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 164,900 164,500 164,700 167,200 170,900 181,000 186,900 184,800 176,100 168,400 167,600 165,900 171,900 EMPLOYMENT 144,100 144,300 145,900 150,700 155,500 166,000 171,600 171,400 163,000 154,100 150,900 148,700 155,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 20,800 20,200 18,800 16,500 15,300 15,000 15,200 13,400 13,100 14,300 16,800 17,200 16,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 12.6 12.3 11.4 9.9 9.0 8.3 8.1 7.3 7.4 8.5 10.0 10.3 9.5 ATLANTIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 117,800 118,000 118,600 121,500 126,000 134,400 138,700 137,100 130,500 123,500 121,000 119,500 125,500 EMPLOYMENT 106,400 106,500 107,700 111,200 114,800 122,500 126,700 126,500 120,300 113,800 111,400 109,800 114,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 11,500 11,500 10,800 10,200 11,200 11,900 12,000 10,600 10,200 9,700 9,600 9,700 10,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 9.7 9.7 9.1 8.4 8.9 8.8 8.7 7.7 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.1 8.6 CAPE MAY COUNTY LABOR FORCE 47,000 46,500 46,200 45,700 44,900 46,500 48,100 47,700 45,500 45,000 46,700 46,400 46,400 EMPLOYMENT 37,700 37,800 38,200 39,400 40,700 43,500 44,900 44,900 42,700 40,400 39,500 38,900 40,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 9,300 8,800 7,900 6,300 4,200 3,100 3,200 2,800 2,900 4,600 7,200 7,500 5,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 19.8 18.8 17.2 13.7 9.3 6.6 6.6 5.9 6.3 10.2 15.3 16.1 12.2 BERGEN-PASSAIC LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 664,400 666,300 667,700 666,400 667,900 677,500 675,000 671,300 666,300 671,700 675,300 675,200 670,400 EMPLOYMENT 615,700 618,300 620,900 622,600 623,300 630,900 624,900 626,300 623,200 629,700 632,700 632,500 625,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 48,700 48,000 46,800 43,700 44,600 46,600 50,100 45,000 43,200 42,000 42,600 42,700 45,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.3 7.2 7.0 6.6 6.7 6.9 7.4 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.8 BERGEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 432,200 433,800 434,800 434,500 435,700 441,900 440,700 439,100 435,500 438,800 440,200 439,800 437,300 EMPLOYMENT 405,800 407,500 409,200 410,400 410,800 415,800 411,900 412,800 410,700 415,000 417,000 416,900 412,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 26,400 26,300 25,600 24,100 24,900 26,100 28,800 26,300 24,800 23,800 23,200 23,000 25,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.9 6.5 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.8 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av PASSAIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 232,200 232,500 232,900 231,900 232,200 235,500 234,300 232,200 230,800 232,900 235,100 235,400 233,200 EMPLOYMENT 209,900 210,800 211,700 212,300 212,500 215,100 213,000 213,500 212,500 214,700 215,700 215,600 213,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,300 21,700 21,200 19,600 19,700 20,500 21,300 18,700 18,400 18,200 19,400 19,700 20,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 9.6 9.3 9.1 8.5 8.5 8.7 9.1 8.0 8.0 7.8 8.3 8.4 8.6 PHILA PA-NJ LABOR AREA (NJ PART) 1/ LABOR FORCE 617,900 621,900 621,700 622,300 623,600 627,800 630,800 624,900 621,000 629,600 633,300 636,400 625,900 EMPLOYMENT 578,200 581,500 583,800 587,200 587,800 588,800 588,900 587,700 586,100 594,400 597,700 600,700 588,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 39,700 40,400 37,900 35,100 35,800 39,000 41,900 37,100 34,900 35,200 35,600 35,700 37,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.4 6.5 6.1 5.6 5.7 6.2 6.6 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 6.0 CAMDEN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 586,500 590,300 590,200 590,800 592,100 595,900 598,800 593,500 589,900 598,200 601,600 604,500 594,400 EMPLOYMENT 549,200 552,300 554,600 557,800 558,300 