New Jersey Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1978 | 3,209,000 | - | 7.2 | - |
| 1979 | 3,323,000 | 3.6 | 6.9 | -0.3 |
| 1980 | 3,334,000 | 0.3 | 7.2 | 0.3 |
| 1981 | 3,330,000 | -0.1 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
| 1982 | 3,306,000 | -0.7 | 9.0 | 1.7 |
| 1983 | 3,385,000 | 2.4 | 7.8 | -1.1 |
| 1984 | 3,589,000 | 6.0 | 6.2 | -1.7 |
| 1985 | 3,621,000 | 0.9 | 5.7 | -0.5 |
| 1986 | 3,712,000 | 2.5 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| 1987 | 3,806,000 | 2.5 | 4.0 | -1.0 |
| 1988 | 3,824,000 | 0.5 | 3.8 | -0.2 |
| 1989 | 3,826,000 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
| 1990 | 3,860,673 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 1.0 |
| 1991 | 3,770,249 | -2.3 | 6.7 | 1.6 |
| 1992 | 3,690,214 | -2.1 | 8.5 | 1.8 |
| 1993 | 3,690,762 | 0.0 | 7.5 | -1.0 |
| 1994 | 3,742,505 | 1.4 | 6.8 | -0.7 |
| 1995 | 3,846,322 | 2.8 | 6.5 | -0.4 |
| 1996 | 3,925,794 | 2.1 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| 1997 | 4,031,022 | 2.7 | 5.3 | -0.9 |
| 1998 | 4,047,062 | 0.4 | 4.6 | -0.7 |
| 1999 | 4,092,714 | 1.1 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| 2000 | 4,130,310 | 0.9 | 3.7 | -0.8 |
| 2001 | 4,117,543 | -0.3 | 4.3 | 0.6 |
| 2002 | 4,117,265 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 1.5 |
| 2003 | 4,108,397 | -0.2 | 5.9 | 0.1 |
| 2004 | 4,144,223 | 0.9 | 4.9 | -0.9 |
| 2005 | 4,218,485 | 1.8 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| 2006 | 4,269,645 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 0.2 |
| 2007 | 4,271,652 | 0.0 | 4.3 | -0.4 |
| 2008 | 4,251,195 | -0.5 | 5.5 | 1.2 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 3,777,477 | 3.7 | 7.0 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 3,811,742 | 4.5 | 6.7 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 3,828,717 | 3.9 | 6.5 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 3,835,265 | 3.4 | 6.5 | -0.3 |
| May | 3,842,957 | 2.9 | 6.5 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 3,889,712 | 2.6 | 6.6 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 3,903,026 | 2.8 | 7.0 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 3,875,337 | 2.2 | 6.4 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 3,830,235 | 2.1 | 6.2 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 3,862,978 | 2.2 | 5.9 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 3,855,871 | 1.8 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| Dec | 3,842,551 | 1.3 | 6.1 | 0.1 |
| 1996-Jan | 3,793,687 | 0.4 | 7.2 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 3,821,750 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 3,852,009 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 3,866,649 | 0.8 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 3,906,681 | 1.7 | 6.3 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 3,964,509 | 1.9 | 6.0 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 3,989,783 | 2.2 | 6.6 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 3,991,644 | 3.0 | 5.7 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 3,951,588 | 3.2 | 5.6 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 3,987,731 | 3.2 | 5.4 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 3,989,183 | 3.5 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
| Dec | 3,994,319 | 3.9 | 5.5 | -0.6 |
| 1997-Jan | 3,938,848 | 3.8 | 6.5 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 3,968,493 | 3.8 | 6.1 | -0.8 |
| Mar | 3,999,171 | 3.8 | 5.9 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 4,012,958 | 3.8 | 5.2 | -1.3 |
| May | 4,040,001 | 3.4 | 5.3 | -1.1 |
| Jun | 4,075,839 | 2.8 | 5.5 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 4,092,784 | 2.6 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 4,075,459 | 2.1 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 4,017,710 | 1.7 | 5.0 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 4,038,838 | 1.3 | 4.6 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 4,058,463 | 1.7 | 4.4 | -1.2 |
| Dec | 4,053,705 | 1.5 | 4.5 | -1.0 |
| 1998-Jan | 3,986,064 | 1.2 | 5.5 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 4,003,524 | 0.9 | 5.5 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 4,016,611 | 0.4 | 5.4 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 4,027,852 | 0.4 | 4.4 | -0.7 |
