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 163,800 164,000 163,200 165,000 168,100 176,300 183,000 180,300 170,700 165,300 164,100 163,000 168,900 EMPLOYMENT 145,000 145,100 145,200 149,500 154,000 162,300 168,400 167,600 158,300 151,400 148,100 146,000 153,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 18,800 18,900 17,900 15,600 14,100 14,000 14,500 12,700 12,500 13,900 16,000 17,000 15,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 11.5 11.6 11.0 9.4 8.4 8.0 7.9 7.0 7.3 8.4 9.7 10.4 9.2 ATLANTIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 118,700 118,900 118,700 120,900 124,300 130,800 135,900 133,600 126,400 121,300 118,900 118,000 123,900 EMPLOYMENT 106,800 106,800 107,000 110,100 113,400 119,500 124,100 123,400 116,600 111,500 109,100 107,500 113,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 12,000 12,100 11,700 10,800 10,900 11,300 11,800 10,200 9,800 9,800 9,800 10,400 10,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 10.1 10.2 9.9 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.7 7.6 7.8 8.1 8.3 8.8 8.8 CAPE MAY COUNTY LABOR FORCE 45,100 45,100 44,500 44,100 43,800 45,500 47,100 46,700 44,400 44,000 45,200 45,100 45,000 EMPLOYMENT 38,200 38,200 38,300 39,400 40,600 42,800 44,400 44,200 41,700 39,900 39,000 38,500 40,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 6,900 6,800 6,200 4,700 3,200 2,800 2,700 2,500 2,600 4,100 6,200 6,600 4,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 15.2 15.1 14.0 10.7 7.3 6.1 5.8 5.4 5.9 9.2 13.6 14.6 10.2 BERGEN-PASSAIC LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 679,500 680,300 682,000 674,700 675,800 681,900 679,400 672,600 667,100 672,800 674,600 673,400 676,200 EMPLOYMENT 637,300 636,000 637,600 632,500 633,400 638,800 632,700 630,500 626,100 631,200 633,500 630,500 633,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 42,200 44,300 44,300 42,200 42,400 43,100 46,600 42,100 41,000 41,600 41,100 42,900 42,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.2 6.5 6.5 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.9 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.4 6.3 BERGEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 442,700 443,000 444,400 439,800 440,800 445,200 443,600 439,700 436,100 439,900 440,700 440,000 441,300 EMPLOYMENT 420,300 419,500 420,500 417,200 417,700 421,300 417,300 415,800 412,900 416,300 417,800 415,800 417,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,400 23,500 23,900 22,600 23,100 23,900 26,300 23,800 23,200 23,600 22,900 24,200 23,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.4 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av PASSAIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 236,700 237,300 237,600 234,900 235,000 236,700 235,800 232,900 230,900 232,900 233,900 233,400 234,800 EMPLOYMENT 217,000 216,600 217,100 215,400 215,700 217,500 215,400 214,700 213,200 214,900 215,700 214,700 215,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 19,700 20,700 20,400 19,500 19,300 19,200 20,400 18,200 17,700 18,000 18,200 18,700 19,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.3 8.7 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.6 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.0 8.2 PHILA PA-NJ LABOR AREA (NJ PART) 1/ LABOR FORCE 627,900 629,400 627,400 628,100 625,400 630,100 629,000 623,400 617,400 624,200 626,200 628,400 626,400 EMPLOYMENT 582,600 583,700 582,500 585,700 582,700 584,300 580,700 578,900 574,800 581,300 581,500 581,700 581,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 45,300 45,700 44,900 42,300 42,600 45,800 48,300 44,500 42,600 43,000 44,600 46,800 44,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.2 7.3 7.2 6.7 6.8 7.3 7.7 7.1 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.4 7.1 CAMDEN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 595,800 596,900 595,400 595,800 593,600 598,000 596,900 