559,300 559,400 558,300 556,700 564,600 567,800 570,600 559,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 37,200 37,900 35,600 33,000 33,800 36,600 39,500 35,300 33,200 33,600 33,900 33,900 35,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.4 6.4 6.0 5.6 5.7 6.1 6.6 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.9 BURLINGTON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 210,000 211,300 211,600 211,400 212,100 213,300 214,200 212,700 211,600 214,600 216,100 217,100 213,000 EMPLOYMENT 198,800 199,900 200,700 201,900 202,100 202,500 202,500 202,100 201,500 204,400 205,500 206,500 202,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 11,200 11,400 10,900 9,500 10,000 10,800 11,700 10,600 10,100 10,200 10,600 10,600 10,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.3 5.4 5.1 4.5 4.7 5.1 5.5 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.0 CAMDEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 251,900 253,500 253,400 253,900 254,400 256,000 257,200 255,000 253,400 257,000 258,100 259,300 255,300 EMPLOYMENT 234,600 236,000 236,900 238,300 238,500 238,900 239,000 238,500 237,800 241,200 242,600 243,800 238,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 17,300 17,500 16,500 15,600 15,800 17,100 18,200 16,500 15,500 15,800 15,600 15,500 16,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.9 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.2 6.7 7.1 6.5 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.4 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av GLOUCESTER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 124,600 125,500 125,100 125,500 125,600 126,600 127,400 125,900 124,900 126,600 127,400 128,100 126,100 EMPLOYMENT 115,800 116,400 116,900 117,600 117,700 117,900 117,900 117,700 117,300 119,000 119,700 120,300 117,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,800 9,100 8,200 7,900 7,900 8,700 9,500 8,200 7,500 7,600 7,700 7,800 8,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.1 7.2 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.9 7.5 6.5 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.5 SALEM COUNTY LABOR FORCE 31,400 31,600 31,500 31,500 31,400 31,900 31,900 31,300 31,100 31,400 31,700 31,900 31,600 EMPLOYMENT 29,000 29,100 29,300 29,400 29,500 29,500 29,500 29,500 29,400 29,800 30,000 30,100 29,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,500 2,400 2,300 2,100 2,000 2,400 2,400 1,900 1,700 1,600 1,700 1,800 2,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.8 7.7 7.2 6.6 6.3 7.5 7.6 6.0 5.5 5.0 5.5 5.5 6.5 VINELAND-MILLVILLE-BRIDGETON LABOR AREA CUMBERLAND COUNTY LABOR FORCE 65,500 65,100 65,100 65,300 65,000 66,300 65,600 65,000 64,700 65,100 65,200 65,000 65,300 EMPLOYMENT 57,700 57,700 58,200 59,000 58,900 60,000 59,100 59,200 59,000 59,500 59,300 58,600 58,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 7,800 7,500 6,900 6,400 6,100 6,300 6,500 5,800 5,700 5,600 6,000 6,400 6,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 11.9 11.5 10.6 9.7 9.4 9.5 9.9 9.0 8.8 8.5 9.1 9.9 9.8 JERSEY CITY LABOR AREA HUDSON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 285,800 286,700 286,300 285,100 286,300 288,600 291,300 289,000 288,200 290,700 290,400 290,000 288,200 EMPLOYMENT 257,200 259,200 259,500 259,100 259,000 260,100 262,000 262,700 262,600 265,500 264,800 264,200 261,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 28,500 27,600 26,800 26,100 27,400 28,500 29,300 26,300 25,600 25,200 25,600 25,800 26,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 10.0 9.6 9.4 9.1 9.6 9.9 10.1 9.1 8.9 8.7 8.8 8.9 9.3 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av TRENTON LABOR AREA MERCER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 170,700 172,200 172,500 171,400 171,900 172,200 171,500 168,900 168,000 170,700 171,000 170,800 171,000 EMPLOYMENT 161,000 162,700 163,500 163,400 163,400 162,500 160,700 159,500 159,000 161,700 161,400 161,500 