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 165,900 165,700 166,500 167,700 173,800 184,600 191,400 189,900 181,800 174,300 173,300 172,700 175,600 EMPLOYMENT 144,200 145,300 147,500 150,900 159,400 170,400 176,600 176,600 168,400 160,100 156,700 155,700 159,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 21,700 20,400 19,000 16,800 14,300 14,300 14,800 13,300 13,400 14,300 16,700 16,900 16,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 13.1 12.3 11.4 10.0 8.2 7.7 7.7 7.0 7.4 8.2 9.6 9.8 9.3 ATLANTIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 118,600 118,800 120,100 122,000 128,800 137,700 142,500 141,200 135,200 128,200 125,200 124,400 128,600 EMPLOYMENT 106,600 107,500 109,100 111,600 117,900 126,000 130,600 130,600 124,500 118,400 115,900 115,200 117,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 12,000 11,300 11,000 10,400 10,900 11,700 11,900 10,600 10,700 9,900 9,400 9,200 10,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 10.1 9.6 9.2 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.4 7.5 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.4 8.4 CAPE MAY COUNTY LABOR FORCE 47,300 46,900 46,400 45,700 45,000 47,000 48,900 48,700 46,600 46,100 48,100 48,300 47,100 EMPLOYMENT 37,500 37,800 38,400 39,300 41,500 44,400 46,000 46,000 43,900 41,700 40,800 40,600 41,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 9,700 9,100 8,000 6,400 3,400 2,600 2,900 2,700 2,700 4,400 7,300 7,700 5,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 20.6 19.3 17.3 14.0 7.7 5.5 5.9 5.5 5.8 9.6 15.2 16.0 11.8 BERGEN-PASSAIC LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 668,500 673,800 676,100 673,900 675,800 686,500 685,300 681,800 678,400 686,100 692,000 693,700 681,000 EMPLOYMENT 619,800 626,400 629,200 631,100 634,000 642,700 637,700 639,300 638,100 646,900 653,500 655,700 637,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 48,700 47,500 46,900 42,700 41,800 43,800 47,700 42,400 40,300 39,200 38,500 38,000 43,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.3 6.2 6.4 7.0 6.2 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.5 6.3 BERGEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 435,100 438,800 440,200 439,400 441,400 448,600 447,600 446,100 443,600 448,500 452,200 453,300 444,600 EMPLOYMENT 409,100 413,400 415,300 416,600 418,400 424,200 420,900 422,000 421,200 427,000 431,300 432,800 421,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 26,000 25,300 25,000 22,800 22,900 24,400 26,700 24,100 22,400 21,500 20,900 20,500 23,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.2 5.2 5.4 6.0 5.4 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.5 5.3 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av PASSAIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 233,400 235,100 235,900 234,500 234,400 237,900 237,700 235,700 234,800 237,600 239,700 240,400 236,400 EMPLOYMENT 210,700 212,900 213,900 214,600 215,500 218,500 216,800 217,300 216,900 219,900 222,100 222,900 216,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,700 22,100 22,000 19,900 18,900 19,400 21,000 18,300 17,900 17,700 17,600 17,500 19,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 9.7 9.4 9.3 8.5 8.1 8.2 8.8 7.8 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.3 8.3 PHILA PA-NJ LABOR AREA (NJ PART) 1/ LABOR FORCE 632,000 637,600 639,300 640,600 638,500 642,100 645,700 640,600 635,800 643,100 646,600 648,500 640,900 EMPLOYMENT 588,300 595,600 598,900 604,800 605,300 606,300 606,800 605,300 601,600 610,300 613,200 616,100 604,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 43,700 42,000 40,400 35,800 33,100 35,800 38,900 35,300 34,200 32,800 33,400 32,400 36,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.9 6.6 6.3 5.6 5.2 5.6 6.0 5.5 5.4 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.7 CAMDEN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 599,700 605,200 606,400 608,000 605,800 609,200 612,600 607,500 603,100 610,100 