591,300 585,900 592,400 594,100 596,100 594,300 EMPLOYMENT 552,800 553,800 552,700 555,800 552,900 554,400 551,000 549,300 545,400 551,500 551,800 551,900 551,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 43,000 43,100 42,700 40,000 40,700 43,600 45,800 42,000 40,500 40,800 42,400 44,200 42,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.2 7.2 7.2 6.7 6.9 7.3 7.7 7.1 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.4 7.1 BURLINGTON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 210,800 211,300 210,600 210,700 209,800 211,200 210,900 208,800 207,200 209,700 210,600 210,900 210,200 EMPLOYMENT 197,500 197,800 197,400 198,500 197,500 198,000 196,800 196,200 194,800 197,000 197,100 197,100 197,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 13,400 13,500 13,100 12,200 12,300 13,200 14,000 12,600 12,400 12,700 13,500 13,800 13,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.3 6.4 6.2 5.8 5.9 6.2 6.6 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.4 6.5 6.2 CAMDEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 260,400 260,800 260,500 260,700 260,000 262,000 261,300 258,800 256,500 259,400 260,100 261,100 260,100 EMPLOYMENT 240,500 240,900 240,400 241,700 240,500 241,100 239,700 238,900 237,200 239,900 240,000 240,100 240,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 19,900 19,900 20,100 18,900 19,500 20,800 21,600 19,900 19,300 19,500 20,100 21,000 20,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.3 7.5 8.0 8.3 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.7 8.1 7.7 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av GLOUCESTER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 124,500 124,800 124,300 124,400 123,800 124,800 124,700 123,700 122,200 123,200 123,500 124,100 124,000 EMPLOYMENT 114,900 115,100 114,800 115,500 114,900 115,200 114,500 114,100 113,300 114,600 114,700 114,700 114,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 9,700 9,700 9,400 8,900 8,900 9,600 10,200 9,500 8,800 8,600 8,800 9,400 9,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.2 7.2 7.7 8.2 7.7 7.2 7.0 7.1 7.6 7.5 SALEM COUNTY LABOR FORCE 32,100 32,500 32,000 32,300 31,800 32,100 32,100 32,100 31,500 31,900 32,000 32,300 32,100 EMPLOYMENT 29,800 29,900 29,800 30,000 29,800 29,900 29,700 29,600 29,400 29,700 29,800 29,800 29,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,300 2,700 2,200 2,300 2,000 2,200 2,400 2,500 2,100 2,100 2,300 2,500 2,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.2 8.2 6.8 7.1 6.2 6.9 7.5 7.7 6.7 6.6 7.1 7.8 7.2 VINELAND-MILLVILLE-BRIDGETON LABOR AREA CUMBERLAND COUNTY LABOR FORCE 67,900 67,800 67,500 66,900 66,700 67,500 67,600 66,100 65,900 65,900 65,700 65,400 66,700 EMPLOYMENT 60,100 59,900 60,100 60,300 60,300 61,100 60,600 60,100 60,000 60,000 59,400 58,400 60,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 7,800 7,900 7,400 6,600 6,400 6,400 7,000 6,000 5,900 5,800 6,400 7,000 6,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 11.6 11.7 10.9 9.8 9.5 9.5 10.3 9.2 9.0 8.9 9.7 10.8 10.1 JERSEY CITY LABOR AREA HUDSON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 286,100 287,800 288,500 285,400 285,400 288,200 288,800 286,800 283,800 286,600 285,700 285,800 286,600 EMPLOYMENT 259,600 261,300 262,100 260,200 260,400 262,900 261,700 263,300 261,000 263,100 262,700 261,400 261,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 26,500 26,400 26,400 25,200 25,000 25,300 27,100 23,500 22,700 23,500 23,000 24,400 24,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 9.3 9.2 9.1 8.8 8.8 8.8 9.4 8.2 8.0 8.2 8.0 8.5 8.7 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av TRENTON LABOR AREA MERCER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 173,800 174,600 175,600 174,200 173,400 174,300 172,800 171,400 170,100 172,100 171,900 173,000 173,100 EMPLOYMENT 164,000 164,000 165,100 164,700 164,300 164,700 162,300 161,700 160,900 162,900 162,600 