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 Av ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 162,500 161,800 161,800 161,700 169,600 178,700 185,600 182,000 173,000 165,700 164,300 163,600 169,200 EMPLOYMENT 141,500 141,400 142,400 144,800 149,800 159,600 166,300 165,400 157,000 148,300 145,300 143,500 150,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 21,000 20,400 19,500 16,900 19,800 19,000 19,300 16,600 16,000 17,400 19,000 20,100 18,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 12.9 12.6 12.0 10.4 11.7 10.7 10.4 9.1 9.2 10.5 11.6 12.3 11.1 ATLANTIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 116,500 116,100 116,600 117,600 124,900 132,300 137,500 135,000 128,100 121,000 119,000 118,400 123,600 EMPLOYMENT 104,200 104,100 104,800 106,600 110,300 117,600 122,500 121,800 115,600 109,200 107,000 105,700 110,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 12,300 12,000 11,800 11,000 14,600 14,700 15,100 13,100 12,400 11,800 11,900 12,700 12,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 10.5 10.3 10.1 9.3 11.7 11.1 10.9 9.7 9.7 9.8 10.0 10.7 10.3 CAPE MAY COUNTY LABOR FORCE 46,000 45,700 45,200 44,100 44,700 46,400 48,000 47,100 44,900 44,600 45,400 45,200 45,600 EMPLOYMENT 37,300 37,300 37,500 38,100 39,500 42,100 43,800 43,600 41,400 39,100 38,300 37,800 39,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,700 8,400 7,700 5,900 5,200 4,300 4,200 3,500 3,500 5,600 7,100 7,400 6,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 19.0 18.5 17.0 13.4 11.7 9.3 8.8 7.4 7.9 12.5 15.6 16.4 13.1 BERGEN-PASSAIC LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 662,100 664,400 663,500 654,800 667,600 673,200 672,400 664,500 657,000 660,800 661,900 662,800 663,800 EMPLOYMENT 610,400 611,500 610,800 605,500 606,600 611,600 606,600 606,000 600,800 607,000 608,800 609,500 607,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 51,700 52,900 52,700 49,300 61,000 61,600 65,800 58,500 56,200 53,700 53,200 53,300 55,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.8 8.0 7.9 7.5 9.1 9.1 9.8 8.8 8.6 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.4 BERGEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 431,300 432,700 432,300 427,100 434,800 439,000 437,800 434,200 429,300 431,300 431,900 432,200 432,800 EMPLOYMENT 403,100 403,800 403,300 399,800 400,500 403,900 400,600 400,200 396,700 400,800 402,000 402,500 401,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 28,200 28,900 29,000 27,200 34,300 35,100 37,200 34,000 32,600 30,500 29,900 29,800 31,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.5 6.7 6.7 6.4 7.9 8.0 8.5 7.8 7.6 7.1 6.9 6.9 7.3 PASSAIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 230,800 231,700 231,200 227,700 232,800 234,300 234,600 230,400 227,700 229,400 230,000 230,500 230,900 EMPLOYMENT 207,300 207,700 207,500 205,700 206,000 207,800 206,000 205,800 204,100 206,200 206,800 207,000 206,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 23,400 24,000 23,800 22,100 26,700 26,500 28,600 24,500 23,600 23,300 23,300 23,500 24,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 10.2 10.4 10.3 9.7 11.5 11.3 12.2 10.6 10.4 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.6 PHILA PA-NJ LABOR AREA (NJ PART) 1/ LABOR FORCE 616,100 619,100 617,300 617,600 627,800 631,500 632,000 618,300 610,800 618,900 618,700 618,900 620,600 EMPLOYMENT 564,700 566,600 566,200 569,700 567,800 569,800 569,900 563,800 559,800 567,500 568,300 569,600 567,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 51,400 52,600 51,200 47,900 60,000 61,700 62,200 54,500 51,000 51,400 50,400 49,200 53,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.3 8.5 8.3 7.8 9.6 9.8 9.8 8.8 8.3 8.3 8.1 7.9 8.6 CAMDEN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 584,300 587,500 585,900 586,300 596,100 599,600 599,900 