613,400 615,200 608,000 EMPLOYMENT 558,600 565,600 568,700 574,400 574,800 575,700 576,200 574,800 571,300 579,500 582,300 585,000 573,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 41,100 39,700 37,700 33,600 31,000 33,500 36,300 32,700 31,800 30,600 31,100 30,200 34,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.5 5.1 5.5 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.1 4.9 5.6 BURLINGTON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 217,400 219,500 219,800 220,800 220,200 221,500 222,700 220,900 219,400 222,000 223,200 224,000 221,000 EMPLOYMENT 204,800 207,400 208,500 210,600 210,800 211,100 211,300 210,800 209,500 212,500 213,500 214,500 210,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 12,500 12,100 11,300 10,100 9,500 10,400 11,400 10,200 9,900 9,500 9,700 9,400 10,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.8 5.5 5.1 4.6 4.3 4.7 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.8 CAMDEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 254,500 256,800 257,400 258,200 257,200 258,700 260,100 258,100 256,500 259,400 260,800 261,300 258,300 EMPLOYMENT 236,200 239,100 240,400 242,800 243,000 243,400 243,600 243,000 241,500 245,000 246,200 247,300 242,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 18,300 17,700 16,900 15,300 14,200 15,300 16,500 15,000 15,000 14,400 14,600 14,000 15,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.2 6.9 6.6 5.9 5.5 5.9 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.3 6.0 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av GLOUCESTER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 127,800 128,900 129,200 129,000 128,400 129,000 129,800 128,500 127,200 128,700 129,400 130,000 128,800 EMPLOYMENT 117,600 119,100 119,700 120,900 121,000 121,200 121,300 121,000 120,300 122,000 122,600 123,200 120,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 10,200 9,900 9,500 8,100 7,400 7,800 8,500 7,500 6,900 6,700 6,800 6,800 8,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.0 7.7 7.3 6.3 5.7 6.0 6.6 5.8 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.2 6.2 SALEM COUNTY LABOR FORCE 32,300 32,400 32,900 32,600 32,600 32,800 33,200 33,000 32,700 33,000 33,200 33,300 32,800 EMPLOYMENT 29,600 30,000 30,200 30,500 30,500 30,600 30,600 30,500 30,300 30,800 30,900 31,100 30,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,700 2,300 2,700 2,200 2,100 2,300 2,600 2,500 2,400 2,300 2,300 2,200 2,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.2 7.2 8.2 6.6 6.5 7.0 7.8 7.7 7.3 6.8 7.0 6.6 7.2 VINELAND-MILLVILLE-BRIDGETON LABOR AREA CUMBERLAND COUNTY LABOR FORCE 66,000 65,800 65,600 64,800 65,000 65,900 65,600 65,400 65,900 66,100 66,600 66,800 65,800 EMPLOYMENT 57,900 58,000 58,200 57,900 59,000 59,800 59,200 59,600 60,300 60,600 60,500 60,400 59,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,200 7,800 7,400 6,900 6,100 6,100 6,400 5,800 5,700 5,400 6,200 6,300 6,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 12.4 11.8 11.3 10.6 9.3 9.3 9.8 8.8 8.6 8.2 9.3 9.5 9.9 JERSEY CITY LABOR AREA HUDSON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 289,100 290,300 290,200 289,500 289,200 293,500 294,000 290,400 291,500 292,900 293,800 293,700 291,500 EMPLOYMENT 259,400 262,200 262,100 262,300 262,400 265,200 264,400 264,300 265,800 267,900 269,600 269,500 264,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 29,700 28,100 28,000 27,200 26,900 28,200 29,600 26,100 25,700 25,000 24,200 24,200 26,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 10.3 9.7 9.7 9.4 9.3 9.6 10.1 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.2 8.2 9.2 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av TRENTON LABOR AREA MERCER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 170,300 171,700 172,700 171,300 171,700 172,500 172,400 170,800 169,700 172,700 173,300 173,700 171,900 EMPLOYMENT 158,800 160,700 162,100 162,000 162,700 163,100 161,700 161,000 160,400 163,700 164,600 165,300 