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 172,800 171,600 172,100 172,900 178,500 187,400 194,200 191,800 182,500 176,000 173,500 172,900 178,800 EMPLOYMENT 152,300 152,800 154,800 158,400 165,200 174,100 180,600 180,200 170,900 163,100 158,300 156,600 163,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 20,500 18,800 17,300 14,500 13,300 13,300 13,600 11,600 11,600 12,800 15,100 16,300 14,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 11.9 10.9 10.0 8.4 7.5 7.1 7.0 6.0 6.4 7.3 8.7 9.4 8.3 ATLANTIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 123,700 123,400 124,400 126,200 132,600 139,700 144,800 142,900 135,900 129,300 125,700 125,100 131,100 EMPLOYMENT 112,800 113,200 114,700 117,300 122,400 128,900 133,800 133,500 126,600 120,800 117,300 116,000 121,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 10,900 10,200 9,800 8,900 10,200 10,800 11,000 9,400 9,400 8,400 8,400 9,100 9,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.8 8.2 7.8 7.0 7.7 7.7 7.6 6.6 6.9 6.5 6.7 7.3 7.4 CAPE MAY COUNTY LABOR FORCE 49,100 48,200 47,700 46,700 45,900 47,700 49,400 48,900 46,500 46,700 47,800 47,800 47,700 EMPLOYMENT 39,500 39,600 40,100 41,100 42,800 45,100 46,800 46,700 44,300 42,300 41,100 40,600 42,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 9,600 8,600 7,500 5,600 3,100 2,600 2,600 2,200 2,200 4,400 6,700 7,200 5,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 19.5 17.9 15.8 12.1 6.7 5.4 5.2 4.4 4.8 9.4 14.1 15.1 10.9 BERGEN-PASSAIC LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 683,900 685,500 688,100 686,100 687,000 699,700 696,000 689,800 685,000 689,900 691,200 692,100 689,500 EMPLOYMENT 641,500 645,000 649,300 651,100 652,000 662,100 656,100 654,700 652,000 658,400 660,700 661,800 653,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 42,400 40,500 38,800 35,000 35,000 37,600 39,900 35,100 33,000 31,500 30,500 30,300 35,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.2 5.9 5.6 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.7 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.4 5.2 BERGEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 446,300 447,700 449,700 448,900 449,800 458,500 456,100 452,800 449,500 452,700 453,300 453,600 451,600 EMPLOYMENT 423,900 426,100 429,000 430,200 430,800 437,500 433,500 432,600 430,800 435,000 436,500 437,300 431,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,500 21,600 20,700 18,700 19,100 21,100 22,600 20,200 18,700 17,700 16,800 16,300 19,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.6 4.4 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av PASSAIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 237,600 237,800 238,500 237,200 237,100 241,200 240,000 237,100 235,500 237,200 237,900 238,500 238,000 EMPLOYMENT 217,700 218,800 220,300 220,900 221,200 224,600 222,600 222,100 221,200 223,400 224,200 224,600 221,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 19,900 18,900 18,200 16,200 15,900 16,500 17,400 14,900 14,300 13,800 13,700 14,000 16,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.4 8.0 7.6 6.8 6.7 6.9 7.2 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.8 PHILA PA-NJ LABOR AREA (NJ PART) 1/ LABOR FORCE 650,700 654,400 654,600 651,800 651,300 654,500 657,300 652,700 647,100 652,100 654,500 654,500 653,000 EMPLOYMENT 613,300 618,700 621,900 624,000 623,500 624,700 624,200 624,000 620,200 626,400 628,500 628,600 623,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 37,400 35,700 32,700 27,800 27,800 29,800 33,100 28,600 26,900 25,700 26,000 25,900 29,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.7 5.5 5.0 4.3 4.3 4.5 5.0 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.6 CAMDEN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 617,700 621,300 621,700 619,000 618,600 621,600 624,200 620,000 614,800 619,600 621,900 621,700 620,200 EMPLOYMENT 582,900 588,000 591,000 593,000 592,600 593,700 593,200 593,100 589,400 595,300 597,300 597,400 592,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 34,800 33,300 30,600 26,000 26,000 27,900 31,000 26,900 25,400 24,200 24,600 24,300 27,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.6 5.4 4.9 4.2 4.2 4.5 5.0 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.5 BURLINGTON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 225,100 226,300 226,700 225,900 225,800 227,000 228,000 226,500 224,500 226,300 227,300 227,000 226,400 EMPLOYMENT 214,300 216,200 217,300 218,000 217,800 218,300 218,100 218,000 216,700 218,900 219,600 219,600 217,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 10,800 10,200 9,400 7,900 7,900 8,700 9,900 8,500 7,900 7,500 7,700 7,400 8,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.8 4.5 4.2 3.5 3.5 3.8 4.3 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.8 CAMDEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 261,400 262,800 263,000 261,700 261,700 262,900 263,800 261,900 259,900 261,900 262,700 262,700 262,200 EMPLOYMENT 245,400 247,600 248,900 249,700 249,500 250,000 249,800 249,700 248,200 250,700 251,500 251,600 249,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 15,900 15,200 14,200 12,000 12,200 12,900 14,000 12,200 11,700 11,200 11,200 11,200 