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 160,800 161,500 162,200 163,200 168,000 177,400 183,500 181,000 172,800 165,700 164,100 163,600 168,700 EMPLOYMENT 140,000 140,500 142,300 146,400 152,500 162,500 168,200 167,400 159,300 151,300 148,200 147,000 152,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 20,900 21,000 20,000 16,700 15,600 14,900 15,200 13,600 13,500 14,400 15,900 16,700 16,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 13.0 13.0 12.3 10.3 9.3 8.4 8.3 7.5 7.8 8.7 9.7 10.2 9.8 ATLANTIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 114,600 115,200 116,200 118,000 123,500 131,500 136,000 134,100 127,900 121,200 118,600 118,200 122,900 EMPLOYMENT 103,200 103,600 104,900 108,000 112,400 119,800 124,100 123,400 117,500 111,600 109,300 108,400 112,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 11,400 11,500 11,300 10,000 11,000 11,600 12,000 10,700 10,400 9,600 9,300 9,800 10,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 9.9 10.0 9.7 8.5 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.0 8.1 7.9 7.9 8.3 8.7 CAPE MAY COUNTY LABOR FORCE 46,200 46,300 46,000 45,200 44,600 45,900 47,400 46,900 44,900 44,500 45,500 45,500 45,700 EMPLOYMENT 36,700 36,900 37,300 38,400 40,000 42,700 44,200 43,900 41,800 39,700 38,900 38,600 39,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 9,500 9,400 8,600 6,700 4,500 3,200 3,300 2,900 3,100 4,800 6,600 6,900 5,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 20.5 20.3 18.8 14.9 10.2 7.1 6.9 6.2 7.0 10.8 14.5 15.1 12.7 BERGEN-PASSAIC LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 656,100 655,100 658,800 656,400 657,400 668,500 670,800 665,100 660,000 665,900 669,500 669,300 662,700 EMPLOYMENT 602,200 601,200 605,200 608,500 609,400 619,000 618,000 618,200 614,900 622,600 626,900 626,500 614,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 53,900 53,900 53,600 47,900 48,000 49,500 52,800 46,900 45,100 43,300 42,700 42,700 48,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.2 8.2 8.1 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.9 7.0 6.8 6.5 6.4 6.4 7.3 BERGEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 425,900 425,500 428,400 427,500 428,300 435,800 437,300 434,500 431,100 434,800 436,800 436,500 431,900 EMPLOYMENT 397,000 396,400 399,000 401,200 401,800 408,100 407,500 407,600 405,400 410,500 413,300 413,100 405,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 28,900 29,100 29,400 26,300 26,500 27,600 29,800 26,900 25,700 24,300 23,500 23,400 26,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.8 6.2 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.4 6.2 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av PASSAIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 230,200 229,600 230,400 228,900 229,100 232,700 233,500 230,500 228,900 231,100 232,700 232,700 230,900 EMPLOYMENT 205,100 204,800 206,200 207,300 207,600 210,900 210,500 210,600 209,500 212,100 213,500 213,400 209,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 25,000 24,800 24,300 21,600 21,500 21,900 23,000 20,000 19,400 19,100 19,200 19,300 21,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 10.9 10.8 10.5 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.8 8.7 8.5 8.2 8.2 8.3 9.3 PHILA PA-NJ LABOR AREA (NJ PART) 1/ LABOR FORCE 609,000 611,500 613,300 612,200 611,500 613,700 619,300 614,100 608,500 616,000 617,000 617,900 613,700 EMPLOYMENT 565,600 567,500 570,500 575,200 574,100 575,600 575,700 575,500 572,100 582,000 583,500 585,200 575,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 43,400 44,100 42,800 37,000 37,300 38,100 43,700 38,700 36,400 34,000 33,600 32,800 38,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.1 7.2 7.0 6.1 6.1 6.2 7.1 6.3 6.0 5.5 5.4 5.3 6.3 CAMDEN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 578,100 580,500 582,200 581,300 580,600 582,800 587,800 583,100 577,900 