586,700 579,900 587,300 587,300 587,000 589,000 EMPLOYMENT 535,900 537,700 537,300 540,700 538,800 540,700 540,800 535,000 531,200 538,500 539,300 540,600 538,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 48,400 49,800 48,600 45,700 57,300 58,900 59,100 51,700 48,700 48,800 48,000 46,500 50,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.3 8.5 8.3 7.8 9.6 9.8 9.9 8.8 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.9 8.6 BURLINGTON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 206,100 207,300 206,900 206,800 210,300 211,400 211,500 207,200 204,800 207,800 207,600 207,200 207,900 EMPLOYMENT 190,900 191,600 191,400 192,600 192,000 192,600 192,700 190,600 189,300 191,900 192,100 192,600 191,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 15,200 15,800 15,500 14,200 18,300 18,800 18,900 16,600 15,500 16,000 15,400 14,600 16,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.4 7.6 7.5 6.9 8.7 8.9 8.9 8.0 7.6 7.7 7.4 7.0 7.8 CAMDEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 255,700 256,900 256,100 256,600 261,100 262,600 262,900 256,900 254,200 256,800 257,200 256,600 257,800 EMPLOYMENT 233,000 233,800 233,600 235,100 234,300 235,100 235,100 232,600 231,000 234,100 234,500 235,000 233,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,700 23,100 22,500 21,500 26,800 27,500 27,800 24,300 23,300 22,600 22,700 21,500 23,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.9 9.0 8.8 8.4 10.3 10.5 10.6 9.5 9.1 8.8 8.8 8.4 9.3 GLOUCESTER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 122,500 123,300 122,900 122,900 124,700 125,600 125,400 122,600 120,900 122,700 122,600 123,300 123,300 EMPLOYMENT 112,000 112,400 112,300 113,000 112,600 113,000 113,000 111,800 111,000 112,500 112,700 113,000 112,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 10,600 10,900 10,600 9,900 12,100 12,600 12,400 10,800 9,900 10,200 9,900 10,400 10,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.6 8.9 8.6 8.1 9.7 10.0 9.9 8.8 8.2 8.3 8.1 8.4 8.8 SALEM COUNTY LABOR FORCE 31,800 31,700 31,500 31,300 31,700 31,900 32,100 31,500 30,900 31,600 31,400 31,800 31,600 EMPLOYMENT 28,800 28,900 28,900 29,100 29,000 29,100 29,100 28,800 28,600 28,900 29,000 29,100 28,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,000 2,800 2,600 2,200 2,700 2,800 3,000 2,800 2,300 2,600 2,400 2,800 2,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 9.4 8.8 8.2 7.1 8.6 8.9 9.5 8.8 7.5 8.4 7.7 8.7 8.5 VINELAND-MILLVILLE-BRIDGETON LABOR AREA CUMBERLAND COUNTY LABOR FORCE 66,400 66,500 66,200 65,500 67,100 67,900 68,000 65,900 65,100 65,100 65,100 65,000 66,100 EMPLOYMENT 57,700 57,700 57,900 58,500 58,600 59,200 58,900 58,200 58,100 57,900 57,400 57,000 58,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,700 8,700 8,300 7,000 8,500 8,700 9,100 7,700 7,000 7,200 7,700 8,000 8,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 13.1 13.1 12.5 10.7 12.7 12.8 13.4 11.7 10.8 11.1 11.8 12.3 12.2 JERSEY CITY LABOR AREA HUDSON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 279,100 280,500 280,400 278,000 284,700 286,400 290,000 284,200 280,400 282,900 282,700 280,900 282,500 EMPLOYMENT 249,100 250,900 250,800 249,800 249,100 250,600 252,200 251,700 249,000 252,400 252,900 250,800 250,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 29,900 29,700 29,700 28,200 35,600 35,800 37,800 32,500 31,300 30,400 29,800 30,100 31,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.1 12.5 12.5 13.0 11.4 11.2 10.8 10.5 10.7 11.2 TRENTON LABOR AREA MERCER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 172,400 172,400 172,500 170,700 173,900 174,100 174,000 171,500 168,100 171,500 171,700 171,300 172,000 EMPLOYMENT 160,700 160,500 161,400 161,100 161,500 161,600 160,900 159,800 157,600 160,800 161,200 160,700 160,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 11,600 