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 162,800 162,100 162,200 164,200 167,700 176,500 181,600 179,000 171,200 162,600 161,200 160,700 167,700 EMPLOYMENT 140,200 140,800 141,000 145,400 150,900 160,500 165,600 164,900 157,200 147,700 145,000 143,600 150,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,600 21,300 21,200 18,700 16,800 16,000 15,900 14,100 14,000 15,000 16,300 17,200 17,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 13.9 13.1 13.1 11.4 10.0 9.1 8.8 7.9 8.2 9.2 10.1 10.7 10.4 ATLANTIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 116,700 116,400 116,600 119,100 123,300 130,800 134,600 132,800 126,700 118,800 116,400 116,000 122,300 EMPLOYMENT 103,500 103,900 104,000 107,300 111,400 118,400 122,200 121,700 116,000 109,000 107,000 105,900 110,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 13,200 12,500 12,600 11,800 12,000 12,300 12,400 11,100 10,700 9,800 9,400 10,000 11,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 11.3 10.7 10.8 9.9 9.7 9.4 9.2 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.6 9.4 CAPE MAY COUNTY LABOR FORCE 46,100 45,700 45,600 45,100 44,300 45,800 46,900 46,300 44,500 43,900 44,800 44,800 45,300 EMPLOYMENT 36,800 36,900 37,000 38,100 39,600 42,100 43,400 43,200 41,200 38,700 38,000 37,600 39,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 9,300 8,800 8,600 6,900 4,800 3,700 3,500 3,000 3,300 5,200 6,800 7,100 5,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 20.2 19.2 18.9 15.4 10.8 8.1 7.5 6.5 7.5 11.8 15.2 15.9 13.1 BERGEN-PASSAIC LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 658,800 658,200 659,500 658,800 658,800 667,300 663,900 660,800 651,500 659,800 663,000 664,500 660,400 EMPLOYMENT 601,600 602,800 603,300 605,600 606,800 614,700 609,900 611,600 603,300 612,300 615,600 615,800 608,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 57,200 55,400 56,200 53,200 52,000 52,500 53,900 49,200 48,200 47,500 47,400 48,700 51,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.7 8.4 8.5 8.1 7.9 7.9 8.1 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.8 BERGEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 428,200 428,300 429,000 428,500 429,000 434,900 433,000 431,700 425,400 430,900 432,400 432,600 430,300 EMPLOYMENT 396,900 397,700 398,000 399,500 400,300 405,600 402,400 403,500 398,000 404,000 406,200 406,300 401,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 31,300 30,600 31,000 29,000 28,600 29,400 30,600 28,200 27,400 26,900 26,200 26,300 28,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.3 7.1 7.2 6.8 6.7 6.8 7.1 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.7 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av PASSAIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 230,600 229,900 230,500 230,300 229,800 232,300 230,900 229,100 226,100 228,900 230,600 231,900 230,100 EMPLOYMENT 204,700 205,100 205,300 206,000 206,500 209,200 207,500 208,100 205,300 208,300 209,500 209,500 207,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 25,900 24,800 25,200 24,200 23,400 23,200 23,300 21,000 20,800 20,500 21,200 22,400 23,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 11.2 10.8 10.9 10.5 10.2 10.0 10.1 9.2 9.2 9.0 9.2 9.6 10.0 PHILA PA-NJ LABOR AREA (NJ PART) 1/ LABOR FORCE 611,100 611,800 608,500 606,800 607,600 608,100 606,900 597,600 599,500 606,800 607,600 611,400 607,000 EMPLOYMENT 560,200 561,600 560,300 563,300 565,800 566,200 562,600 558,900 563,100 572,200 572,500 575,800 565,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 50,900 50,100 48,200 43,500 41,800 41,900 44,200 38,700 36,500 34,600 35,100 35,600 41,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.3 8.2 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.9 7.3 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.8 5.8 6.9 CAMDEN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 579,600 580,300 577,500 576,000 576,800 577,200 575,900 567,100 