585,000 586,000 586,700 582,700 EMPLOYMENT 537,200 538,900 541,900 546,300 545,300 546,700 546,700 546,500 543,400 552,700 554,200 555,800 546,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 40,900 41,600 40,300 35,000 35,400 36,100 41,100 36,600 34,500 32,300 31,800 31,000 36,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.1 7.2 6.9 6.0 6.1 6.2 7.0 6.3 6.0 5.5 5.4 5.3 6.2 BURLINGTON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 204,500 205,100 205,600 205,500 205,000 206,000 207,300 206,000 204,200 207,000 207,300 207,500 205,900 EMPLOYMENT 191,700 192,400 193,400 195,000 194,600 195,100 195,100 195,100 193,900 197,300 197,800 198,400 195,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 12,800 12,700 12,200 10,500 10,300 10,900 12,200 10,900 10,300 9,800 9,500 9,100 10,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.2 6.2 5.9 5.1 5.0 5.3 5.9 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.4 5.3 CAMDEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 250,500 251,500 252,100 252,000 252,100 253,000 255,200 252,900 250,700 253,600 253,900 254,200 252,600 EMPLOYMENT 231,600 232,400 233,600 235,500 235,100 235,700 235,700 235,600 234,300 238,300 238,900 239,600 235,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 18,900 19,100 18,400 16,400 17,000 17,300 19,500 17,300 16,400 15,300 14,900 14,600 17,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.5 7.6 7.3 6.5 6.7 6.9 7.6 6.8 6.5 6.0 5.9 5.7 6.8 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av GLOUCESTER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 123,100 123,900 124,500 123,800 123,600 123,800 125,300 124,200 123,000 124,400 124,800 125,000 124,100 EMPLOYMENT 113,900 114,200 114,800 115,800 115,600 115,900 115,900 115,800 115,200 117,100 117,400 117,800 115,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 9,300 9,700 9,600 8,100 8,100 7,900 9,400 8,400 7,900 7,300 7,300 7,300 8,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.5 7.8 7.7 6.5 6.5 6.4 7.5 6.8 6.4 5.9 5.9 5.8 6.7 SALEM COUNTY LABOR FORCE 30,900 31,000 31,100 30,900 30,800 30,900 31,500 31,000 30,600 30,900 31,100 31,200 31,000 EMPLOYMENT 28,400 28,500 28,700 28,900 28,900 28,900 28,900 28,900 28,700 29,200 29,300 29,400 28,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,400 2,500 2,500 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,600 2,100 1,800 1,700 1,700 1,800 2,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.9 8.1 7.9 6.5 6.4 6.4 8.2 6.8 6.0 5.4 5.6 5.8 6.8 VINELAND-MILLVILLE-BRIDGETON LABOR AREA CUMBERLAND COUNTY LABOR FORCE 64,800 64,500 65,000 64,600 64,600 65,400 65,100 63,800 63,800 64,200 64,300 64,500 64,600 EMPLOYMENT 56,500 56,200 56,900 57,700 58,000 58,800 58,100 57,800 58,100 58,600 58,500 58,300 57,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,300 8,300 8,000 6,900 6,600 6,600 7,000 6,000 5,800 5,600 5,900 6,200 6,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 12.8 12.9 12.4 10.7 10.2 10.1 10.8 9.5 9.0 8.7 9.2 9.6 10.5 JERSEY CITY LABOR AREA HUDSON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 280,500 281,800 283,400 282,800 282,700 285,000 287,300 286,100 284,600 287,100 287,800 287,000 284,700 EMPLOYMENT 251,300 252,900 254,500 255,900 256,000 257,800 258,900 261,100 260,000 262,800 263,700 262,300 258,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 29,100 28,800 28,800 27,000 26,700 27,200 28,400 25,000 24,600 24,400 24,100 24,700 26,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 10.4 10.2 10.2 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.9 8.7 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.6 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 169,000 170,000 171,100 169,500 170,900 171,500 171,200 168,600 167,700 170,600 170,200 171,200 170,100 EMPLOYMENT 159,100 159,900 160,800 160,700 162,000 162,300 161,100 159,500 159,300 162,400 162,100 163,100 