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 170,900 171,000 171,500 172,400 176,100 186,000 192,700 190,100 180,800 173,600 172,100 170,300 177,300 EMPLOYMENT 151,900 153,400 154,100 158,300 162,700 172,500 179,400 178,800 169,800 162,100 158,800 156,400 163,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 19,000 17,700 17,400 14,200 13,400 13,400 13,300 11,300 11,000 11,500 13,300 13,900 14,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 11.1 10.3 10.2 8.2 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.0 6.1 6.6 7.7 8.2 8.0 ATLANTIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 123,100 123,700 124,600 127,000 131,200 139,200 144,200 142,100 135,000 128,600 125,500 123,800 130,700 EMPLOYMENT 112,900 114,000 114,600 117,600 120,900 128,300 133,300 132,900 126,200 120,500 118,000 116,200 121,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 10,200 9,700 10,100 9,300 10,300 11,000 10,800 9,200 8,800 8,100 7,500 7,600 9,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.3 7.9 8.1 7.3 7.8 7.9 7.5 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.1 7.2 CAPE MAY COUNTY LABOR FORCE 47,800 47,300 46,900 45,500 44,900 46,800 48,500 48,000 45,800 45,000 46,500 46,500 46,600 EMPLOYMENT 39,000 39,400 39,600 40,600 41,800 44,300 46,100 45,900 43,600 41,600 40,800 40,100 41,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,800 7,900 7,300 4,800 3,100 2,500 2,500 2,100 2,200 3,400 5,800 6,300 4,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 18.3 16.7 15.6 10.6 7.0 5.3 5.1 4.4 4.8 7.5 12.4 13.6 10.1 BERGEN-PASSAIC LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 680,200 682,200 687,900 685,900 687,300 697,000 696,100 689,000 682,200 687,200 687,800 688,200 687,600 EMPLOYMENT 646,700 649,800 654,400 655,200 655,300 662,700 658,900 656,000 651,700 658,000 660,300 661,900 655,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 33,600 32,500 33,500 30,600 32,000 34,200 37,200 33,000 30,600 29,200 27,500 26,300 31,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.7 4.9 5.3 4.8 4.5 4.2 4.0 3.8 4.6 BERGEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 444,700 446,400 450,000 449,000 449,900 456,100 455,600 451,700 447,000 450,600 451,100 451,600 450,300 EMPLOYMENT 427,500 429,500 432,600 433,100 433,200 438,100 435,600 433,700 430,800 435,000 436,500 437,500 433,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 17,200 16,900 17,300 15,900 16,700 18,000 20,100 18,000 16,200 15,600 14,600 14,000 16,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.4 4.0 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.7 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av PASSAIC COUNTY LABOR FORCE 235,500 235,800 238,000 236,900 237,400 240,800 240,400 237,300 235,200 236,600 236,700 236,600 237,300 EMPLOYMENT 219,200 220,200 221,800 222,100 222,100 224,600 223,300 222,400 220,900 223,000 223,800 224,300 222,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 16,300 15,600 16,200 14,800 15,300 16,200 17,100 14,900 14,300 13,600 12,900 12,300 15,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.9 6.6 6.8 6.2 6.4 6.7 7.1 6.3 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.2 6.3 PHILA PA-NJ LABOR AREA (NJ PART) 1/ LABOR FORCE 649,500 652,800 655,700 656,500 660,500 665,300 666,100 660,100 654,500 656,900 658,000 659,900 658,000 EMPLOYMENT 620,600 624,900 628,100 632,000 633,800 635,900 632,900 630,700 626,600 631,100 632,900 636,200 630,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 28,900 27,800 27,600 24,500 26,600 29,400 33,200 29,400 27,800 25,800 25,100 23,800 27,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.7 4.0 4.4 5.0 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.6 4.2 CAMDEN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 617,400 620,500 623,400 624,300 628,200 632,800 633,400 627,700 622,500 624,800 625,800 627,500 625,700 EMPLOYMENT 590,300 594,500 597,400 601,200 602,900 604,900 602,000 599,900 596,000 600,300 602,100 605,100 599,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 27,100 26,100 26,000 23,100 25,300 27,900 31,300 27,800 26,400 24,500 23,700 22,400 26,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.7 4.0 4.4 4.9 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.6 4.1 BURLINGTON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 226,700 227,900 229,000 229,500 230,800 232,000 232,300 230,100 228,100 229,300 229,600 230,200 229,600 EMPLOYMENT 218,500 220,000 221,100 222,500 223,100 223,800 222,800 222,000 220,600 222,200 222,800 223,900 221,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,200 7,900 7,900 7,000 7,600 8,200 9,500 8,100 7,500 7,100 6,800 6,300 7,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.5 4.1 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.7 3.3 CAMDEN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 258,400 259,600 261,000 261,300 263,000 265,000 264,900 262,800 261,000 261,900 262,200 262,900 262,000 EMPLOYMENT 245,800 247,500 248,800 250,300 251,100 251,900 250,700 249,800 248,200 250,000 250,700 252,000 249,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 12,600 12,100 12,200 11,000 12,000 13,100 14,200 13,000 12,800 11,900 11,500 10,900 12,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.4 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.7 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av GLOUCESTER COUNTY LABOR FORCE 132,300 133,000 133,400 133,500 134,400 135,800 136,100 134,700 133,300 133,700 134,000 134,400 134,100 EMPLOYMENT 126,000 126,900 127,600 128,400 128,700 129,200 128,600 128,100 127,300 128,200 128,600 129,200 128,100 UNEMPLOYMENT 6,300 6,100 5,900 5,200 5,700 6,600 7,600 6,600 6,100 5,500 5,400 5,200 6,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.8 4.6 4.4 3.9 4.2 4.9 5.6 4.9 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.5 SALEM COUNTY LABOR FORCE 32,000 32,200 32,300 32,200 32,300 32,600 32,700 32,400 32,000 32,100 32,300 32,400 32,300 EMPLOYMENT 30,300 30,500 30,600 30,800 30,900 31,000 30,900 30,800 30,600 30,800 30,900 31,000 30,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 1,800 1,800 1,700 1,400 1,300 1,500 1,900 1,600 1,400 1,300 1,400 1,400 1,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.5 5.4 5.1 4.2 4.2 4.7 5.7 5.1 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.8 VINELAND-MILLVILLE-BRIDGETON LABOR AREA CUMBERLAND COUNTY LABOR FORCE 66,700 66,300 66,900 66,100 66,900 68,100 67,100 66,200 65,600 65,900 66,000 65,700 66,400 EMPLOYMENT 59,900 60,000 60,600 60,600 61,200 62,100 61,000 61,100 60,700 61,100 61,000 60,500 60,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 6,800 6,300 6,300 5,500 5,700 5,900 6,100 5,100 4,900 4,800 5,000 5,100 5,600 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 10.2 9.5 9.4 8.4 8.5 8.7 9.1 7.7 7.5 7.2 7.6 7.8 8.5 JERSEY CITY LABOR AREA HUDSON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 285,800 286,500 288,200 287,700 288,900 292,500 292,900 289,000 287,200 288,000 288,400 287,700 288,600 EMPLOYMENT 263,800 265,500 266,300 267,000 266,700 268,600 268,500 267,900 266,800 268,800 270,600 270,800 267,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,000 21,100 21,800 20,700 22,200 23,900 24,300 21,100 20,400 19,200 17,800 16,900 21,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.7 7.4 7.6 7.2 7.7 8.2 8.3 7.3 7.1 6.7 6.2 5.9 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 171,300 172,700 173,800 174,600 174,700 177,000 176,800 175,400 174,300 177,700 177,800 178,100 175,400 EMPLOYMENT 163,500 165,200 166,400 168,000 168,100 169,800 168,900 168,500 167,700 171,600 171,900 172,500 168,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 7,700 7,400 7,500 6,600 6,600 7,200 7,900 6,900 6,700 6,100 5,900 5,600 6,800 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.5 4.3 4.3 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.9 MIDDLESEX-SOMERSET-HUNTERDON LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 647,900 654,200 658,500 655,700 658,500 664,700 673,600 668,400 661,500 670,300 672,800 673,100 663,300 EMPLOYMENT 626,300 632,800 637,000 636,100 637,800 642,300 648,000 645,500 640,100 649,800 653,200 655,100 642,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 21,600 21,400 21,600 19,600 20,700 22,500 25,600 22,900 21,400 20,400 19,500 17,900 21,300 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 3.2 MIDDLESEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 406,800 410,700 413,500 412,000 413,800 417,700 423,500 420,000 415,600 420,700 422,100 422,000 416,600 EMPLOYMENT 391,200 395,300 397,900 397,300 398,400 401,200 404,700 403,200 399,800 405,900 408,000 409,200 401,000 UNEMPLOYMENT 15,600 15,400 15,700 14,600 15,400 16,600 18,800 16,800 15,800 14,800 14,100 12,800 15,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.4 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0 3.7 SOMERSET COUNTY LABOR FORCE 170,700 172,400 173,500 172,800 173,400 175,100 177,300 176,200 174,500 177,200 177,900 178,100 174,900 EMPLOYMENT 166,500 168,300 169,400 169,100 169,600 170,800 172,300 171,600 170,200 172,800 173,700 174,200 170,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 4,200 4,200 4,200 3,600 3,900 4,300 5,000 4,500 4,300 4,400 4,200 3,900 4,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.4 HUNTERDON COUNTY LABOR FORCE 70,400 71,100 71,500 71,000 71,300 71,900 72,700 72,200 71,400 72,400 72,700 72,900 71,800 EMPLOYMENT 68,600 69,300 69,800 69,700 69,800 70,300 71,000 70,700 70,100 71,200 71,500 71,700 70,300 UNEMPLOYMENT 1,800 1,800 1,700 1,300 1,400 1,600 1,800 1,500 1,300 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 2.1 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MONMOUTH-OCEAN LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 513,700 516,500 520,100 525,300 530,500 550,100 558,700 553,100 532,600 528,800 529,200 528,800 532,300 EMPLOYMENT 487,700 491,700 495,700 504,100 508,900 526,900 533,100 530,700 511,400 508,600 509,000 509,200 509,800 UNEMPLOYMENT 25,900 24,800 24,400 21,200 21,600 23,200 25,600 22,400 21,200 20,100 20,200 19,500 22,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.7 4.2 MONMOUTH COUNTY LABOR FORCE 303,100 305,200 307,600 311,100 314,400 326,000 331,400 327,900 315,500 313,100 313,000 312,600 315,100 EMPLOYMENT 289,500 291,800 294,200 299,200 302,000 312,700 316,400 315,000 303,500 301,900 302,100 302,200 302,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 13,600 13,400 13,400 11,900 12,400 13,300 15,000 13,000 12,000 11,300 11,000 10,400 12,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.5 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.3 4.0 OCEAN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 210,600 211,300 212,600 214,300 216,000 224,100 227,300 225,200 217,100 215,600 216,200 216,100 217,200 EMPLOYMENT 198,300 199,900 201,500 204,900 206,900 214,200 216,700 215,700 207,900 206,800 206,900 207,000 207,200 UNEMPLOYMENT 12,300 11,500 11,000 9,300 9,200 9,900 10,600 9,400 9,200 8,900 9,300 9,100 10,000 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.9 5.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.6 NEWARK LABOR AREA LABOR FORCE 1,034,600 1,040,100 1,043,700 1,041,000 1,045,100 1,058,600 1,063,700 1,050,700 1,039,500 1,050,100 1,050,000 1,050,900 1,047,300 EMPLOYMENT 985,000 991,900 994,300 996,600 998,100 1,007,400 1,008,700 1,002,300 993,000 1,006,700 1,008,800 1,012,000 1,000,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 49,500 48,200 49,300 44,400 47,000 51,300 55,000 48,400 46,500 43,400 41,200 38,900 46,900 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.8 5.2 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.9 3.7 4.5 ESSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 371,300 373,100 374,700 374,000 375,600 381,000 382,100 376,600 373,700 377,000 376,600 376,700 376,000 EMPLOYMENT 349,100 351,500 352,400 353,200 353,700 357,000 357,500 355,200 351,900 356,800 357,500 358,700 354,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 22,200 21,600 22,300 20,800 21,900 24,000 24,600 21,400 21,800 20,200 19,100 18,000 21,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 6.0 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.8 6.3 6.4 5.7 5.8 5.4 5.1 4.8 5.7 COUNTY/LABOR AREA Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Av MORRIS COUNTY LABOR FORCE 265,600 267,200 267,900 267,400 268,200 271,500 272,400 269,700 266,700 269,800 270,200 270,600 268,900 EMPLOYMENT 257,400 259,200 259,900 260,500 260,900 263,300 263,600 262,000 259,500 263,100 263,600 264,500 261,500 UNEMPLOYMENT 8,200 8,000 8,100 6,900 7,400 8,200 8,800 7,700 7,200 6,700 6,500 6,100 7,500 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.7 3.0 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.8 SUSSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE 77,900 78,300 78,300 77,700 77,800 78,700 79,500 78,700 77,300 78,400 78,400 78,800 78,300 EMPLOYMENT 74,500 75,000 75,200 75,300 75,400 76,100 76,200 75,800 75,100 76,100 76,200 76,500 75,600 UNEMPLOYMENT 3,400 3,300 3,100 2,400 2,300 2,500 3,200 3,000 2,300 2,300 2,200 2,300 2,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 4.1 3.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.4 UNION COUNTY LABOR FORCE 267,200 268,800 269,900 269,400 270,600 274,000 275,600 272,200 269,300 271,800 271,700 271,600 271,000 EMPLOYMENT 254,000 255,700 256,400 257,000 257,300 259,700 260,100 258,400 256,000 259,600 260,100 260,900 257,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 13,200 13,000 13,500 12,500 13,300 14,300 15,600 13,800 13,300 12,300 11,600 10,700 13,100 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.6 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.8 WARREN COUNTY LABOR FORCE 52,600 52,800 52,900 52,600 52,800 53,500 54,100 53,400 52,500 53,100 53,100 53,200 53,000 EMPLOYMENT 50,100 50,400 50,500 50,700 50,700 51,200 51,300 51,000 50,500 51,200 51,300 51,400 50,900 UNEMPLOYMENT 2,500 2,400 2,400 1,900 2,100 2,300 2,800 2,500 2,000 1,900 1,800 1,700 2,200 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.7 4.5 4.5 3.6 4.0 4.3 5.3 4.6 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 4.1 NEW JERSEY LABOR FORCE 4,220,500 4,242,400 4,266,400 4,265,200 4,288,500 4,359,300 4,387,600 4,341,900 4,278,200 4,298,400 4,302,000 4,302,600 4,296,100 EMPLOYMENT 4,005,500 4,035,200 4,056,900 4,077,900 4,092,700 4,148,300 4,159,400 4,141,500 4,087,800 4,117,900 4,126,400 4,134,700 4,098,700 UNEMPLOYMENT 215,000 207,200 209,400 187,300 195,800 211,000 228,200 200,500 190,400 180,500 175,600 168,000 197,400 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.2 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.6
1/ Sub-area of interstate Labor Area
Data may not add due to rounding.