569,200 576,100 576,800 580,200 576,100 EMPLOYMENT 531,700 533,100 531,800 534,600 537,000 537,400 534,000 530,500 534,400 543,100 543,400 546,500 536,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 47,900 47,300 45,600 41,400 39,800 39,800 41,900 36,600 34,700 33,000 33,400 33,700 39,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.9 7.3 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.8 5.8 6.9 BURLINGTON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 204,600 204,900 203,900 203,300 203,600 203,700 203,000 200,100 201,000 203,900 203,900 205,100 203,400 EMPLOYMENT 189,400 189,800 189,400 190,400 191,200 191,400 190,200 188,900 190,300 193,400 193,500 194,600 191,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 15,300 15,100 14,500 12,900 12,300 12,300 12,800 11,200 10,600 10,400 10,400 10,500 12,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.3 6.0 6.1 6.3 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 6.1 CAMDEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 252,700 252,600 251,600 251,100 251,600 251,900 251,400 247,300 248,300 251,000 251,400 252,900 251,100 EMPLOYMENT 230,600 231,200 230,700 231,900 232,900 233,100 231,600 230,100 231,800 235,500 235,700 237,000 232,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,100 21,400 20,900 19,200 18,700 18,800 19,800 17,300 16,500 15,500 15,800 15,800 18,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.8 8.5 8.3 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.9 7.0 6.7 6.2 6.3 6.3 7.4 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av GLOUCESTER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 122,300 122,800 122,000 121,600 121,700 121,600 121,600 119,600 119,900 121,200 121,400 122,300 121,500 EMPLOYMENT 111,700 112,000 111,800 112,400 112,900 112,900 112,200 111,500 112,300 114,100 114,200 114,900 112,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 10,500 10,700 10,200 9,300 8,800 8,700 9,300 8,100 7,600 7,100 7,200 7,500 8,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.6 8.7 8.4 7.6 7.3 7.1 7.7 6.8 6.3 5.8 6.0 6.1 7.2 SALEM COUNTY LABOR FORCE 31,500 31,400 31,000 30,800 30,700 30,900 31,000 30,500 30,400 30,800 30,800 31,200 30,900 EMPLOYMENT 28,500 28,500 28,500 28,600 28,800 28,800 28,600 28,400 28,600 29,100 29,100 29,300 28,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,000 2,900 2,500 2,200 2,000 2,100 2,400 2,100 1,700 1,700 1,700 1,900 2,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 9.6 9.2 8.2 7.0 6.4 6.7 7.6 6.8 5.7 5.4 5.6 6.1 7.0 VINELAND-MILLVILLE-BRIDGETON LABOR AREA CUMBERLAND COUNTY LABOR FORCE 65,200 64,900 64,700 64,300 63,900 64,700 64,400 62,900 62,800 62,700 63,100 63,600 63,900 EMPLOYMENT 55,900 56,200 56,400 56,800 56,900 57,400 57,000 56,500 56,800 56,800 56,800 56,800 56,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 9,300 8,600 8,200 7,500 7,000 7,300 7,500 6,500 6,000 5,900 6,200 6,800 7,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 14.3 13.3 12.7 11.6 11.0 11.3 11.6 10.3 9.6 9.5 9.9 10.7 11.3 JERSEY CITY LABOR AREA HUDSON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 279,200 277,800 277,700 278,100 277,500 280,000 283,500 282,000 278,300 282,000 282,500 281,700 280,000 EMPLOYMENT 246,300 246,700 246,900 248,500 248,800 251,800 254,500 256,100 252,900 257,000 257,700 256,100 252,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 32,900 31,100 30,700 29,600 28,700 28,200 29,100 26,000 25,400 25,000 24,800 25,600 28,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 11.8 11.2 11.1 10.6 10.3 10.1 10.3 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.8 9.1 10.0 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av TRENTON LABOR AREA MERCER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 171,400 172,000 172,800 170,500 170,500 171,400 170,100 167,600 166,000 169,500 169,500 170,000 170,100 EMPLOYMENT 160,100 161,200 161,900 160,600 160,900 161,400 159,400 158,200 157,000 