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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 |
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2008 |
4,091.0 |
4,089.8 |
4,086.4 |
4,080.1 |
4,070.2 |
4,066.2 |
4,058.3 |
4,051.1 |
4,046.6 |
4,037.4 |
4,014.6 |
4,000.5 |
2009 |
3,987.8 |
3,973.3 |
3,956.1 |
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Construction |
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2008 |
170.5 |
170.9 |
169.8 |
167.2 |
165.8 |
164.8 |
164.4 |
163.1 |
162.3 |
161.8 |
158.7 |
156.6 |
2009 |
153.8 |
151.2 |
151.7 |
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Manufacturing |
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2008 |
305.7 |
304.5 |
303.5 |
303.8 |
301.9 |
301.3 |
300.0 |
298.8 |
297.6 |
292.5 |
290.1 |
286.2 |
2009 |
280.1 |
276.9 |
273.2 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2008 |
874.5 |
872.8 |
872.1 |
869.8 |
867.9 |
866.8 |
865.4 |
864.7 |
863.3 |
855.2 |
848.6 |
844.0 |
2009 |
851.3 |
853.5 |
851.7 |
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Information |
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2008 |
94.2 |
94.1 |
93.8 |
93.5 |
92.9 |
92.7 |
92.0 |
91.8 |
91.5 |
90.7 |
90.2 |
90.1 |
2009 |
90.4 |
89.8 |
89.0 |
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Financial Activities |
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2008 |
274.5 |
274.6 |
274.6 |
273.1 |
272.3 |
271.4 |
268.8 |
268.7 |
268.0 |
264.4 |
260.1 |
260.8 |
2009 |
259.6 |
258.8 |
258.6 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2008 |
624.7 |
624.2 |
622.9 |
620.7 |
618.6 |
616.4 |
616.8 |
615.3 |
613.7 |
606.3 |
603.7 |
599.3 |
2009 |
591.5 |
584.4 |
579.8 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2008 |
586.9 |
587.9 |
588.2 |
589.9 |
588.3 |
590.2 |
590.1 |
591.0 |
591.8 |
599.8 |
599.9 |
600.3 |
2009 |
597.9 |
599.1 |
599.5 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2008 |
343.8 |
344.5 |
345.2 |
345.8 |
345.2 |
343.9 |
341.6 |
340.2 |
340.5 |
344.3 |
346.0 |
345.7 |
2009 |
346.0 |
343.4 |
337.5 |
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Other Services |
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2008 |
164.8 |
165.0 |
165.0 |
165.0 |
165.2 |
165.7 |
165.7 |
166.1 |
166.1 |
166.2 |
162.5 |
163.4 |
2009 |
163.7 |
164.2 |
162.8 |
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Government |
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2008 |
649.8 |
649.8 |
649.7 |
649.7 |
650.4 |
651.3 |
651.8 |
649.7 |
650.1 |
654.5 |
653.1 |
652.4 |
2009 |
652.0 |
650.5 |
650.7 |
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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 |
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2008 |
4,478,667 |
4,483,931 |
4,485,501 |
4,487,720 |
4,491,277 |
4,492,619 |
4,497,826 |
4,502,100 |
4,502,508 |
4,507,366 |
4,510,423 |
4,520,784 |
2009 |
4,503,013 |
4,514,619 |
4,540,371 |
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Employment |
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2008 |
4,272,302 |
4,272,140 |
4,268,922 |
4,265,500 |
4,261,186 |
4,256,907 |
4,252,577 |
4,247,318 |
4,241,892 |
4,235,569 |
4,224,896 |
4,215,127 |
2009 |
4,172,491 |
4,144,636 |
4,162,795 |
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Unemployment |
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2008 |
206,365 |
211,791 |
216,579 |
222,220 |
230,091 |
235,712 |
245,249 |
254,782 |
260,616 |
271,797 |
285,527 |
305,657 |
2009 |
330,522 |
369,983 |
377,576 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2008 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5.5 |
5.7 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
6.3 |
6.8 |
2009 |
7.3 |
8.2 |
8.3 |
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