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New Jersey: Nonfarm employment and labor force data
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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program (seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
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New Jersey |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total Nonfarm |
|
2007 |
4,071.9 |
4,066.3 |
4,067.2 |
4,067.3 |
4,077.0 |
4,083.2 |
4,074.8 |
4,073.4 |
4,070.1 |
4,073.8 |
4,076.0 |
4,082.6 |
2008 |
4,074.0 |
4,071.9 |
4,071.7 |
4,071.6 |
4,072.6 |
4,068.7 |
4,068.8 |
4,066.6 |
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Construction |
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2007 |
173.2 |
170.8 |
171.0 |
171.1 |
172.0 |
173.2 |
171.7 |
171.6 |
171.0 |
171.0 |
170.8 |
170.1 |
2008 |
169.3 |
168.9 |
168.0 |
166.9 |
167.3 |
166.8 |
166.9 |
167.0 |
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Manufacturing |
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2007 |
317.3 |
315.8 |
314.6 |
314.0 |
313.2 |
312.7 |
312.7 |
311.8 |
311.1 |
310.6 |
309.9 |
309.7 |
2008 |
309.7 |
308.7 |
308.3 |
306.9 |
304.6 |
301.9 |
302.1 |
301.9 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2007 |
876.1 |
874.0 |
873.8 |
873.9 |
876.6 |
878.5 |
877.7 |
877.2 |
876.3 |
875.2 |
877.2 |
879.9 |
2008 |
877.3 |
874.2 |
874.7 |
873.3 |
873.8 |
873.0 |
872.9 |
873.0 |
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Information |
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2007 |
96.7 |
97.4 |
97.2 |
97.7 |
97.6 |
97.5 |
97.9 |
98.7 |
98.0 |
98.1 |
98.0 |
98.3 |
2008 |
98.7 |
97.8 |
97.6 |
98.5 |
98.5 |
98.6 |
98.7 |
99.4 |
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Financial Activities |
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2007 |
277.7 |
277.7 |
277.0 |
276.4 |
276.2 |
276.2 |
274.9 |
274.1 |
273.3 |
271.8 |
270.9 |
270.2 |
2008 |
269.3 |
269.2 |
269.4 |
268.5 |
267.8 |
267.8 |
266.3 |
266.2 |
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|
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Professional & Business Services |
|
2007 |
604.3 |
603.5 |
604.7 |
606.6 |
609.0 |
609.9 |
609.9 |
610.8 |
610.1 |
610.9 |
611.1 |
612.8 |
2008 |
609.0 |
609.5 |
608.9 |
611.7 |
613.3 |
612.7 |
616.4 |
615.4 |
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Educational & Health Services |
|
2007 |
575.3 |
576.6 |
578.2 |
576.7 |
578.9 |
578.5 |
579.1 |
578.8 |
580.8 |
583.8 |
584.7 |
585.9 |
2008 |
586.5 |
587.9 |
588.4 |
590.0 |
590.9 |
591.2 |
590.3 |
590.9 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2007 |
339.1 |
339.0 |
338.8 |
338.2 |
339.2 |
340.3 |
338.0 |
337.7 |
337.0 |
339.7 |
339.6 |
340.8 |
2008 |
339.3 |
340.1 |
341.0 |
340.1 |
340.0 |
339.8 |
338.5 |
337.6 |
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Other Services |
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2007 |
161.8 |
161.9 |
162.0 |
162.9 |
163.3 |
164.8 |
164.0 |
164.0 |
164.2 |
163.8 |
163.8 |
164.5 |
2008 |
164.8 |
165.2 |
165.0 |
165.4 |
165.7 |
165.9 |
166.1 |
166.1 |
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Government |
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2007 |
648.8 |
648.1 |
648.3 |
648.2 |
649.3 |
649.9 |
647.2 |
647.0 |
646.6 |
647.2 |
648.4 |
648.8 |
2008 |
648.5 |
648.9 |
648.8 |
648.6 |
649.0 |
649.3 |
648.9 |
647.4 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (seasonally adjusted data)
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New Jersey |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Labor Force |
|
2007 |
4,477,070 |
4,473,995 |
4,469,023 |
4,468,092 |
4,466,132 |
4,467,625 |
4,463,677 |
4,461,960 |
4,461,039 |
4,460,266 |
4,462,643 |
4,463,776 |
2008 |
4,491,173 |
4,507,678 |
4,495,254 |
4,511,868 |
4,516,789 |
4,505,006 |
4,505,589 |
4,524,469 |
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Employment |
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2007 |
4,285,282 |
4,281,353 |
4,275,453 |
4,274,956 |
4,275,831 |
4,278,373 |
4,274,277 |
4,274,218 |
4,273,840 |
4,274,764 |
4,274,593 |
4,275,796 |
2008 |
4,287,080 |
4,291,346 |
4,278,200 |
4,288,607 |
4,273,888 |
4,267,406 |
4,260,065 |
4,257,874 |
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Unemployment |
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2007 |
191,788 |
192,642 |
193,570 |
193,136 |
190,301 |
189,252 |
189,400 |
187,742 |
187,199 |
185,502 |
188,050 |
187,980 |
2008 |
204,093 |
216,332 |
217,054 |
223,261 |
242,901 |
237,600 |
245,524 |
266,595 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
2008 |
4.5 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.9 |
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