160,600 160,900 161,400 160,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 11,300 10,800 11,000 9,900 9,600 10,000 10,600 9,400 9,100 8,800 8,600 8,600 9,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.6 6.3 6.3 5.8 5.6 5.8 6.2 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.8 MIDDLESEX-SOMERSET-HUNTERDON LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 580,500 582,800 582,500 583,700 584,200 590,700 592,800 586,700 577,300 584,500 587,200 588,100 585,100 EMPLOYMENT 541,400 543,900 543,700 547,500 548,800 554,400 553,400 550,700 545,100 553,300 557,100 558,500 549,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 39,200 38,900 38,800 36,300 35,400 36,400 39,400 36,100 32,200 31,100 30,100 29,600 35,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.6 6.1 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.0 6.0 MIDDLESEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 374,800 376,000 376,000 376,700 377,100 381,300 382,900 379,000 372,400 376,600 378,300 378,900 377,500 EMPLOYMENT 346,600 348,200 348,100 350,500 351,300 354,900 354,300 352,600 349,000 354,200 356,700 357,500 352,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 28,200 27,800 27,900 26,200 25,700 26,400 28,700 26,500 23,400 22,300 21,600 21,300 25,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.9 7.5 7.0 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 6.8 SOMERSET COUNTY LABOR FORCE 144,300 145,100 145,000 145,600 145,800 147,500 147,700 146,300 144,300 146,400 147,100 147,100 146,000 EMPLOYMENT 136,800 137,500 137,400 138,400 138,700 140,100 139,900 139,200 137,800 139,800 140,800 141,100 139,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 7,500 7,700 7,600 7,200 7,200 7,400 7,900 7,100 6,600 6,500 6,300 6,000 7,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.8 HUNTERDON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 61,400 61,600 61,500 61,500 61,300 61,900 62,100 61,400 60,600 61,500 61,900 62,100 61,600 EMPLOYMENT 58,000 58,200 58,200 58,600 58,800 59,400 59,200 59,000 58,400 59,200 59,600 59,800 58,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,500 3,400 3,300 2,900 2,500 2,600 2,900 2,500 2,200 2,300 2,200 2,300 2,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.6 5.5 5.3 4.7 4.1 4.2 4.6 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 4.4 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MONMOUTH-OCEAN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 473,900 475,800 479,000 478,200 487,700 504,800 511,300 506,000 489,400 485,900 484,600 483,200 488,300 EMPLOYMENT 437,200 440,000 443,900 446,300 456,800 473,400 477,400 475,800 460,300 456,900 455,700 453,900 456,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 36,600 35,800 35,100 31,900 30,900 31,400 33,900 30,300 29,100 28,900 28,900 29,300 31,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.7 7.5 7.3 6.7 6.3 6.2 6.6 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.5 MONMOUTH COUNTY LABOR FORCE 283,400 284,800 286,900 286,400 292,500 303,000 307,100 304,000 293,800 291,600 290,500 289,400 292,800 EMPLOYMENT 263,000 264,700 267,000 268,500 274,800 284,700 287,200 286,200 276,800 274,800 274,100 273,000 274,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 20,500 20,200 19,900 17,900 17,700 18,300 19,900 17,800 16,900 16,800 16,400 16,400 18,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.3 6.1 6.0 6.5 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.7 6.2 OCEAN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 190,400 191,000 192,100 191,800 195,200 201,800 204,200 202,100 195,600 194,200 194,100 193,800 195,500 EMPLOYMENT 174,200 175,300 176,900 177,900 182,000 188,600 190,300 189,600 183,400 182,100 181,600 180,900 181,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 16,200 15,600 15,200 14,000 13,200 13,100 13,900 12,500 12,200 12,200 12,500 12,900 13,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.5 8.2 7.9 7.3 6.7 6.5 