12,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.1 5.8 5.4 4.6 4.7 4.9 5.3 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.9 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av GLOUCESTER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 131,200 132,200 131,900 131,400 131,100 131,700 132,500 131,600 130,400 131,400 131,800 131,900 131,600 EMPLOYMENT 123,200 124,200 124,900 125,300 125,200 125,500 125,300 125,300 124,500 125,800 126,200 126,200 125,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,100 8,000 7,100 6,100 5,900 6,300 7,100 6,200 5,800 5,600 5,600 5,700 6,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.2 6.0 5.3 4.6 4.5 4.8 5.4 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.9 SALEM COUNTY LABOR FORCE 33,000 33,100 33,000 32,800 32,700 32,900 33,000 32,700 32,300 32,500 32,600 32,800 32,800 EMPLOYMENT 30,500 30,700 30,900 31,000 31,000 31,000 31,000 31,000 30,800 31,100 31,200 31,200 30,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,500 2,400 2,100 1,800 1,800 1,900 2,000 1,700 1,500 1,400 1,400 1,600 1,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.7 7.2 6.4 5.5 5.4 5.7 6.2 5.3 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.9 5.7 VINELAND-MILLVILLE-BRIDGETON LABOR AREA CUMBERLAND COUNTY LABOR FORCE 66,800 66,100 66,300 65,800 66,400 67,400 67,100 66,300 66,700 66,700 66,800 66,400 66,600 EMPLOYMENT 59,400 59,100 59,800 60,100 61,000 61,700 61,500 61,700 62,100 62,100 61,400 60,500 60,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 7,400 7,000 6,500 5,700 5,500 5,700 5,600 4,700 4,600 4,600 5,300 5,900 5,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 11.1 10.6 9.8 8.6 8.2 8.5 8.4 7.0 6.8 6.9 8.0 8.9 8.6 JERSEY CITY LABOR AREA HUDSON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 291,100 291,100 290,900 289,000 289,100 292,800 294,000 291,000 289,100 289,800 290,300 291,300 290,800 EMPLOYMENT 264,400 266,500 267,200 267,000 266,400 268,400 269,100 269,300 267,800 269,400 270,200 270,600 268,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 26,700 24,700 23,800 22,000 22,700 24,400 24,900 21,700 21,300 20,400 20,100 20,700 22,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 9.2 8.5 8.2 7.6 7.8 8.3 8.5 7.4 7.4 7.0 6.9 7.1 7.8 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av TRENTON LABOR AREA MERCER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 172,700 173,700 174,800 174,200 174,100 174,500 173,800 171,900 171,800 173,400 173,100 172,800 173,400 EMPLOYMENT 162,900 164,600 166,300 166,800 166,800 166,700 165,000 163,900 164,300 166,300 166,300 165,900 165,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 9,800 9,200 8,500 7,400 7,300 7,800 8,800 8,000 7,500 7,100 6,900 6,900 7,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.3 4.2 4.5 5.1 4.7 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.6 MIDDLESEX-SOMERSET-HUNTERDON LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 636,500 642,000 643,300 643,200 646,700 653,300 656,400 650,200 644,600 650,700 652,500 652,000 647,600 EMPLOYMENT 609,600 616,100 618,900 621,600 624,200 629,500 629,000 625,700 622,300 629,000 631,900 632,000 624,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 26,900 25,900 24,400 21,600 22,500 23,900 27,300 24,500 22,300 21,800 20,600 20,000 23,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.2 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.6 MIDDLESEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 404,000 407,300 408,100 407,700 410,200 414,700 416,800 412,500 408,900 412,900 413,600 413,200 410,800 EMPLOYMENT 384,400 388,600 390,300 392,000 393,700 397,000 396,700 394,600 392,500 396,700 398,500 398,600 393,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 19,500 18,700 17,700 15,700 16,500 17,600 20,100 17,900 16,400 16,300 15,100 14,600 17,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.8 4.6 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.3 4.8 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.5 4.2 SOMERSET COUNTY LABOR FORCE 164,400 165,900 166,300 166,500 167,300 168,900 169,500 168,100 166,700 168,200 168,900 168,900 167,500 EMPLOYMENT 159,000 160,800 161,500 162,200 162,900 164,200 164,100 163,300 162,400 164,100 164,900 164,900 162,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 5,300 5,200 4,900 4,300 4,400 4,600 5,300 4,800 4,400 4,100 4,000 4,000 4,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.8 HUNTERDON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 68,100 68,800 68,900 68,900 69,200 69,800 70,100 69,600 69,000 69,500 69,900 70,000 69,300 EMPLOYMENT 66,100 66,800 67,100 67,400 67,700 68,200 68,200 67,800 67,500 68,200 68,500 68,500 67,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,000 2,000 1,800 1,500 1,500 1,600 1,900 1,800 1,500 1,300 1,400 1,400 1,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.2 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.4 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MONMOUTH-OCEAN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 513,200 515,300 519,600 522,700 532,700 551,300 559,100 550,300 530,000 525,900 520,900 520,100 530,100 EMPLOYMENT 481,700 485,200 491,600 498,700 509,200 526,200 531,600 