| May | 4,049,418 | 0.2 | 4.5 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 4,091,128 | 0.4 | 4.6 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 4,084,445 | -0.2 | 5.0 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 4,068,869 | -0.2 | 4.3 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 4,036,409 | 0.5 | 4.2 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 4,052,744 | 0.3 | 4.0 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 4,066,900 | 0.2 | 3.9 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 4,080,780 | 0.7 | 3.9 | -0.6 |
| 1999-Jan | 4,034,389 | 1.2 | 4.8 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 4,051,772 | 1.2 | 4.9 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 4,062,779 | 1.1 | 4.8 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 4,063,032 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 4,090,142 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 4,123,028 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 0.4 |
| Jul | 4,131,785 | 1.2 | 5.3 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 4,125,309 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 0.2 |
| Sep | 4,071,292 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 4,100,662 | 1.2 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 4,119,234 | 1.3 | 3.8 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 4,139,138 | 1.4 | 3.6 | -0.3 |
| 2000-Jan | 4,087,646 | 1.3 | 4.3 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 4,109,695 | 1.4 | 4.3 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 4,123,599 | 1.5 | 3.9 | -0.9 |
| Apr | 4,142,304 | 2.0 | 3.3 | -1.2 |
| May | 4,127,248 | 0.9 | 3.5 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 4,178,000 | 1.3 | 3.5 | -1.5 |
| Jul | 4,155,681 | 0.6 | 4.1 | -1.2 |
| Aug | 4,148,506 | 0.6 | 3.7 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 4,093,696 | 0.6 | 3.5 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 4,123,925 | 0.6 | 3.3 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 4,126,727 | 0.2 | 3.4 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 4,146,697 | 0.2 | 3.3 | -0.3 |
| 2001-Jan | 4,089,039 | 0.0 | 4.2 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 4,093,837 | -0.4 | 4.1 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 4,105,740 | -0.4 | 4.0 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 4,117,041 | -0.6 | 3.7 | 0.3 |
| May | 4,116,757 | -0.3 | 3.8 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 4,157,441 | -0.5 | 4.1 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 4,162,337 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 4,127,574 | -0.5 | 4.4 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 4,096,641 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 0.9 |
| Oct | 4,114,633 | -0.2 | 4.6 | 1.3 |
| Nov | 4,112,956 | -0.3 | 4.8 | 1.4 |
| Dec | 4,116,522 | -0.7 | 5.0 | 1.7 |
| 2002-Jan | 4,055,049 | -0.8 | 6.1 | 1.9 |
| Feb | 4,093,859 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 2.0 |
| Mar | 4,096,587 | -0.2 | 6.1 | 2.1 |
| Apr | 4,099,616 | -0.4 | 5.7 | 2.0 |
| May | 4,113,581 | -0.1 | 5.6 | 1.9 |
| Jun | 4,148,814 | -0.2 | 5.9 | 1.7 |
| Jul | 4,148,388 | -0.3 | 6.2 | 1.7 |
| Aug | 4,144,441 | 0.4 | 5.6 | 1.2 |
| Sep | 4,121,635 | 0.6 | 5.5 | 1.1 |
| Oct | 4,134,577 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 0.9 |
| Nov | 4,122,292 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 4,128,343 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 0.6 |
| 2003-Jan | 4,069,862 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 4,083,092 | -0.3 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 4,086,350 | -0.2 | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 4,101,864 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 4,099,329 | -0.3 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 4,138,084 | -0.3 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| Jul | 4,130,234 | -0.4 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 4,125,362 | -0.5 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 4,082,102 | -1.0 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 4,117,453 | -0.4 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 4,129,804 | 0.2 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| Dec | 4,137,224 | 0.2 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| 2004-Jan | 4,075,696 | 0.1 | 6.0 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 4,092,399 | 0.2 | 5.7 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 4,099,805 | 0.3 | 5.7 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 4,117,574 | 0.4 | 5.0 | -0.7 |