161,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 9,700 9,500 9,000 8,000 8,500 9,700 10,800 9,300 8,900 9,000 9,600 9,300 9,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.7 5.5 5.2 4.7 4.9 5.6 6.3 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.4 MIDDLESEX-SOMERSET-HUNTERDON LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 596,800 600,900 602,700 599,500 603,100 610,800 613,300 609,600 605,800 611,500 613,900 614,900 606,900 EMPLOYMENT 566,200 570,000 572,900 571,900 574,300 580,100 579,200 578,400 577,700 584,700 587,300 588,900 577,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 30,700 30,900 29,900 27,700 28,800 30,600 34,100 31,200 28,000 26,800 26,600 26,000 29,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.6 5.1 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.8 MIDDLESEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 382,400 384,800 386,200 384,200 387,100 391,900 393,900 391,200 388,300 391,700 393,200 393,700 389,000 EMPLOYMENT 360,300 362,800 364,600 364,000 365,500 369,200 368,600 368,100 367,700 372,100 373,800 374,800 367,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,000 22,000 21,600 20,200 21,600 22,700 25,200 23,100 20,600 19,600 19,500 18,900 21,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.8 6.4 5.9 5.3 5.0 4.9 4.8 5.5 SOMERSET COUNTY LABOR FORCE 151,500 152,400 152,900 152,300 152,700 154,700 155,100 154,400 153,800 155,400 156,000 156,300 154,000 EMPLOYMENT 145,200 146,200 146,900 146,700 147,300 148,800 148,500 148,400 148,200 150,000 150,600 151,000 148,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 6,300 6,200 6,000 5,600 5,400 5,900 6,600 6,100 5,600 5,500 5,400 5,300 5,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.8 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.8 HUNTERDON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 62,900 63,600 63,600 63,100 63,300 64,100 64,300 64,000 63,700 64,400 64,700 65,000 63,900 EMPLOYMENT 60,600 61,000 61,300 61,200 61,500 62,100 62,000 61,900 61,900 62,600 62,900 63,100 61,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,300 2,600 2,300 1,800 1,800 2,000 2,300 2,000 1,800 1,800 1,800 1,900 2,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.7 4.1 3.6 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.6 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.2 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MONMOUTH-OCEAN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 487,600 489,700 494,300 497,200 506,000 526,200 533,400 528,500 510,700 505,500 505,400 504,000 507,400 EMPLOYMENT 455,400 456,400 463,600 470,100 478,300 496,900 501,100 499,900 483,500 479,000 478,000 476,400 478,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 32,200 33,200 30,700 27,100 27,700 29,300 32,300 28,600 27,200 26,500 27,400 27,500 29,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.6 6.8 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.6 6.1 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.7 MONMOUTH COUNTY LABOR FORCE 289,900 291,300 294,500 296,800 302,100 314,200 318,700 315,900 305,100 302,100 301,500 300,400 302,700 EMPLOYMENT 272,600 273,200 277,500 281,400 286,300 297,400 299,900 299,300 289,400 286,700 286,100 285,200 286,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 17,300 18,100 17,000 15,400 15,800 16,800 18,800 16,600 15,600 15,300 15,400 15,200 16,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.0 6.2 5.8 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.4 OCEAN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 197,700 198,400 199,800 200,400 203,900 212,000 214,700 212,700 205,600 203,400 203,900 203,500 204,700 EMPLOYMENT 182,800 183,200 186,100 188,700 192,000 199,400 201,100 200,700 194,100 192,300 191,900 191,200 192,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 14,900 15,200 13,700 11,700 11,900 12,500 13,500 12,000 11,600 11,200 12,100 12,300 