New Jersey Department of Labor
Labor Planning and Analysis
Labor Market and Demographic Research
Bureau of Labor Force Statistics
2003 Benchmark
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
March 2, 2004
COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Ave ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 156,000 157,100 161,700 163,000 167,100 177,900 183,100 180,800 169,900 164,100 163,700 161,600 167,200 EMPLOYMENT 142,800 145,300 151,000 153,200 157,800 168,500 173,200 171,900 160,300 153,000 150,000 147,000 156,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 13,200 11,800 10,700 9,800 9,300 9,400 9,900 8,900 9,700 11,000 13,700 14,600 11,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.5 7.5 6.6 6.0 5.6 5.3 5.4 4.9 5.7 6.7 8.4 9.0 6.6 ATLANTIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 112,700 113,700 117,500 119,300 123,300 131,700 135,700 133,900 125,800 121,000 119,500 117,700 122,600 EMPLOYMENT 105,200 107,100 111,300 112,900 116,300 124,100 127,600 126,600 118,100 112,700 110,500 108,300 115,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 7,500 6,600 6,200 6,400 7,000 7,600 8,100 7,300 7,700 8,200 9,000 9,300 7,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.7 5.8 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.5 6.1 6.8 7.5 7.9 6.2 CAPE MAY COUNTY LABOR FORCE 43,300 43,400 44,300 43,700 43,900 46,200 47,400 46,900 44,200 43,100 44,200 43,900 44,500 EMPLOYMENT 37,600 38,300 39,700 40,300 41,500 44,400 45,600 45,200 42,200 40,300 39,500 38,700 41,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 5,700 5,200 4,500 3,400 2,300 1,800 1,800 1,600 2,000 2,800 4,700 5,200 3,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 13.2 11.9 10.2 7.8 5.3 3.9 3.7 3.4 4.5 6.5 10.7 11.9 7.7 BERGEN-PASSAIC LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 679,400 682,100 685,300 678,300 680,700 689,800 688,100 680,800 676,300 679,500 681,900 681,600 682,000 EMPLOYMENT 646,700 649,900 653,800 648,200 650,000 657,500 653,000 649,500 644,500 647,500 648,900 646,900 649,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 32,700 32,200 31,500 30,100 30,600 32,300 35,100 31,300 31,800 32,000 33,000 34,700 32,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.7 5.1 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8 5.1 4.7 BERGEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 442,900 444,900 447,200 442,800 444,900 450,800 449,700 445,500 442,500 444,500 445,800 445,500 445,600 EMPLOYMENT 426,400 428,500 431,100 427,300 428,600 433,500 430,500 428,200 424,900 426,900 427,800 426,500 428,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 16,600 16,400 16,100 15,500 16,300 17,300 19,200 17,300 17,600 17,700 18,000 19,000 17,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.3 3.9 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Ave PASSAIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 236,500 237,200 238,200 235,500 235,800 239,000 238,400 235,300 233,800 234,900 236,100 236,100 236,400 EMPLOYMENT 220,300 221,400 222,800 220,900 221,500 224,000 222,500 221,300 219,600 220,600 221,100 220,400 221,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 16,100 15,800 15,400 14,600 14,300 15,000 15,900 14,000 14,200 14,300 15,000 15,700 15,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.7 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.4 6.6 6.4 PHILA PA-NJ LABOR AREA (NJ PART) 1/ LABOR FORCE 604,800 603,100 604,900 605,100 609,500 618,500 621,100 615,000 612,100 617,200 618,600 619,600 612,400 EMPLOYMENT 568,800 572,400 574,800 576,700 579,100 583,900 584,500 583,000 579,100 584,300 583,600 583,200 579,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 36,000 30,700 30,100 28,400 30,300 34,500 36,500 31,900 33,000 32,900 35,000 36,400 33,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.6 5.9 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.9 5.4 CAMDEN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 572,800 571,900 573,800 574,100 578,400 586,900 589,200 583,600 580,900 585,700 586,800 587,900 581,000 EMPLOYMENT 539,500 543,000 545,300 547,100 549,400 553,900 554,500 553,100 549,300 554,200 553,600 553,200 549,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 33,300 28,900 28,500 27,000 29,100 33,000 34,700 30,600 31,600 31,400 33,200 34,700 31,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.8 5.0 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.6 5.9 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.9 5.4 BURLINGTON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 204,600 204,300 204,800 204,900 206,900 209,400 210,000 208,600 207,900 209,400 209,700 210,300 207,600 EMPLOYMENT 194,300 195,600 196,400 197,000 197,900 199,500 199,700 199,200 197,800 199,600 199,400 199,300 198,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 10,300 8,700 8,400 7,900 9,000 9,900 10,300 9,400 10,000 9,800 10,400 11,000 9,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.0 4.3 4.1 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.9 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.9 5.2 4.6 CAMDEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 249,800 249,600 250,800 250,900 252,700 256,800 257,600 255,000 253,800 255,900 256,200 256,700 253,800 EMPLOYMENT 