162,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 11,500 11,000 10,600 9,200 9,000 9,500 10,700 9,800 9,300 9,000 8,700 8,400 9,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.8 6.4 6.1 5.4 5.2 5.5 6.2 5.7 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.8 5.7 MIDDLESEX-SOMERSET-HUNTERDON LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 608,900 614,600 616,600 614,400 616,500 625,000 634,600 630,200 627,800 633,800 640,900 643,700 625,600 EMPLOYMENT 576,400 583,700 586,200 586,300 589,300 596,300 602,800 601,100 600,700 608,100 616,200 619,600 597,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 32,500 30,900 30,300 28,200 27,200 28,600 31,800 29,100 27,200 25,800 24,700 24,000 28,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.3 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.6 5.0 4.6 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.7 4.5 MIDDLESEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 388,400 391,400 392,900 391,600 393,100 398,700 405,300 402,300 400,700 404,200 408,400 410,100 398,900 EMPLOYMENT 364,900 369,600 371,200 371,200 373,100 377,600 381,700 380,600 380,300 385,000 390,200 392,300 378,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 23,400 21,800 21,700 20,400 20,000 21,100 23,600 21,700 20,400 19,200 18,200 17,700 20,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.0 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.8 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.3 5.2 SOMERSET COUNTY LABOR FORCE 155,200 157,100 157,600 157,000 157,600 159,700 161,900 160,900 160,400 162,200 164,200 164,900 159,900 EMPLOYMENT 149,000 150,900 151,600 151,600 152,300 154,200 155,800 155,400 155,300 157,200 159,300 160,200 154,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 6,200 6,200 6,000 5,500 5,300 5,600 6,100 5,500 5,100 5,000 4,900 4,700 5,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.4 HUNTERDON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 65,300 66,100 66,100 65,800 65,800 66,500 67,500 67,000 66,700 67,500 68,300 68,700 66,800 EMPLOYMENT 62,400 63,200 63,500 63,500 63,800 64,600 65,300 65,100 65,100 65,900 66,800 67,100 64,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,900 2,800 2,600 2,300 1,900 1,900 2,200 1,900 1,700 1,600 1,600 1,600 2,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.5 2.9 2.9 3.3 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 3.1 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MONMOUTH-OCEAN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 498,400 502,900 509,700 508,600 521,200 540,800 547,800 545,000 523,300 519,500 518,600 518,100 521,200 EMPLOYMENT 463,300 468,900 477,600 479,400 494,200 512,300 516,100 517,100 496,700 492,800 491,900 491,700 491,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 35,100 34,100 32,100 29,100 27,000 28,500 31,700 27,900 26,600 26,800 26,700 26,400 29,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.0 6.8 6.3 5.7 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.6 MONMOUTH COUNTY LABOR FORCE 295,400 298,200 302,700 302,300 310,400 322,200 326,300 324,800 311,500 309,000 307,900 307,200 309,800 EMPLOYMENT 276,500 279,800 285,000 286,100 294,900 305,700 308,000 308,500 296,400 294,000 293,500 293,400 293,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 18,900 18,400 17,700 16,200 15,500 16,600 18,300 16,300 15,100 15,000 14,400 13,800 16,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.4 6.2 5.9 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.6 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.5 5.3 OCEAN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 203,000 204,700 207,000 206,300 210,800 218,600 221,500 220,100 211,800 210,500 210,700 210,900 211,300 EMPLOYMENT 186,900 189,100 192,600 193,300 199,300 206,600 208,100 208,500 200,300 198,700 198,400 198,300 198,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 16,200 15,600 14,400 12,900 11,500 12,000 13,400 11,600 11,600 11,800 12,400 12,600 