12,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.5 7.6 6.9 5.9 5.8 5.9 6.3 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.9 6.0 6.2 NEWARK LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 1,004,400 1,009,100 1,011,800 1,006,000 1,010,900 1,024,600 1,029,100 1,021,000 1,007,800 1,016,700 1,018,800 1,019,500 1,015,000 EMPLOYMENT 935,800 941,100 946,500 944,900 949,000 958,500 957,900 956,200 945,700 956,000 958,500 960,100 950,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 68,500 68,000 65,300 61,100 62,000 66,200 71,300 64,800 62,100 60,700 60,200 59,400 64,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.1 6.5 6.9 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.8 6.3 ESSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 371,800 373,100 373,900 371,700 374,000 378,800 380,500 376,900 373,100 376,300 376,700 377,000 375,300 EMPLOYMENT 341,000 342,900 344,900 344,300 345,800 349,200 349,000 348,400 344,600 348,300 349,300 349,900 346,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 30,800 30,200 29,000 27,400 28,200 29,500 31,500 28,500 28,500 27,900 27,400 27,200 28,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.4 7.5 7.8 8.3 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.7 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MORRIS COUNTY LABOR FORCE 248,800 250,200 250,800 249,700 250,600 253,800 254,500 252,800 249,400 251,800 252,400 252,600 251,400 EMPLOYMENT 236,800 238,100 239,500 239,100 240,100 242,500 242,300 241,900 239,300 241,900 242,500 242,900 240,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 12,000 12,100 11,400 10,700 10,500 11,300 12,100 10,800 10,100 10,000 9,900 9,700 10,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.3 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8 4.3 SUSSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 74,000 74,600 74,600 74,300 74,000 74,900 75,300 74,800 73,500 74,300 74,500 74,700 74,400 EMPLOYMENT 69,100 69,400 69,800 69,700 70,000 70,700 70,700 70,600 69,800 70,500 70,700 70,900 70,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 4,900 5,100 4,700 4,500 4,000 4,200 4,700 4,200 3,700 3,700 3,800 3,800 4,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.7 6.8 6.3 6.1 5.4 5.6 6.2 5.6 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.7 UNION COUNTY LABOR FORCE 260,300 261,400 262,500 260,900 262,900 266,800 268,100 266,300 262,700 264,700 265,200 265,100 263,900 EMPLOYMENT 242,800 244,100 245,500 245,100 246,200 248,600 248,500 248,000 245,300 248,000 248,600 249,100 246,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 17,600 17,200 17,000 15,800 16,800 18,200 19,700 18,300 17,400 16,700 16,500 16,100 17,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.1 6.4 6.8 7.3 6.9 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.5 WARREN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 49,400 49,900 50,000 49,300 49,400 50,300 50,600 50,300 49,100 49,700 49,900 50,100 49,800 EMPLOYMENT 46,200 46,500 46,800 46,700 46,900 47,400 47,300 47,300 46,700 47,200 47,400 47,400 47,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,200 3,400 3,200 2,600 2,500 2,900 3,300 3,000 2,400 2,400 2,600 2,600 2,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.5 6.9 6.4 5.4 5.1 5.8 6.5 6.0 4.8 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.7 NEW JERSEY LABOR FORCE 4,058,000 4,076,300 4,086,800 4,080,300 4,105,600 4,174,900 4,196,800 4,163,000 4,108,500 4,129,900 4,141,000 4,141,800 4,121,900 EMPLOYMENT 3,771,400 3,791,100 3,814,800 3,828,700 3,849,500 3,903,700 3,905,400 3,901,500 3,859,900 3,884,500 3,890,500 3,891,700 3,857,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 286,600 285,200 272,000 251,600 256,100 271,200 291,500 261,500 248,700 245,300 250,500 250,000 264,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.2 6.2 6.5 6.9 6.3 6.1 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.4
1/ Sub-area of interstate Labor Area
Data may not add due to rounding.