161,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 10,000 10,000 10,300 8,800 8,900 9,200 10,100 9,000 8,400 8,200 8,100 8,100 9,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.9 5.4 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.7 5.3 MIDDLESEX-SOMERSET-HUNTERDON LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 585,400 587,700 592,100 590,400 590,800 597,400 599,500 596,700 589,700 597,300 599,500 602,000 594,000 EMPLOYMENT 551,800 553,200 557,900 560,100 560,200 565,700 564,200 565,100 561,300 569,500 572,500 575,800 563,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 33,600 34,500 34,200 30,300 30,600 31,700 35,300 31,600 28,400 27,800 27,000 26,100 30,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.9 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.3 5.2 MIDDLESEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 375,700 376,900 379,800 378,600 379,100 383,600 385,400 383,300 378,500 383,300 384,800 386,300 381,300 EMPLOYMENT 352,000 352,900 355,900 357,300 357,400 360,800 359,900 360,500 358,100 363,300 365,200 367,300 359,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 23,800 24,000 23,900 21,300 21,700 22,800 25,500 22,800 20,400 20,000 19,600 19,000 22,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.3 6.4 6.3 5.6 5.7 5.9 6.6 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 5.8 SOMERSET COUNTY LABOR FORCE 147,500 148,200 149,300 149,200 149,300 150,800 151,000 150,500 149,100 151,000 151,500 152,100 150,000 EMPLOYMENT 140,600 140,900 142,100 142,700 142,700 144,100 143,700 144,000 143,000 145,100 145,900 146,700 143,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 6,900 7,300 7,200 6,500 6,600 6,700 7,300 6,500 6,100 5,900 5,600 5,400 6,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.8 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.6 4.3 HUNTERDON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 62,100 62,600 62,900 62,600 62,400 63,000 63,000 62,900 62,200 63,000 63,200 63,500 62,800 EMPLOYMENT 59,200 59,400 59,900 60,100 60,100 60,700 60,600 60,700 60,300 61,100 61,500 61,800 60,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,900 3,200 3,100 2,500 2,300 2,300 2,500 2,200 1,900 1,900 1,800 1,700 2,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.7 5.2 4.9 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.7 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MONMOUTH-OCEAN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 477,300 479,900 486,100 486,500 497,100 515,500 524,300 518,400 499,900 491,900 493,500 492,400 496,900 EMPLOYMENT 442,500 443,900 450,500 457,100 467,700 485,100 491,900 489,600 473,100 465,500 467,200 466,100 466,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 34,800 35,900 35,600 29,500 29,400 30,300 32,500 28,800 26,700 26,400 26,300 26,300 30,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.3 7.5 7.3 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.2 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3 6.1 MONMOUTH COUNTY LABOR FORCE 284,700 286,200 290,400 291,300 297,900 309,100 314,400 310,900 299,900 294,700 295,400 294,600 297,500 EMPLOYMENT 265,800 266,700 270,600 274,600 281,000 291,400 295,500 294,100 284,200 279,600 280,700 280,000 280,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 18,900 19,500 19,800 16,700 16,900 17,600 18,900 16,800 15,700 15,100 14,700 14,600 17,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.6 6.8 6.