11,900 11,100 9,600 12,400 12,500 13,100 11,700 10,600 10,700 10,500 10,600 11,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.8 6.9 6.4 5.6 7.1 7.2 7.5 6.8 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.6 MIDDLESEX-SOMERSET-HUNTERDON LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 573,400 576,100 576,500 575,300 583,800 590,000 592,600 585,600 577,200 583,900 586,100 587,500 582,300 EMPLOYMENT 536,700 539,100 540,600 541,500 541,300 546,500 544,700 542,700 537,400 546,200 549,000 550,900 543,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 36,800 36,900 36,000 33,800 42,400 43,500 47,900 42,900 39,700 37,700 37,100 36,600 39,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.4 6.4 6.2 5.9 7.3 7.4 8.1 7.3 6.9 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.7 MIDDLESEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 372,600 374,000 374,400 373,500 379,800 383,200 385,500 380,700 375,200 378,900 380,300 381,100 378,300 EMPLOYMENT 345,400 347,000 347,900 348,500 348,400 351,700 350,600 349,200 345,900 351,500 353,400 354,600 349,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 27,200 27,100 26,500 24,900 31,400 31,500 35,000 31,400 29,300 27,400 26,900 26,600 28,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.3 7.2 7.1 6.7 8.3 8.2 9.1 8.3 7.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.6 SOMERSET COUNTY LABOR FORCE 140,900 141,700 141,800 141,600 143,300 145,200 145,300 143,900 141,800 143,800 144,400 144,800 143,200 EMPLOYMENT 134,200 134,800 135,200 135,400 135,300 136,600 136,200 135,700 134,400 136,600 137,300 137,800 135,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 6,700 6,900 6,700 6,200 7,900 8,500 9,200 8,300 7,400 7,300 7,100 7,000 7,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.4 5.5 5.9 6.3 5.7 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.8 5.2 HUNTERDON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 60,000 60,300 60,300 60,300 60,700 61,600 61,700 61,000 60,200 61,100 61,500 61,600 60,900 EMPLOYMENT 57,100 57,400 57,500 57,600 57,600 58,100 58,000 57,700 57,200 58,100 58,400 58,600 57,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,900 3,000 2,800 2,600 3,100 3,400 3,800 3,200 3,000 3,000 3,100 3,000 3,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.4 5.1 5.6 6.1 5.3 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.8 5.1 MONMOUTH-OCEAN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 467,700 466,900 468,800 470,200 484,100 500,400 509,700 502,500 483,400 478,400 476,200 472,800 481,700 EMPLOYMENT 429,600 428,600 431,800 437,200 442,900 459,000 466,200 463,900 447,600 443,800 442,000 439,200 444,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 38,100 38,400 37,000 33,000 41,100 41,400 43,500 38,600 35,700 34,600 34,300 33,500 37,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.2 8.2 7.9 7.0 8.5 8.3 8.5 7.7 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.8 MONMOUTH COUNTY LABOR FORCE 279,800 279,700 281,100 282,500 290,600 300,800 307,000 302,700 291,200 287,800 286,300 284,000 289,400 EMPLOYMENT 259,100 258,500 260,400 263,700 267,200 276,900 281,200 279,800 270,000 267,700 266,600 264,900 268,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 20,700 21,200 20,700 18,800 23,500 23,900 25,800 22,900 21,200 20,100 19,800 19,100 21,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.4 7.6 7.4 6.7 8.1 7.9 8.4 7.6 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.7 7.4 OCEAN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 187,900 187,300 187,700 187,700 193,400 199,700 202,700 199,800 192,200 190,600 189,900 188,700 192,300 EMPLOYMENT 170,500 170,100 171,300 173,500 175,800 182,200 185,000 184,100 177,600 176,100 175,400 174,300 176,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 17,400 17,200 16,300 14,200 17,700 17,500 17,700 15,700 14,500 