232,132 233,747 210,098 193,682 200,974 208,694 229,791 218,503 204,580 192,753 194,963 185,709 208,802

2018

 (r)220,012 (r)226,666 (r)209,452 (r)179,555 (r)173,985 (r)198,561 (r)208,637 (r)183,982 (r)161,824 (r)150,249 (r)141,864 (r)154,103 (r)184,074

2019

 (r)191,115 (r)184,964 (r)164,444 (r)129,855 (r)137,291 (r)149,417 (r)178,206 (r)168,769 (r)153,832 (r)157,295 (r)160,649 (r)167,807 (r)161,970

2020

 (r)204,625 (r)205,287 (r)234,585 (r)644,674 (r)704,274 (r)674,878 (r)707,171 (r)620,484 (r)326,033 (r)301,126 (r)316,502 (r)315,606 (r)437,937

2021

 (r)356,879 (r)362,536 (r)345,134 (r)318,955 (r)311,938 (r)347,297 (r)344,731 (r)317,275 (r)278,394 (r)252,798 (r)238,486 (r)232,273 (r)308,891

2022

 (r)260,370 (r)239,496 (r)207,848 (r)173,783 (r)166,718 (r)170,074 (r)171,706 (r)150,905 (r)131,055 (r)141,366 (r)146,522 (r)148,454 (r)175,691

2023

 193,404 198,754 186,678 (p)147,549                  

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

2013

 9.9 9.5 8.9 8.3 8.6 8.8 8.8 8.2 7.9 7.7 7.1 6.8 8.4

2014

 7.7 7.7 7.4 6.3 6.6 6.6 7.2 6.9 6.4 6.1 6.1 5.8 6.7

2015

 6.8 6.7 6.3 5.8 6.0 5.9 6.2 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.6 5.7

2016

 5.3 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.9

2017

 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.5

2018

 (r)4.8 (r)4.9 (r)4.6 (r)3.9 (r)3.8 (r)4.3 (r)4.5 (r)4.0 (r)3.5 (r)3.3 (r)3.1 (r)3.3 (r)4.0

2019

 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)3.5 (r)2.8 (r)3.0 (r)3.2 (r)3.8 (r)3.6 (r)3.3 (r)3.3 (r)3.4 (r)3.5 (r)3.5

2020

 (r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)4.9 (r)14.4 (r)15.5 (r)14.5 (r)14.8 (r)12.9 (r)7.2 (r)6.6 (r)6.9 (r)6.8 (r)9.4

2021

 (r)7.7 (r)7.8 (r)7.4 (r)6.9 (r)6.7 (r)7.4 (r)7.3 (r)6.8 (r)6.0 (r)5.4 (r)5.1 (r)5.0 (r)6.6

2022

 (r)5.6 (r)5.1 (r)4.4 (r)3.7 (r)3.5 (r)3.6 (r)3.6 (r)3.2 (r)2.8 (r)3.0 (r)3.1 (r)3.1 (r)3.7

2023

 4.0 4.1 3.8 (p)3.0                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

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