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.7 OCEAN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 192,600 193,700 195,700 195,300 199,200 206,400 209,900 207,500 200,000 197,200 198,100 197,800 199,400 EMPLOYMENT 176,700 177,200 179,900 182,500 186,700 193,700 196,400 195,500 188,900 185,900 186,600 186,100 186,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 16,000 16,400 15,800 12,800 12,500 12,700 13,500 12,000 11,100 11,300 11,500 11,700 13,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.3 8.5 8.1 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.5 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.9 6.6 NEWARK LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 990,900 994,100 999,000 993,900 996,200 1,010,500 1,018,400 1,008,700 996,400 1,006,000 1,006,400 1,009,600 1,002,500 EMPLOYMENT 913,100 916,100 921,200 924,400 926,600 938,900 942,500 940,700 932,200 943,300 945,900 950,400 933,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 77,800 77,900 77,800 69,500 69,600 71,500 75,900 68,000 64,200 62,700 60,500 59,200 69,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.4 6.7 6.4 6.2 6.0 5.9 6.9 ESSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 370,500 371,100 373,100 370,800 370,900 376,100 378,900 374,500 371,400 374,800 374,600 376,200 373,600 EMPLOYMENT 335,400 336,500 338,400 339,600 340,400 344,900 346,200 345,600 342,400 346,500 347,500 349,100 342,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 35,100 34,500 34,700 31,200 30,500 31,200 32,700 28,900 29,000 28,300 27,100 27,100 30,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 9.5 9.3 9.3 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.6 7.7 7.8 7.5 7.2 7.2 8.3 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MORRIS COUNTY LABOR FORCE 242,500 243,700 244,800 243,900 244,900 248,100 249,400 248,000 244,900 247,200 247,600 248,400 246,100 EMPLOYMENT 228,900 229,700 230,900 231,800 232,300 235,400 236,300 235,800 233,700 236,500 237,200 238,300 233,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 13,600 14,000 13,900 12,200 12,500 12,700 13,100 12,100 11,200 10,700 10,400 10,100 12,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.3 4.9 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.1 5.0 SUSSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 72,500 72,800 73,000 72,100 72,000 72,900 73,900 73,500 72,000 72,800 73,100 73,500 72,900 EMPLOYMENT 66,800 67,000 67,400 67,600 67,800 68,700 68,900 68,800 68,200 69,000 69,200 69,500 68,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 5,700 5,800 5,600 4,500 4,200 4,200 5,000 4,700 3,900 3,800 3,900 4,000 4,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.9 8.0 7.7 6.3 5.9 5.8 6.8 6.3 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.4 6.3 UNION COUNTY LABOR FORCE 256,800 257,800 259,200 258,800 260,300 264,300 266,500 263,500 259,800 262,300 262,200 262,400 261,200 EMPLOYMENT 237,200 238,000 239,300 240,200 240,800 244,000 244,900 244,400 242,200 245,100 245,800 246,900 242,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 19,600 19,800 19,900 18,600 19,600 20,300 21,600 19,100 17,600 17,200 16,500 15,500 18,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.2 7.5 7.7 8.1 7.3 6.8 6.6 6.3 5.9 7.2 WARREN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 48,500 48,700 48,900 48,300 48,100 49,000 49,600 49,300 48,100 48,900 48,900 49,100 48,800 EMPLOYMENT 44,700 44,900 45,100 45,300 45,400 46,000 46,200 46,100 45,700 46,200 46,300 46,600 45,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,000 2,700 3,000 3,400 3,200 2,500 2,700 2,600 2,500 3,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.8 7.8 7.7 6.2 5.7 6.2 6.9 6.5 5.1 5.5 5.3 5.2 6.3 NEW JERSEY LABOR FORCE 3,993,800 4,005,900 4,030,900 4,019,600 4,039,300 4,104,900 4,139,400 4,102,500 4,043,500 4,064,600 4,072,400 4,077,500 4,057,900 EMPLOYMENT 3,682,100 3,691,500 3,719,700 3,746,000 3,766,600 3,825,800 3,838,500 3,834,900 3,790,300 3,817,900 3,828,500 3,834,700 3,781,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 311,700 314,500 311,100 273,600 272,700 279,000 300,900 267,600 253,200 246,700 243,900 242,800 276,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.8 7.8 7.7 6.8 6.8 6.8 7.3 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.8
1/ Sub-area of interstate Labor Area
Data may not add due to rounding.