14,500 14,500 14,400 16,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 9.3 9.2 8.7 7.6 9.1 8.8 8.7 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.6 8.3 NEWARK LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 1,015,400 1,019,600 1,017,000 1,005,000 1,023,800 1,033,000 1,041,100 1,026,100 1,008,000 1,014,200 1,013,300 1,012,200 1,019,000 EMPLOYMENT 934,300 937,000 935,800 929,600 928,700 935,400 937,900 933,100 919,300 929,600 931,000 931,700 931,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 81,100 82,600 81,200 75,400 95,100 97,600 103,200 93,000 88,700 84,600 82,300 80,500 87,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.0 8.1 8.0 7.5 9.3 9.4 9.9 9.1 8.8 8.3 8.1 8.0 8.5 ESSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 385,400 386,300 385,600 381,000 389,700 393,300 396,100 390,200 384,000 385,800 384,700 384,200 387,200 EMPLOYMENT 349,200 350,200 349,800 347,500 347,100 349,600 350,600 348,800 343,600 347,500 348,000 348,200 348,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 36,200 36,100 35,800 33,500 42,600 43,700 45,600 41,500 40,400 38,400 36,700 35,900 38,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 9.4 9.3 9.3 8.8 10.9 11.1 11.5 10.6 10.5 9.9 9.5 9.4 10.0 MORRIS COUNTY LABOR FORCE 243,600 244,900 244,200 241,600 245,000 247,500 248,900 245,600 241,700 243,600 243,700 243,300 244,500 EMPLOYMENT 229,700 230,300 230,100 228,500 228,300 229,900 230,600 229,400 226,000 228,500 228,900 229,000 229,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 13,900 14,500 14,200 13,100 16,700 17,600 18,300 16,200 15,700 15,100 14,900 14,200 15,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.4 6.8 7.1 7.4 6.6 6.5 6.2 6.1 5.9 6.3 SUSSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 72,600 73,100 72,800 71,700 72,600 73,200 74,300 73,200 71,500 72,100 72,300 72,300 72,600 EMPLOYMENT 67,000 67,200 67,100 66,700 66,600 67,100 67,300 66,900 66,000 66,700 66,800 66,800 66,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 5,600 5,800 5,700 5,000 6,000 6,100 7,000 6,200 5,500 5,400 5,500 5,500 5,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.7 8.0 7.8 7.0 8.3 8.4 9.5 8.5 7.7 7.5 7.7 7.6 8.0 UNION COUNTY LABOR FORCE 265,000 266,000 265,400 262,300 267,400 269,300 271,600 267,800 262,900 264,200 263,800 263,700 265,800 EMPLOYMENT 243,100 243,800 243,500 241,900 241,700 243,400 244,100 242,800 239,200 241,900 242,300 242,400 242,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 21,800 22,200 21,800 20,400 25,700 25,900 27,500 25,000 23,600 22,300 21,500 21,200 23,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.2 8.3 8.2 7.8 9.6 9.6 10.1 9.3 9.0 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.7 WARREN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 48,900 49,300 49,000 48,400 49,000 49,600 50,100 49,300 48,000 48,400 48,800 48,700 49,000 EMPLOYMENT 45,200 45,400 45,300 45,000 45,000 45,300 45,400 45,200 44,500 45,000 45,100 45,100 45,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,600 3,900 3,600 3,400 4,100 4,300 4,700 4,100 3,500 3,400 3,700 3,600 3,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.4 8.0 7.4 7.0 8.3 8.6 9.4 8.4 7.2 7.1 7.5 7.4 7.8 NEW JERSEY LABOR FORCE 4,015,200 4,027,300 4,024,100 3,998,800 4,082,200 4,135,100 4,165,300 4,100,600 4,022,900 4,041,200 4,040,100 4,034,900 4,057,300 EMPLOYMENT 3,684,800 3,693,300 3,697,600 3,697,600 3,706,300 3,753,400 3,763,400 3,744,600 3,686,600 3,713,400 3,715,900 3,713,000 3,714,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 330,300 334,000 326,500 301,200 375,900 381,700 401,900 356,000 336,300 327,800 324,200 321,900 343,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.2 8.3 8.1 7.5 9.2 9.2 9.6 8.7 8.4 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.5
1/ Sub-area of interstate Labor Area
Data may not add due to rounding.