526,300 507,000 503,600 498,200 497,200 504,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 31,500 30,100 28,000 24,000 23,500 25,100 27,500 24,100 23,000 22,400 22,700 22,900 25,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.1 5.8 5.4 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.8 MONMOUTH COUNTY LABOR FORCE 302,800 304,400 307,500 310,000 316,300 327,500 332,200 327,000 314,500 312,000 308,600 307,600 314,200 EMPLOYMENT 286,700 288,800 292,600 296,800 303,000 313,200 316,400 313,200 301,800 299,700 296,500 295,900 300,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 16,100 15,700 15,000 13,200 13,300 14,300 15,800 13,800 12,800 12,300 12,200 11,800 13,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.8 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 4.4 OCEAN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 210,400 210,900 212,100 212,700 216,400 223,800 226,900 223,300 215,500 213,900 212,200 212,500 215,900 EMPLOYMENT 195,000 196,400 199,000 201,900 206,200 213,000 215,200 213,100 205,300 203,900 201,700 201,300 204,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 15,400 14,500 13,100 10,800 10,200 10,800 11,700 10,300 10,200 10,000 10,500 11,200 11,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.3 6.9 6.2 5.1 4.7 4.8 5.2 4.6 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.4 NEWARK LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 1,032,700 1,037,100 1,038,600 1,030,600 1,035,000 1,051,200 1,057,600 1,045,400 1,031,300 1,036,100 1,036,300 1,034,400 1,038,900 EMPLOYMENT 971,300 978,100 981,200 979,700 983,000 995,200 997,800 992,300 980,000 987,000 990,000 988,500 985,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 61,400 59,000 57,400 50,800 52,000 56,000 59,800 53,100 51,300 49,100 46,300 45,900 53,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.9 5.7 5.5 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.4 5.2 ESSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 376,600 377,600 378,300 375,000 376,800 382,900 384,500 379,300 375,000 376,500 376,000 375,400 377,800 EMPLOYMENT 348,100 350,500 351,600 351,100 352,300 356,600 357,600 355,600 351,200 353,700 354,800 354,200 353,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 28,500 27,100 26,700 23,900 24,500 26,300 27,000 23,700 23,900 22,800 21,300 21,100 24,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.6 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.5 6.9 7.0 6.2 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.6 6.5 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MORRIS COUNTY LABOR FORCE 260,400 262,000 262,300 260,600 261,700 265,600 267,100 264,700 261,000 262,200 262,700 262,000 262,700 EMPLOYMENT 250,500 252,200 253,000 252,700 253,500 256,600 257,300 255,900 252,700 254,500 255,300 254,900 254,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 9,900 9,700 9,200 8,000 8,200 9,000 9,800 8,800 8,300 7,700 7,400 7,100 8,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.7 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.3 SUSSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 76,600 76,900 76,900 76,100 76,300 77,500 78,500 77,600 75,900 76,300 76,500 76,600 76,800 EMPLOYMENT 72,400 72,900 73,200 73,100 73,300 74,200 74,400 74,000 73,100 73,600 73,800 73,700 73,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 4,100 4,000 3,700 3,000 3,000 3,300 4,100 3,600 2,800 2,700 2,700 2,900 3,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.4 5.2 4.8 4.0 3.9 4.2 5.2 4.6 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.3 UNION COUNTY LABOR FORCE 267,600 268,800 269,500 267,700 269,000 273,100 274,900 271,600 268,400 269,800 269,700 269,100 269,900 EMPLOYMENT 251,800 253,500 254,300 253,900 254,800 257,900 258,600 257,200 254,000 255,800 256,600 256,200 255,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 15,800 15,300 15,200 13,800 14,200 15,200 16,300 14,400 14,400 14,000 13,200 12,900 14,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.9 5.3 5.4 5.2 4.9 4.8 5.4 WARREN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 51,700 51,800 51,600 51,100 51,200 52,100 52,600 52,200 51,000 51,200 51,300 51,300 51,600 EMPLOYMENT 48,600 48,900 49,100 49,000 49,100 49,800 49,900 49,600 49,000 49,400 49,500 49,400 49,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,100 2,900 2,600 2,100 2,100 2,300 2,700 2,600 2,000 1,900 1,800 1,900 2,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.1 4.1 4.4 5.1 4.9 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.5 NEW JERSEY LABOR FORCE 4,220,400 4,236,900 4,248,500 4,236,200 4,260,800 4,332,200 4,355,500 4,309,600 4,248,200 4,260,600 4,259,000 4,256,700 4,268,700 EMPLOYMENT 3,956,400 3,986,100 4,011,100 4,027,400 4,051,300 4,108,600 4,114,900 4,098,200 4,046,500 4,065,300 4,065,500 4,061,800 4,049,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 264,000 250,800 237,400 208,700 209,500 223,600 240,600 211,400 201,600 195,200 193,600 194,900 219,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.3 5.9 5.6 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.5 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.6 5.1
1/ Sub-area of interstate Labor Area
Data may not add due to rounding.