234,400 235,900 236,900 237,700 238,700 240,700 240,900 240,300 238,700 240,800 240,500 240,400 238,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 15,400 13,700 13,900 13,200 14,000 16,100 16,700 14,700 15,100 15,100 15,700 16,300 15,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.6 6.3 6.5 5.8 6.0 5.9 6.1 6.4 5.9 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Ave GLOUCESTER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 118,500 118,000 118,200 118,300 118,800 120,700 121,600 120,000 119,300 120,400 120,800 121,000 119,600 EMPLOYMENT 110,800 111,500 112,000 112,400 112,800 113,800 113,900 113,600 112,800 113,800 113,700 113,600 112,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 7,700 6,500 6,200 5,900 6,000 6,900 7,700 6,400 6,500 6,600 7,100 7,300 6,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.5 5.5 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.7 6.3 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.9 6.1 5.6 SALEM COUNTY LABOR FORCE 32,000 31,200 31,100 31,000 31,000 31,600 31,800 31,300 31,100 31,500 31,800 31,700 31,400 EMPLOYMENT 29,200 29,400 29,500 29,600 29,800 30,000 30,000 30,000 29,800 30,000 30,000 30,000 29,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,700 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,300 1,600 1,800 1,400 1,400 1,500 1,800 1,700 1,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.6 5.7 5.2 4.4 4.1 5.0 5.7 4.4 4.4 4.6 5.7 5.5 5.3 VINELAND-MILLVILLE-BRIDGETON LABOR AREA CUMBERLAND COUNTY LABOR FORCE 64,700 64,900 64,800 64,600 65,700 66,600 66,900 65,800 65,600 66,200 66,600 66,500 65,700 EMPLOYMENT 58,800 59,600 59,700 60,200 61,200 61,800 61,700 61,800 61,400 61,600 61,200 60,500 60,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 5,900 5,300 5,100 4,400 4,400 4,700 5,200 4,000 4,200 4,500 5,400 6,000 4,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 9.1 8.2 7.9 6.9 6.8 7.1 7.8 6.1 6.4 6.9 8.1 9.0 7.5 JERSEY CITY LABOR AREA HUDSON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 283,600 284,100 285,600 284,300 287,400 290,000 293,000 289,600 288,500 288,000 288,600 288,500 287,600 EMPLOYMENT 261,100 263,400 265,000 264,200 266,400 268,600 270,200 270,100 268,600 267,600 267,900 266,300 266,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,400 20,700 20,500 20,100 20,900 21,400 22,800 19,500 19,800 20,400 20,700 22,200 21,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.9 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.3 7.4 7.8 6.7 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.7 7.3 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Ave TRENTON LABOR AREA MERCER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 168,100 169,900 170,700 170,100 170,300 172,500 171,400 169,900 169,400 172,100 172,000 172,600 170,700 EMPLOYMENT 160,600 162,900 163,800 163,600 163,600 164,900 163,100 161,800 161,600 164,200 163,800 164,200 163,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 7,500 7,000 7,000 6,500 6,700 7,600 8,300 8,100 7,900 7,900 8,200 8,400 7,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.4 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.4 MIDDLESEX-SOMERSET-HUNTERDON LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 561,700 562,100 566,400 566,100 569,100 575,600 575,300 574,000 565,100 569,100 570,000 571,200 568,800 EMPLOYMENT 540,400 542,200 546,400 546,400 549,000 553,600 550,500 550,800 541,500 545,700 546,200 546,100 546,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 21,300 19,900 20,000 19,700 20,100 22,000 24,800 23,200 23,500 23,400 23,800 25,100 22,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.8 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.4 3.9 MIDDLESEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 366,000 365,800 368,900 368,700 370,800 375,200 375,200 374,500 368,900 371,400 371,700 372,700 370,800 EMPLOYMENT 350,200 351,400 354,100 354,200 355,800 358,800 356,800 357,000 351,000 353,700 354,000 353,900 354,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 15,700 14,400 14,800 14,600 15,000 16,400 18,400 17,500 17,900 17,700 17,700 18,800 16,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.0 4.5 SOMERSET COUNTY LABOR FORCE 137,100 137,500 138,400 138,400 139,100 140,600 140,400 139,900 137,600 138,800 139,000 139,200 138,800 EMPLOYMENT 133,300 133,700 134,700 134,700 135,400 136,500 135,700 135,800 133,500 134,600 134,700 134,700 134,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,900 3,800 3,700 3,700 3,700 4,100 4,700 4,100 4,100 4,200 4,300 4,500 4,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.3 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.3 2.9 HUNTERDON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 58,600 58,800 59,100 59,000 59,200 59,800 59,700 59,500 58,500 58,900 59,200 59,200 59,100 EMPLOYMENT 56,900 57,100 57,500 57,500 57,800 58,300 57,900 58,000 57,000 57,400 57,500 57,500 57,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 1,700 1,700 1,600 1,400 1,400 1,500 1,700 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,700 1,800 1,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.9 3.0 2.7 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Ave MONMOUTH-OCEAN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 