13,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.0 7.6 6.9 6.3 5.5 5.5 6.0 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.9 6.0 6.1 NEWARK LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 1,015,200 1,019,800 1,021,300 1,014,200 1,017,100 1,033,900 1,039,800 1,030,500 1,020,500 1,031,200 1,032,200 1,034,400 1,025,800 EMPLOYMENT 944,000 950,500 953,300 951,400 955,600 969,100 970,500 968,300 960,200 972,000 975,800 980,000 962,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 71,200 69,300 68,000 62,800 61,400 64,800 69,300 62,200 60,400 59,200 56,400 54,400 63,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.7 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.3 6.2 ESSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 372,200 373,500 374,600 372,200 373,700 380,000 382,100 378,100 375,700 380,000 379,700 379,900 376,800 EMPLOYMENT 340,800 343,100 344,100 343,400 345,000 349,800 350,300 349,500 346,600 350,900 352,200 353,700 347,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 31,400 30,400 30,500 28,700 28,700 30,200 31,800 28,500 29,100 29,200 27,500 26,200 29,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.4 8.1 8.1 7.7 7.7 8.0 8.3 7.5 7.8 7.7 7.2 6.9 7.8 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MORRIS COUNTY LABOR FORCE 252,900 254,700 254,900 253,000 253,900 258,100 259,100 257,100 254,500 257,300 258,100 258,800 256,000 EMPLOYMENT 241,100 242,700 243,400 243,000 244,000 247,500 247,800 247,300 245,200 248,200 249,200 250,300 245,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 11,800 11,900 11,500 10,100 9,800 10,700 11,200 9,800 9,300 9,100 8,900 8,500 10,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.0 3.9 4.1 4.3 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.3 4.0 SUSSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 75,500 75,900 75,700 74,800 74,800 75,800 76,600 76,000 74,700 75,600 76,000 76,200 75,600 EMPLOYMENT 70,200 70,700 70,900 70,800 71,100 72,100 72,200 72,000 71,400 72,300 72,600 72,900 71,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 5,300 5,200 4,800 4,000 3,700 3,800 4,400 4,000 3,200 3,300 3,400 3,300 4,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.0 6.9 6.3 5.3 4.9 5.0 5.7 5.2 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.4 5.3 UNION COUNTY LABOR FORCE 263,600 264,700 265,100 264,000 264,600 268,800 270,400 268,200 265,600 267,600 267,400 268,300 266,500 EMPLOYMENT 244,800 246,500 247,200 246,700 247,800 251,300 251,700 251,100 249,000 252,100 253,100 254,200 249,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 18,700 18,100 17,900 17,300 16,800 17,400 18,700 17,100 16,600 15,500 14,300 14,100 16,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.1 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.5 6.9 6.4 6.2 5.8 5.4 5.3 6.3 WARREN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 51,100 51,100 51,000 50,300 50,100 51,100 51,600 51,100 50,100 50,700 51,000 51,200 50,900 EMPLOYMENT 47,100 47,500 47,600 47,500 47,700 48,400 48,500 48,400 47,900 48,500 48,700 48,900 48,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,900 3,600 3,400 2,800 2,400 2,700 3,200 2,800 2,200 2,200 2,300 2,300 2,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.7 7.1 6.7 5.5 4.8 5.3 6.1 5.5 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 5.5 NEW JERSEY LABOR FORCE 4,114,300 4,142,300 4,157,900 4,145,000 4,168,600 4,244,800 4,276,800 4,244,500 4,194,800 4,219,800 4,237,400 4,245,000 4,199,300 EMPLOYMENT 3,812,000 3,851,200 3,875,100 3,886,300 3,921,800 3,985,200 3,995,800 3,992,600 3,952,100 3,982,400 4,001,900 4,014,000 3,939,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 302,300 291,000 282,800 258,700 246,800 259,700 280,900 251,800 242,700 237,400 235,400 231,000 260,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.3 7.0 6.8 6.2 5.9 6.1 6.6 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.4 6.2
1/ Sub-area of interstate Labor Area
Data may not add due to rounding.