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Camden, NJ

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Camden, NJ, Division Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jul 2022
New York-New Jersey - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2022
Camden, NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic	Consumer price indexes	Table	Aug 2022
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2019-20	Consumer spending	News Release	Oct 2021
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia	Average energy prices	Table	Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jun 2022
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jul 2022
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (1967=100)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jun 2022
Average Earnings and Hours in New Jersey - March 2013	Pay	News Release	May 2014
Occupational Employment and Wages in Camden — May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages for Emergency Responders in Selected Metropolitan Areas in New York and New Jersey – May 2014	Employment, Pay	News Release	Oct 2015
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jul 2022

Camden, NJ Economy at a Glance:

Camden, NJ
Data Series	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 2022	May 2022	June 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	666.6	668.7	673.3	671.9	673.3	(p)672.2
Employment(1)	635.3	640.4	647.0	649.4	651.3	(p)649.2
Unemployment(1)	31.3	28.3	26.3	22.5	22.0	(p)23.0
Unemployment Rate(2)	4.7	4.2	3.9	3.3	3.3	(p)3.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	542.5	549.4	554.1	560.3	566.3	(p)574.3
12-month % change	5.8	6.4	6.2	6.4	6.8	(p)6.8
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	23.3	23.1	23.1	23.1	23.1	(p)23.4
12-month % change	8.4	12.1	5.5	1.8	0.4	(p)1.3
Manufacturing(3)	38.5	38.7	38.9	39.2	39.2	(p)39.5
12-month % change	2.1	2.9	3.2	4.0	4.0	(p)3.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	133.7	133.6	134.1	135.4	137.2	(p)139.8
12-month % change	5.0	5.4	5.5	7.1	8.1	(p)9.4
Information(3)	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.5	(p)5.6
12-month % change	-14.8	-14.5	-11.7	-10.0	-12.7	(p)-9.7
Financial Activities(3)	30.5	31.1	31.0	31.1	31.2	(p)31.3
12-month % change	4.1	5.4	4.4	4.7	5.4	(p)4.7
Professional and Business Services(3)	76.8	80.5	84.1	85.4	86.6	(p)86.7
12-month % change	7.1	10.7	13.8	12.5	13.4	(p)11.3
Education and Health Services(3)	98.0	99.0	99.4	99.9	100.4	(p)100.5
12-month % change	3.5	3.6	3.6	4.0	4.0	(p)3.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	43.8	44.0	43.4	46.0	48.4	(p)52.9
12-month % change	21.7	20.2	13.9	14.7	14.4	(p)16.3
Other Services(3)	19.6	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.5	(p)21.0
12-month % change	8.3	9.9	8.6	6.3	7.3	(p)8.2
Government(3)	73.1	74.1	74.7	74.7	74.2	(p)73.6
12-month % change	4.1	2.1	2.5	2.2	2.6	(p)1.2
Consumer Price Index: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CPI-U, All items(4)		281.402		287.602		294.207
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)		7.3		8.4		8.8
CPI-W, All items(5)		283.844		288.748		295.482
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)		7.7		8.3		8.9
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary