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 171,600 171,200 171,200 171,000 174,500 183,900 188,800 186,300 178,600 172,700 171,600 172,000 176,100 EMPLOYMENT 152,400 153,100 153,800 156,300 160,900 170,100 174,900 174,300 166,400 159,600 156,100 155,800 161,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 19,200 18,100 17,400 14,700 13,700 13,800 13,900 11,900 12,100 13,000 15,500 16,200 15,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 11.2 10.6 10.2 8.6 7.8 7.5 7.4 6.4 6.8 7.5 9.0 9.4 8.5 ATLANTIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 123,600 123,700 124,400 125,800 130,100 137,600 141,300 139,200 133,500 127,600 124,600 124,600 129,700 EMPLOYMENT 113,100 113,600 114,100 115,900 119,400 126,200 129,800 129,300 123,500 118,500 115,800 115,600 119,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 10,500 10,100 10,300 9,900 10,700 11,400 11,500 9,900 10,000 9,200 8,800 9,000 10,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.5 8.2 8.3 7.9 8.3 8.3 8.1 7.1 7.5 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.8 CAPE MAY COUNTY LABOR FORCE 48,000 47,500 46,800 45,200 44,400 46,300 47,500 47,000 45,000 45,000 47,000 47,400 46,400 EMPLOYMENT 39,300 39,500 39,700 40,300 41,500 43,900 45,100 45,000 42,900 41,200 40,300 40,200 41,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,700 8,000 7,200 4,800 2,900 2,400 2,400 2,000 2,100 3,800 6,700 7,200 4,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 18.1 16.8 15.3 10.7 6.6 5.2 5.1 4.3 4.6 8.5 14.3 15.2 10.5 BERGEN-PASSAIC LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 684,500 681,900 681,900 678,400 680,000 690,000 684,800 678,600 674,100 680,500 683,300 684,900 681,900 EMPLOYMENT 650,300 649,500 650,400 649,900 651,400 659,800 651,400 649,100 645,800 653,200 655,600 657,200 652,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 34,200 32,400 31,500 28,500 28,600 30,200 33,300 29,500 28,300 27,300 27,700 27,600 29,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.4 BERGEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 448,200 446,900 446,800 445,100 446,200 452,800 449,500 446,000 442,900 446,800 448,300 449,300 447,400 EMPLOYMENT 430,000 429,500 430,100 429,800 430,800 436,300 430,800 429,300 427,000 432,000 433,500 434,600 431,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 18,200 17,400 16,700 15,400 15,400 16,500 18,700 16,700 15,800 14,900 14,800 14,700 16,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.6 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.6 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av PASSAIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 236,300 234,900 235,100 233,200 233,800 237,200 235,300 232,700 231,200 233,700 235,000 235,500 234,500 EMPLOYMENT 220,200 220,000 220,300 220,100 220,600 223,500 220,600 219,900 218,700 221,200 222,000 222,600 220,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 16,000 15,000 14,800 13,100 13,200 13,800 14,600 12,800 12,500 12,400 13,000 12,900 13,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.8 6.4 6.3 5.6 5.7 5.8 6.2 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.8 PHILA PA-NJ LABOR AREA (NJ PART) 1/ LABOR FORCE 649,000 650,300 650,400 645,700 646,000 649,900 655,100 651,400 647,900 652,100 654,900 658,100 650,900 EMPLOYMENT 617,900 620,000 621,400 619,300 620,500 622,300 625,100 624,300 622,200 628,100 630,700 634,500 623,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 31,200 30,300 28,900 26,400 25,500 27,600 30,000 27,100 25,600 24,000 24,200 23,700 27,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.9 4.2 4.6 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.6 4.2 CAMDEN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 616,500 617,600 617,800 613,600 613,900 617,600 622,400 619,100 615,800 619,900 622,500 625,400 618,500 EMPLOYMENT 587,400 589,400 590,800 588,800 590,000 591,700 594,300 593,500 591,600 597,200 599,700 603,200 593,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 29,100 28,200 27,000 24,800 23,900 26,000 28,100 25,600 24,200 22,700 22,800 22,200 25,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.6 4.1 BURLINGTON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 225,500 225,700 225,700 224,600 224,600 226,000 227,800 226,800 225,400 227,200 228,000 229,300 226,400 EMPLOYMENT 216,600 217,300 217,800 217,100 217,500 218,200 219,100 218,800 218,100 220,200 221,100 222,400 218,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,900 8,400 7,800 7,600 7,100 7,800 8,700 7,900 7,200 7,000 6,900 6,900 7,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.4 CAMDEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 259,300 259,900 260,100 258,200 258,300 259,900 261,600 260,300 259,300 261,000 262,000 263,200 260,300 EMPLOYMENT 246,200 247,000 247,600 246,700 247,200 247,900 249,000 248,700 247,900 250,200 251,300 252,800 248,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 13,200 12,900 12,500 11,500 11,100 12,000 12,600 11,600 11,400 10,700 10,800 10,400 11,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.5 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av GLOUCESTER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 131,700 132,000 132,100 130,800 131,000 131,700 132,900 132,100 131,200 131,800 132,400 133,000 131,900 EMPLOYMENT 124,700 125,100 125,400 125,000 125,200 125,600 126,100 126,000 125,600 126,800 127,300 128,000 125,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 7,000 6,900 6,700 5,800 5,800 6,100 6,800 6,100 5,600 5,100 5,100 4,900 6,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.4 4.4 4.7 5.1 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.9 3.7 4.5 SALEM COUNTY LABOR FORCE 32,500 32,600 32,500 32,100 32,100 32,300 32,700 32,300 32,000 32,200 32,400 32,700 32,400 EMPLOYMENT 30,400 30,500 30,600 30,500 30,600 30,600 30,800 30,700 30,600 30,900 31,100 31,200 30,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,100 2,100 1,900 1,600 1,600 1,700 1,900 1,500 1,400 1,300 1,400 1,500 1,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.4 6.5 5.8 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.9 4.8 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.4 5.1 VINELAND-MILLVILLE-BRIDGETON LABOR AREA CUMBERLAND COUNTY LABOR FORCE 66,500 66,000 66,200 66,100 66,700 67,000 66,300 65,500 65,500 65,500 65,700 66,100 66,100 EMPLOYMENT 59,500 59,300 59,500 60,100 61,000 61,100 60,100 60,400 60,300 60,400 60,300 60,300 60,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 6,900 6,700 6,800 6,000 5,700 6,000 6,200 5,100 5,200 5,100 5,400 5,800 5,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 10.4 10.2 10.2 9.1 8.5 8.9 9.4 7.8 7.9 7.8 8.2 8.7 8.9 JERSEY CITY LABOR AREA HUDSON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 287,000 286,900 287,200 283,800 284,300 288,200 290,100 286,200 284,800 285,000 285,200 288,300 286,400 EMPLOYMENT 264,300 265,300 265,900 263,800 263,700 265,900 267,400 266,500 264,700 265,500 265,700 268,200 265,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,700 21,600 21,300 20,000 20,600 22,300 22,800 19,700 20,100 19,500 19,500 20,200 20,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.9 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.2 7.7 7.8 6.9 7.1 6.8 6.8 7.0 7.3 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av TRENTON LABOR AREA MERCER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 170,500 170,800 171,000 169,200 169,000 170,700 169,600 167,500 167,300 170,200 170,600 171,900 169,900 EMPLOYMENT 162,500 163,000 163,600 163,000 162,800 163,600 161,700 160,500 160,400 163,800 164,300 165,300 162,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,100 7,800 7,400 6,300 6,200 7,100 8,000 7,000 6,900 6,400 6,300 6,700 7,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.7 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.7 4.1 4.7 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.1 MIDDLESEX-SOMERSET-HUNTERDON LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 640,400 642,500 642,200 641,800 642,300 646,400 649,400 640,100 638,300 647,900 650,300 653,400 644,600 EMPLOYMENT 617,200 619,800 620,200 621,000 622,400 625,300 624,800 619,000 618,300 629,100 631,300 635,000 623,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 23,200 22,800 22,000 20,700 19,900 21,000 24,600 21,000 20,000 18,800 19,000 18,400 20,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.2 MIDDLESEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 404,000 405,100 404,900 404,600 405,000 407,600 409,900 403,500 402,300 408,400 410,200 411,900 406,500 EMPLOYMENT 387,200 388,900 389,200 389,700 390,500 392,400 392,000 388,400 388,000 394,700 396,100 398,400 391,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 16,700 16,200 15,700 15,000 14,500 15,200 17,800 15,100 14,400 13,700 14,100 13,500 15,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.4 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.7 SOMERSET COUNTY LABOR FORCE 167,300 168,100 168,100 168,000 168,100 169,100 169,800 167,600 167,200 169,700 170,100 170,900 168,700 EMPLOYMENT 162,700 163,400 163,500 163,700 164,100 164,900 164,700 163,200 163,000 165,900 166,400 167,400 164,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 4,600 4,700 4,600 4,200 4,000 4,300 5,100 4,400 4,200 3,900 3,600 3,500 4,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.5 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.5 HUNTERDON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 69,100 69,300 69,200 69,200 69,100 69,600 69,700 68,900 68,700 69,800 70,100 70,500 69,400 EMPLOYMENT 67,200 67,500 67,500 67,600 67,800 68,100 68,000 67,400 67,300 68,500 68,800 69,200 67,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 1,900 1,800 1,600 1,500 1,300 1,500 1,700 1,500 1,400 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.2 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MONMOUTH-OCEAN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 513,500 514,100 514,600 518,300 523,100 536,400 543,400 534,500 516,700 516,700 516,500 515,900 522,000 EMPLOYMENT 486,400 488,000 490,200 496,300 502,500 514,600 518,500 513,200 496,000 496,300 495,000 494,700 499,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 27,100 26,100 24,400 22,000 20,600 21,900 24,900 21,300 20,700 20,400 21,500 21,200 22,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.3 5.1 4.7 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.3 MONMOUTH COUNTY LABOR FORCE 302,700 303,200 303,900 306,800 309,600 317,800 322,500 317,300 306,500 306,300 305,700 305,100 309,000 EMPLOYMENT 288,800 289,800 291,100 294,700 298,400 305,600 307,900 304,700 294,500 294,700 294,000 293,800 296,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 13,800 13,500 12,800 12,100 11,200 12,200 14,600 12,600 12,000 11,600 11,800 11,300 12,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.6 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.9 4.5 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.7 4.0 OCEAN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 210,900 210,800 210,700 211,500 213,500 218,600 220,900 217,200 210,200 210,400 210,800 210,800 213,000 EMPLOYMENT 197,600 198,200 199,100 201,600 204,100 209,000 210,600 208,400 201,400 201,600 201,100 200,900 202,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 13,300 12,600 11,600 9,900 9,400 9,600 10,300 8,800 8,700 8,800 9,700 9,800 10,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.3 6.0 5.5 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.8 NEWARK LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 1,023,000 1,022,400 1,021,600 1,021,500 1,023,900 1,035,900 1,037,400 1,027,900 1,017,900 1,026,300 1,029,200 1,032,100 1,026,600 EMPLOYMENT 971,800 973,200 974,100 977,600 981,000 989,900 985,900 983,400 973,800 983,300 986,900 990,200 980,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 51,300 49,200 47,500 43,800 42,900 46,000 51,600 44,400 44,100 43,000 42,300 42,000 45,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.4 5.0 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.4 ESSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 368,900 368,600 368,200 367,300 369,100 373,800 373,700 370,100 367,700 370,700 371,300 372,500 370,200 EMPLOYMENT 346,100 346,600 346,900 348,200 349,400 352,600 351,100 350,300 346,800 350,200 351,500 352,700 349,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,800 21,900 21,200 19,100 19,700 21,200 22,600 19,800 20,800 20,500 19,800 19,900 20,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.2 5.3 5.7 6.0 5.4 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.6 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MORRIS COUNTY LABOR FORCE 260,800 260,900 260,800 260,900 261,600 264,400 264,000 262,500 259,900 262,200 263,000 263,700 262,100 EMPLOYMENT 252,400 252,800 253,000 253,900 254,800 257,100 256,100 255,400 252,900 255,400 256,300 257,200 254,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,400 8,100 7,800 7,000 6,800 7,300 7,900 7,100 6,900 6,800 6,600 6,500 7,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.8 SUSSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 76,500 76,300 76,100 76,300 75,900 76,800 77,100 76,700 75,300 76,000 76,400 76,800 76,400 EMPLOYMENT 72,900 73,000 73,100 73,400 73,600 74,300 74,000 73,800 73,100 73,800 74,100 74,300 73,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,500 3,300 3,000 3,000 2,300 2,500 3,200 2,900 2,200 2,200 2,400 2,500 2,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.0 3.2 4.1 3.8 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.6 UNION COUNTY LABOR FORCE 265,500 265,400 265,400 265,800 266,100 269,200 270,600 266,900 264,400 266,300 267,100 267,600 266,700 EMPLOYMENT 251,500 251,900 252,100 253,100 253,900 256,200 255,200 254,500 252,100 254,500 255,500 256,300 253,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 14,000 13,500 13,300 12,700 12,100 12,900 15,500 12,400 12,400 11,800 11,600 11,300 12,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.8 5.7 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.8 WARREN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 51,300 51,200 51,000 51,100 51,200 51,800 52,000 51,600 50,700 51,000 51,400 51,500 51,300 EMPLOYMENT 48,800 48,900 48,900 49,100 49,200 49,700 49,500 49,400 48,900 49,400 49,500 49,700 49,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,500 2,300 2,100 2,100 1,900 2,100 2,500 2,200 1,800 1,700 1,800 1,800 2,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.8 4.6 4.1 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.8 4.3 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.5 4.0 NEW JERSEY LABOR FORCE 4,206,100 4,206,000 4,206,200 4,195,800 4,209,700 4,268,500 4,285,000 4,238,000 4,190,900 4,216,900 4,227,400 4,242,700 4,224,400 EMPLOYMENT 3,982,300 3,991,100 3,999,000 4,007,300 4,026,100 4,072,700 4,069,800 4,050,700 4,007,900 4,039,500 4,046,000 4,061,100 4,029,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 223,900 214,900 207,100 188,500 183,600 195,800 215,300 187,300 183,100 177,400 181,400 181,600 195,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.6 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.6
1/ Sub-area of interstate Labor Area
Data may not add due to rounding.