| May | 4,123,831 | 0.6 | 4.8 | -0.9 |
| Jun | 4,175,292 | 0.9 | 5.1 | -1.2 |
| Jul | 4,189,298 | 1.4 | 5.4 | -1.1 |
| Aug | 4,187,041 | 1.5 | 4.6 | -1.1 |
| Sep | 4,133,879 | 1.3 | 4.4 | -1.2 |
| Oct | 4,167,271 | 1.2 | 4.2 | -1.1 |
| Nov | 4,183,794 | 1.3 | 4.1 | -1.1 |
| Dec | 4,184,797 | 1.1 | 4.0 | -1.0 |
| 2005-Jan | 4,127,799 | 1.3 | 4.8 | -1.2 |
| Feb | 4,143,925 | 1.3 | 5.1 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 4,163,594 | 1.6 | 4.8 | -0.9 |
| Apr | 4,190,938 | 1.8 | 4.1 | -0.9 |
| May | 4,206,087 | 2.0 | 4.1 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 4,256,617 | 1.9 | 4.3 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 4,268,109 | 1.9 | 4.8 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 4,271,380 | 2.0 | 4.2 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 4,223,172 | 2.2 | 4.4 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 4,259,892 | 2.2 | 4.1 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 4,252,210 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 0.4 |
| Dec | 4,258,102 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 0.4 |
| 2006-Jan | 4,205,371 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 4,219,297 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 4,238,247 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 4,244,485 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 0.6 |
| May | 4,254,593 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 4,305,605 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
| Jul | 4,306,615 | 0.9 | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 4,306,903 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
| Sep | 4,254,505 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 4,294,677 | 0.8 | 3.9 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 4,297,798 | 1.1 | 4.1 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 4,307,648 | 1.2 | 3.9 | -0.6 |
| 2007-Jan | 4,231,929 | 0.6 | 4.8 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 4,238,941 | 0.5 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 4,255,679 | 0.4 | 4.4 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 4,251,447 | 0.2 | 4.0 | -0.7 |
| May | 4,258,460 | 0.1 | 4.0 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 4,308,240 | 0.1 | 4.2 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 4,307,598 | 0.0 | 4.8 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 4,292,443 | -0.3 | 4.1 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 4,258,847 | 0.1 | 4.1 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 4,276,013 | -0.4 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 4,296,495 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 4,283,735 | -0.6 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| 2008-Jan | 4,234,916 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 4,238,713 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 4,253,189 | -0.1 | 5.1 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 4,268,351 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| May | 4,258,902 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 4,302,037 | -0.1 | 5.2 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 4,296,228 | -0.3 | 5.8 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 4,275,035 | -0.4 | 5.6 | 1.5 |
| Sep | 4,224,070 | -0.8 | 5.6 | 1.5 |
| Oct | 4,240,546 | -0.8 | 5.7 | 1.7 |
| Nov | 4,223,370 | -1.7 | 6.0 | 2.0 |
| Dec | 4,198,980 | -2.0 | 6.8 | 2.5 |
| 2009-Jan | 4,121,102 | -2.7 | 7.9 | 2.8 |
| Feb | 4,100,665 | -3.3 | 8.8 | 3.6 |
| Mar | 4,137,169 | -2.7 | 8.6 | 3.6 |
| Apr | 4,170,552 | -2.3 | 8.2 | 3.7 |
| May | 4,154,131 | -2.5 | 8.6 | 3.7 |
| Jun | 4,174,908 | -3.0 | 9.2 | 4.0 |
| Jul | 4,193,125 | -2.4 | 9.6 | 3.8 |
| Aug | 4,145,826 | -3.0 | 9.4 | 3.9 |
| Sep | 4,073,828 | -3.6 | 9.6 | 4.0 |
| Oct | 4,090,854 | -3.5 | 9.3 | 3.7 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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