New Jersey: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
 New Jersey
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2007

 3,993.6 3,989.4 4,020.6 4,050.1 4,100.6 4,157.0 4,098.7 4,079.4 4,073.3 4,093.7 4,108.5 4,121.2 4,073.8

2008

 4,008.0 4,003.2 4,028.2 4,058.7 4,091.2 4,131.7 4,089.0 4,064.9 (P) 4,060.3        

Natural Resources & Mining

  

2007

 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6

2008

 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 (P) 1.7        

Construction

  

2007

 161.2 155.4 160.7 169.7 175.5 179.2 178.2 179.3 177.4 175.9 174.4 171.4 171.5

2008

 158.9 154.5 157.5 164.5 169.5 172.2 173.5 174.5 (P) 172.4        

Manufacturing

  

2007

 314.5 313.5 313.5 312.8 313.2 315.0 313.0 312.6 312.3 311.4 311.4 311.0 312.9

2008

 307.0 306.4 307.0 305.9 304.3 304.2 302.3 301.8 (P) 300.9        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2007

 871.2 857.7 860.6 861.6 874.5 886.2 875.9 872.6 873.6 879.5 894.1 908.2 876.3

2008

 870.3 858.6 861.9 863.2 871.4 879.6 871.4 868.4 (P) 871.3        

Information

  

2007

 96.3 97.1 97.5 97.1 97.4 98.1 98.1 99.2 97.7 98.0 98.6 99.1 97.9

2008

 98.3 97.2 97.6 97.9 98.3 99.0 98.7 99.4 (P) 98.3        

Financial Activities

  

2007

 274.9 274.3 274.3 274.8 276.0 278.7 279.0 277.9 273.7 271.4 270.6 270.5 274.7

2008

 267.9 267.4 267.7 267.4 267.7 269.8 268.8 268.4 (P) 264.0        

Professional & Business Services

  

2007

 584.4 585.3 594.0 604.8 610.6 620.1 617.2 620.2 615.8 615.3 615.3 614.5 608.1

2008

 593.0 593.5 600.5 610.7 614.7 620.6 623.5 624.5 (P) 622.3        

Educational & Health Services

  

2007

 571.6 575.6 580.1 577.3 583.5 581.6 574.5 570.4 577.3 585.4 588.3 589.8 579.6

2008

 584.3 587.4 590.4 591.6 594.5 593.6 586.3 582.7 (P) 587.9        

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2007

 313.2 312.8 318.2 327.8 345.4 367.7 371.4 368.3 350.3 337.3 330.6 330.6 339.5

2008

 316.4 316.0 321.2 330.4 344.8 363.8 369.5 365.9 (P) 347.8        

Other Services

  

2007

 159.5 159.6 160.3 163.4 165.0 168.4 167.2 165.8 162.8 163.0 163.0 164.2 163.5

2008

 162.5 162.8 163.4 165.3 166.6 168.8 169.3 168.1 (P) 164.8        

Government

  

2007

 645.2 656.6 659.8 659.2 657.8 660.3 622.5 611.4 630.7 654.8 660.6 660.3 648.3

2008

 647.8 657.9 659.4 660.1 657.7 658.4 624.0 609.5 (P) 628.9        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

New Jersey
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2007

 4,459,213 4,456,056 4,461,382 4,439,018 4,445,126 4,505,723 4,526,353 4,475,234 4,441,634 4,447,103 4,472,155 4,466,302 4,466,275

2008

 4,463,838 4,486,339 4,481,373 4,483,190 4,502,710 4,552,658 4,582,169 4,563,056 (P) 4,511,435        

Employment

  

2007

 4,244,347 4,248,628 4,265,786 4,259,290 4,265,393 4,314,386 4,309,983 4,292,783 4,261,028 4,277,200 4,297,063 4,282,849 4,276,561

2008

 4,235,755 4,248,154 4,250,604 4,269,811 4,267,230 4,311,693 4,314,190 4,300,970 (P) 4,260,156        

Unemployment

  

2007

 214,866 207,428 195,596 179,728 179,733 191,337 216,370 182,451 180,606 169,903 175,092 183,453 189,714

2008

 228,083 238,185 230,769 213,379 235,480 240,965 267,979 262,086 (P) 251,279        

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.8 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.2

2008

 5.1 5.3 5.1 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.7 (P) 5.6        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary