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

  

2011

 3,756.3 3,763.8 3,793.4 3,839.1 3,872.2 3,925.7 3,885.4 3,863.9 3,864.0 3,889.0 3,911.0 3,910.9 3,856.2

2012

 3,807.3 3,816.5 3,839.6 3,877.0 3,919.5 3,977.6 3,929.9 (P) 3,912.2          

Mining & Logging

  

2011

 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3

2012

 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 (P) 1.4          

Construction

  

2011

 114.2 112.4 118.3 126.9 131.0 134.4 137.8 139.4 138.4 136.2 136.0 130.8 129.7

2012

 117.3 115.4 117.2 124.0 125.1 129.6 130.5 (P) 132.3          

Manufacturing

  

2011

 253.6 253.1 253.6 253.0 253.8 255.3 254.9 255.3 253.4 254.6 254.2 254.6 254.1

2012

 252.3 251.1 250.7 250.3 250.3 250.3 247.6 (P) 245.5          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 807.2 797.8 800.5 805.5 811.9 821.9 814.0 814.3 814.4 819.3 837.2 847.6 816.0

2012

 818.4 806.5 809.1 812.8 822.0 829.6 822.6 (P) 823.8          

Information

  

2011

 75.5 75.3 75.4 76.2 76.3 77.3 77.6 72.2 72.7 70.5 71.1 69.7 74.2

2012

 68.8 67.6 68.7 67.2 68.0 68.7 68.8 (P) 69.2          

Financial Activities

  

2011

 248.3 248.1 248.6 249.1 250.2 253.1 253.3 252.7 251.6 250.6 251.9 253.5 250.9

2012

 251.3 252.4 252.4 253.1 250.8 252.7 253.0 (P) 251.7          

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 579.8 580.8 586.8 600.4 603.5 612.1 611.8 613.6 612.6 608.9 608.8 604.0 601.9

2012

 579.5 584.9 590.5 605.0 612.1 623.0 618.6 (P) 623.5          

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 597.8 603.1 607.0 606.5 608.7 610.1 604.0 599.2 608.9 622.5 625.0 625.2 609.8

2012

 622.0 628.6 630.1 631.8 634.7 635.7 630.5 (P) 624.1          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 303.7 305.2 311.7 327.2 344.3 364.4 370.7 365.5 344.4 331.5 325.0 324.2 334.8

2012

 311.0 312.6 317.5 330.1 352.5 377.2 387.3 (P) 382.5          

Other Services

  

2011

 157.8 158.0 159.3 161.0 162.6 166.6 167.9 169.4 162.6 164.9 166.5 166.9 163.6

2012

 165.3 165.1 166.2 167.8 170.7 174.0 174.5 (P) 173.4          

Government

  

2011

 617.2 628.8 631.0 632.0 628.6 629.1 592.0 580.9 603.6 628.6 633.9 633.0 619.9

2012

 620.2 631.1 635.9 633.6 632.0 635.4 595.1 (P) 584.8          

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

  

2011

 (1) 4,515,511 (1) 4,530,096 (1) 4,539,446 (1) 4,525,347 (1) 4,544,472 (1) 4,585,670 (1) 4,605,106 (1) 4,582,131 (1) 4,552,986 (1) 4,564,698 (1) 4,563,146 (1) 4,565,625 (1) 4,556,186

2012

 4,527,983 4,567,491 4,561,729 4,570,102 4,591,288 4,634,209 4,662,578 (P) 4,598,875          

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 4,064,513 (1) 4,082,006 (1) 4,105,810 (1) 4,119,733 (1) 4,129,812 (1) 4,148,327 (1) 4,152,055 (1) 4,158,134 (1) 4,134,015 (1) 4,156,625 (1) 4,164,263 (1) 4,166,696 (1) 4,131,832

2012

 4,095,245 4,123,510 4,137,150 4,156,182 4,169,938 4,166,325 4,191,405 (P) 4,154,586          

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 450,998 (1) 448,090 (1) 433,636 (1) 405,614 (1) 414,660 (1) 437,343 (1) 453,051 (1) 423,997 (1) 418,971 (1) 408,073 (1) 398,883 (1) 398,929 (1) 424,354

2012

 432,738 443,981 424,579 413,920 421,350 467,884 471,173 (P) 444,289          

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 10.0 (1) 9.9 (1) 9.6 (1) 9.0 (1) 9.1 (1) 9.5 (1) 9.8 (1) 9.3 (1) 9.2 (1) 8.9 (1) 8.7 (1) 8.7 (1) 9.3

2012

 9.6 9.7 9.3 9.1 9.2 10.1 10.1 (P) 9.7          

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