163,100 163,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 9,800 10,700 10,500 9,600 9,200 9,600 10,500 9,700 9,200 9,100 9,400 10,000 9,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.7 6.1 6.0 5.5 5.3 5.5 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.8 5.6 MIDDLESEX-SOMERSET-HUNTERDON LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 573,600 576,100 577,400 574,200 576,900 582,400 586,800 582,700 574,600 579,500 582,400 582,500 579,100 EMPLOYMENT 544,300 546,300 547,400 546,600 548,500 552,800 553,800 552,400 546,600 550,200 553,100 550,800 549,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 29,300 29,800 30,000 27,600 28,400 29,600 33,000 30,300 27,900 29,200 29,300 31,700 29,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.1 5.2 5.2 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.6 5.2 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.4 5.1 MIDDLESEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 373,400 374,400 375,200 373,300 375,300 379,000 382,100 379,300 373,700 377,300 379,000 379,700 376,800 EMPLOYMENT 351,700 353,000 353,700 353,200 354,400 357,200 357,900 357,000 353,200 355,500 357,400 355,900 355,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 21,700 21,400 21,400 20,000 20,800 21,700 24,200 22,300 20,500 21,800 21,600 23,800 21,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.7 6.3 5.9 5.5 5.8 5.7 6.3 5.8 SOMERSET COUNTY LABOR FORCE 140,400 141,500 141,900 141,200 141,700 143,000 144,000 143,000 141,300 142,200 143,000 142,500 142,200 EMPLOYMENT 135,300 135,800 136,000 135,900 136,300 137,400 137,600 137,300 135,900 136,700 137,500 136,900 136,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 5,200 5,700 5,900 5,300 5,400 5,600 6,300 5,700 5,400 5,500 5,600 5,700 5,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.7 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.9 HUNTERDON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 59,800 60,200 60,300 59,800 59,900 60,400 60,700 60,400 59,600 59,900 60,400 60,200 60,100 EMPLOYMENT 57,300 57,500 57,600 57,600 57,800 58,200 58,300 58,200 57,600 57,900 58,200 58,000 57,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,500 2,600 2,600 2,300 2,100 2,200 2,400 2,300 2,000 2,000 2,100 2,200 2,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.1 4.4 4.4 3.8 3.6 3.6 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.8 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MONMOUTH-OCEAN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 472,300 473,900 478,800 480,900 485,700 502,400 505,700 498,100 479,600 474,500 474,100 473,700 483,300 EMPLOYMENT 439,900 441,200 446,500 451,700 457,400 472,900 473,600 469,700 452,100 445,500 444,600 442,600 453,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 32,400 32,700 32,300 29,200 28,300 29,600 32,100 28,400 27,500 29,100 29,500 31,100 30,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.1 5.8 5.9 6.4 5.7 5.7 6.1 6.2 6.6 6.2 MONMOUTH COUNTY LABOR FORCE 282,000 283,400 286,500 288,200 291,600 301,800 303,800 299,200 288,100 284,800 284,400 283,900 289,800 EMPLOYMENT 265,000 265,800 268,900 272,100 275,500 284,800 285,200 282,900 272,300 268,300 267,800 266,600 272,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 17,000 17,600 17,600 16,100 16,100 17,000 18,600 16,400 15,800 16,500 16,700 17,300 16,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.0 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.6 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.8 OCEAN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 190,300 190,500 192,300 192,800 194,100 200,600 201,800 198,800 191,500 189,700 189,600 189,700 193,500 EMPLOYMENT 175,000 175,500 177,600 179,600 181,900 188,100 188,300 186,800 179,800 177,200 176,800 176,000 180,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 15,300 15,000 14,800 13,100 12,200 12,600 13,500 12,100 11,700 12,500 12,800 