461,300 462,000 467,100 469,300 476,800 494,500 500,600 497,200 478,400 472,400 469,200 469,000 476,500 EMPLOYMENT 439,200 441,300 447,200 450,400 457,700 474,300 478,200 476,100 456,200 450,400 445,300 444,100 455,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,200 20,700 19,900 18,900 19,100 20,200 22,400 21,100 22,100 22,000 23,900 24,900 21,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.5 4.2 4.6 4.7 5.1 5.3 4.5 MONMOUTH COUNTY LABOR FORCE 276,500 277,200 280,300 281,900 286,500 297,100 300,700 298,600 287,000 283,200 281,200 280,900 285,900 EMPLOYMENT 264,500 265,800 269,400 271,300 275,700 285,700 288,000 286,800 274,800 271,300 268,200 267,500 274,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 11,900 11,400 10,900 10,600 10,800 11,400 12,700 11,800 12,200 11,900 13,000 13,300 11,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.8 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.6 4.8 4.1 OCEAN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 184,900 184,700 186,800 187,500 190,300 197,400 199,900 198,600 191,300 189,200 188,000 188,100 190,600 EMPLOYMENT 174,600 175,500 177,800 179,100 182,000 188,600 190,100 189,300 181,400 179,100 177,100 176,600 180,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 10,300 9,300 9,000 8,400 8,300 8,800 9,800 9,300 9,900 10,100 10,900 11,500 9,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.6 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.9 4.7 5.2 5.3 5.8 6.1 5.1 NEWARK LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 1,025,700 1,031,900 1,035,300 1,028,000 1,030,600 1,046,200 1,050,900 1,041,800 1,029,800 1,032,000 1,035,600 1,037,200 1,035,400 EMPLOYMENT 975,300 982,600 985,900 980,600 981,200 992,500 992,800 988,800 976,000 978,200 980,800 980,400 982,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 50,300 49,300 49,400 47,400 49,500 53,600 58,000 53,000 53,800 53,700 54,800 56,700 52,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.1 ESSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 391,800 394,600 395,900 393,200 394,300 399,900 401,700 397,500 393,600 394,300 395,700 396,600 395,800 EMPLOYMENT 368,100 370,800 372,000 370,000 370,300 374,600 374,700 373,100 368,300 369,200 370,100 370,000 370,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 23,700 23,800 23,800 23,100 24,000 25,400 27,100 24,400 25,300 25,200 25,600 26,600 24,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.7 6.1 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.3 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Ave MORRIS COUNTY LABOR FORCE 244,600 246,400 247,000 245,400 246,000 249,700 250,700 248,900 246,000 246,700 247,600 247,800 247,200 EMPLOYMENT 237,400 239,200 240,000 238,700 238,900 241,600 241,700 240,700 237,600 238,200 238,800 238,700 239,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 7,200 7,200 7,000 6,700 7,200 8,100 9,000 8,200 8,400 8,500 8,800 9,100 7,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.2 SUSSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 71,800 72,100 72,300 71,600 71,500 72,600 73,100 72,700 71,500 71,700 72,000 72,100 72,100 EMPLOYMENT 68,500 69,000 69,300 68,900 68,900 69,700 69,800 69,500 68,600 68,700 68,900 68,900 69,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,200 3,100 3,000 2,700 2,600 2,800 3,300 3,200 2,900 2,900 3,100 3,200 3,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.5 4.3 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.6 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.2 UNION COUNTY LABOR FORCE 268,700 269,600 271,000 269,300 270,200 274,600 275,600 273,300 270,300 270,600 271,300 271,600 271,300 EMPLOYMENT 254,800 256,700 257,500 256,200 256,300 259,300 259,400 258,300 255,000 255,500 256,200 256,100 256,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 13,900 12,900 13,500 13,200 13,900 15,300 16,300 15,000 15,300 15,100 15,100 15,500 14,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.2 4.8 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.6 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.4 WARREN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 48,800 49,100 49,100 48,600 48,600 49,400 49,700 49,400 48,500 48,600 48,900 49,000 49,000 EMPLOYMENT 46,500 46,900 47,000 46,800 46,800 47,300 47,300 47,100 46,500 46,600 46,800 46,800 46,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,300 2,200 2,100 1,800 1,800 2,100 2,400 2,200 2,000 2,000 2,200 2,300 2,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.6 4.6 4.2 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.8 4.5 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.6 4.3 NEW JERSEY LABOR FORCE 4,005,200 4,017,100 4,041,800 4,028,900 4,057,100 4,131,300 4,150,200 4,114,800 4,055,100 4,060,400 4,066,100 4,067,700 4,066,300 EMPLOYMENT 3,793,600 3,819,700 3,847,600 3,843,500 3,866,100 3,925,600 3,927,200 3,913,700 3,849,300 3,852,500 3,847,800 3,838,800 3,860,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 211,600 197,400 194,200 185,400 191,000 205,700 223,000 201,100 205,900 207,900 218,300 229,000 205,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.7 5.0 5.4 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.1
1/ Sub-area of interstate Labor Area
Data may not add due to rounding.