6.8 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.7 7.0 NEWARK LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 1,000,300 1,004,100 1,005,600 1,000,600 998,900 1,008,100 1,013,700 1,001,200 987,600 996,000 998,400 998,900 1,001,100 EMPLOYMENT 914,700 919,700 920,200 919,600 920,900 928,300 930,900 926,700 914,900 924,900 929,300 930,500 923,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 85,500 84,400 85,400 81,000 78,000 79,800 82,900 74,500 72,600 71,100 69,100 68,400 77,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.6 8.4 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.9 8.2 7.4 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.8 7.8 ESSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 377,600 378,400 378,800 376,300 376,000 380,000 381,600 376,500 372,800 376,100 376,700 376,800 377,300 EMPLOYMENT 339,600 341,400 341,600 341,400 341,900 344,600 345,600 344,000 339,700 343,400 345,000 345,500 342,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 38,000 37,000 37,200 34,900 34,000 35,300 36,000 32,400 33,200 32,800 31,700 31,300 34,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 10.1 9.8 9.8 9.3 9.1 9.3 9.4 8.6 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.3 9.1 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MORRIS COUNTY LABOR FORCE 241,700 243,000 243,200 242,000 241,800 244,000 245,500 243,000 239,600 241,500 242,400 242,600 242,500 EMPLOYMENT 226,600 227,900 228,000 227,800 228,200 230,000 230,600 229,600 226,700 229,200 230,200 230,500 228,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 15,100 15,100 15,200 14,100 13,600 14,000 14,800 13,400 12,900 12,400 12,100 12,000 13,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.2 6.2 6.3 5.8 5.6 5.8 6.0 5.5 5.4 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.7 SUSSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 72,500 72,800 72,700 72,400 71,700 72,200 72,900 72,100 70,700 71,400 71,800 72,200 72,100 EMPLOYMENT 66,300 66,700 66,700 66,700 66,800 67,300 67,500 67,200 66,300 67,000 67,400 67,400 66,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 6,200 6,200 6,000 5,700 4,900 4,900 5,400 4,900 4,400 4,300 4,400 4,700 5,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.5 8.5 8.3 7.9 6.9 6.8 7.4 6.8 6.2 6.0 6.1 6.5 7.2 UNION COUNTY LABOR FORCE 259,700 261,100 261,800 261,600 261,500 263,500 264,900 261,300 257,200 259,400 259,600 259,300 260,900 EMPLOYMENT 237,700 239,000 239,100 239,000 239,300 241,200 241,900 240,800 237,800 240,400 241,500 241,800 240,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,000 22,100 22,700 22,600 22,200 22,300 23,000 20,500 19,400 19,100 18,100 17,500 21,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.5 8.5 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.7 7.8 7.5 7.3 7.0 6.7 8.0 WARREN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 48,800 48,700 49,000 48,400 48,000 48,400 48,900 48,400 47,200 47,600 47,900 48,100 48,300 EMPLOYMENT 44,500 44,700 44,800 44,700 44,800 45,100 45,300 45,100 44,500 45,000 45,200 45,300 44,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 4,300 4,000 4,200 3,600 3,200 3,300 3,600 3,300 2,700 2,600 2,700 2,800 3,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.8 8.2 8.6 7.5 6.7 6.7 7.4 6.9 5.8 5.4 5.7 5.9 7.0 NEW JERSEY LABOR FORCE 4,003,200 4,009,400 4,012,500 4,005,100 4,016,700 4,071,600 4,088,100 4,043,900 3,983,600 4,009,700 4,017,100 4,022,000 4,023,600 EMPLOYMENT 3,657,700 3,673,000 3,677,700 3,693,700 3,716,600 3,768,100 3,770,700 3,759,200 3,710,500 3,741,800 3,750,700 3,752,200 3,722,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 345,500 336,500 334,800 311,500 300,100 303,600 317,400 284,800 273,100 268,000 266,400 269,700 300,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.6 8.4 8.3 7.8 7.5 7.5 7.8 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.7 7.5
1/ Sub-area of interstate Labor Area
Data may not add due to rounding.