13,700 13,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.8 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.1 6.1 6.6 6.8 7.2 6.9 NEWARK LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 1,000,600 1,005,000 1,007,000 996,700 996,100 1,005,900 1,013,900 998,300 984,500 992,200 992,200 995,700 999,000 EMPLOYMENT 932,400 935,100 936,600 931,000 930,400 937,200 940,300 931,600 919,400 925,200 926,200 927,100 931,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 68,200 69,900 70,400 65,700 65,700 68,700 73,600 66,800 65,100 67,000 66,000 68,600 68,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.8 7.0 7.0 6.6 6.6 6.8 7.3 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.9 6.8 ESSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 381,400 383,400 384,300 380,300 379,800 383,600 386,100 379,600 375,000 377,600 377,400 378,900 380,600 EMPLOYMENT 350,100 351,100 351,700 349,600 349,300 351,900 353,100 349,800 345,200 347,400 347,800 348,100 349,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 31,300 32,300 32,600 30,700 30,400 31,700 33,000 29,800 29,800 30,200 29,600 30,800 31,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.2 8.4 8.5 8.1 8.0 8.3 8.6 7.8 7.9 8.0 7.8 8.1 8.1 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MORRIS COUNTY LABOR FORCE 239,000 240,400 240,900 238,500 238,500 240,900 242,700 239,500 236,200 237,800 237,600 238,000 239,200 EMPLOYMENT 227,900 228,600 228,900 227,500 227,400 229,100 229,800 227,700 224,700 226,100 226,400 226,600 227,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 11,200 11,900 12,000 11,000 11,100 11,800 12,900 11,800 11,500 11,700 11,200 11,400 11,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.7 4.9 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.9 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.9 SUSSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 70,400 71,000 71,100 70,200 69,900 70,600 71,600 70,400 69,300 69,700 69,900 70,100 70,400 EMPLOYMENT 66,200 66,400 66,500 66,100 66,000 66,500 66,700 66,100 65,300 65,700 65,700 65,800 66,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 4,200 4,600 4,600 4,100 3,900 4,100 4,900 4,300 4,000 4,000 4,200 4,300 4,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.0 6.5 6.5 5.9 5.6 5.8 6.8 6.1 5.8 5.7 6.0 6.2 6.1 UNION COUNTY LABOR FORCE 261,900 262,000 262,500 260,200 260,400 262,800 264,900 261,100 257,300 260,000 260,100 261,400 261,200 EMPLOYMENT 243,400 244,100 244,500 243,000 242,900 244,600 245,400 243,200 240,000 241,500 241,800 242,000 243,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 18,500 18,000 18,100 17,100 17,500 18,100 19,400 17,900 17,300 18,500 18,300 19,400 18,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.1 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.9 7.3 6.9 6.7 7.1 7.0 7.4 7.0 WARREN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 47,800 48,200 48,200 47,600 47,500 48,000 48,600 47,700 46,800 47,100 47,300 47,400 47,700 EMPLOYMENT 44,900 45,000 45,100 44,800 44,800 45,100 45,200 44,800 44,200 44,500 44,600 44,600 44,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,000 3,300 3,200 2,800 2,800 3,000 3,400 2,900 2,500 2,600 2,700 2,800 2,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.3 6.7 6.5 5.9 5.9 6.2 7.0 6.1 5.4 5.5 5.8 5.9 6.1 NEW JERSEY LABOR FORCE 4,045,500 4,058,900 4,067,300 4,046,200 4,053,500 4,109,000 4,126,900 4,079,800 4,013,400 4,033,100 4,036,800 4,040,900 4,059,300 EMPLOYMENT 3,765,200 3,772,600 3,783,200 3,782,200 3,791,400 3,837,100 3,834,100 3,815,800 3,759,100 3,770,900 3,771,700 3,761,500 3,787,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 280,300 286,300 284,000 263,900 262,100 271,900 292,800 263,900 254,400 262,200 265,100 279,500 272,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.9 7.1 7.0 6.5 6.5 6.6 7.1 6.5 6.3 6.5 6.6 6.9 6.7
1/ Sub-area of interstate Labor Area
Data may not add due to rounding.