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

 

2008

4,016.3 4,017.0 4,042.7 4,064.9 4,093.8 4,140.3 4,081.3 4,052.3 4,042.9 4,059.4 4,052.3 4,036.2 4,058.3

2009

3,916.5 3,899.0 (P) 3,909.4                    

Mining & Logging

 

2008

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

2009

1.5 1.5 (P) 1.6                    

Construction

 

2008

158.7 156.7 160.1 165.3 168.6 170.7 171.0 170.6 168.3 167.1 162.2 157.8 164.8

2009

143.5 136.9 (P) 141.0                    

Manufacturing

 

2008

303.4 302.1 302.6 302.9 302.2 303.5 300.3 299.7 298.5 293.4 291.3 287.2 298.9

2009

277.6 274.7 (P) 272.3                    

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2008

870.5 856.8 859.5 857.9 865.6 874.0 863.2 859.4 859.2 858.4 870.4 872.6 864.0

2009

843.9 836.3 (P) 837.8                    

Information

 

2008

93.7 94.2 94.2 93.1 92.7 93.4 92.1 92.1 91.2 90.8 90.7 90.7 92.4

2009

90.0 89.0 (P) 88.9                    

Financial Activities

 

2008

272.0 271.9 272.3 271.8 272.5 274.2 272.8 272.1 267.7 264.0 259.7 260.8 269.3

2009

257.9 256.6 (P) 256.9                    

Professional & Business Services

 

2008

605.5 606.8 612.7 618.7 619.4 625.5 624.7 624.9 618.4 613.4 609.2 599.9 614.9

2009

574.1 566.6 (P) 569.1                    

Educational & Health Services

 

2008

583.7 587.7 590.5 590.9 592.7 593.7 585.2 582.1 587.6 601.5 603.6 604.4 592.0

2009

595.3 598.6 (P) 601.7                    

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2008

317.3 317.9 325.0 336.5 352.4 371.8 374.1 369.8 352.3 340.9 337.0 335.1 344.2

2009

321.5 318.1 (P) 317.8                    

Other Services

 

2008

162.5 162.7 163.1 165.5 167.0 169.6 168.7 167.7 164.4 165.7 161.4 162.1 165.0

2009

160.5 161.3 (P) 160.8                    

Government

 

2008

647.4 658.7 661.1 660.7 659.0 662.2 627.5 612.2 633.6 662.5 665.1 663.9 651.2

2009

650.7 659.4 (P) 661.5                    

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

 

2008

(1) 4,466,298 (1) 4,467,100 (1) 4,479,727 (1) 4,470,278 (1) 4,481,885 (1) 4,536,797 (1) 4,562,917 (1) 4,527,678 (1) 4,473,506 (1) 4,495,052 (1) 4,493,905 (1) 4,505,580 (1) 4,496,727

2009

4,476,092 4,494,255 (P) 4,527,887                    

Employment

 

2008

(1) 4,234,916 (1) 4,238,713 (1) 4,253,189 (1) 4,268,351 (1) 4,258,902 (1) 4,302,037 (1) 4,296,228 (1) 4,275,035 (1) 4,224,070 (1) 4,240,546 (1) 4,223,370 (1) 4,198,980 (1) 4,251,195

2009

4,121,102 4,100,665 (P) 4,136,218                    

Unemployment

 

2008

(1) 231,382 (1) 228,387 (1) 226,538 (1) 201,927 (1) 222,983 (1) 234,760 (1) 266,689 (1) 252,643 (1) 249,436 (1) 254,506 (1) 270,535 (1) 306,600 (1) 245,532

2009

354,990 393,590 (P) 391,669                    

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

(1) 5.2 (1) 5.1 (1) 5.1 (1) 4.5 (1) 5.0 (1) 5.2 (1) 5.8 (1) 5.6 (1) 5.6 (1) 5.7 (1) 6.0 (1) 6.8 (1) 5.5

2009

7.9 8.8 (P) 8.7                    

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation.
(P) Preliminary