Economy at a Glance

New Jersey

New Jersey
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2008

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 4,505.0 4,505.6 4,525.5 4,540.2 4,552.7 (P) 4,520.7

Employment (1)

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 4,267.4 4,260.1 4,258.1 4,276.1 4,278.7 (P) 4,245.6

Unemployment (1)

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 237.6 245.5 267.4 264.1 273.9 (P) 275.1

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 5.3 5.4 5.9 5.8 6.0 (P) 6.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 4,068.7 4,068.8 4,065.4 4,061.4 4,054.4 (P) 4,048.2

12-month % change
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 -0.4 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5 (P) -0.7

Natural Resources and Mining (4)

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 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 (P) 1.6

12-month % change
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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (P) 0.0

Construction (3)

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 166.8 166.9 167.0 166.5 166.2 (P) 165.7

12-month % change
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 -3.7 -2.8 -2.7 -2.6 -2.8 (P) -3.0

Manufacturing (3)

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 301.9 302.1 301.6 299.9 297.7 (P) 296.1

12-month % change
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 -3.5 -3.4 -3.3 -3.6 -4.2 (P) -4.5

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 873.0 872.9 872.9 872.8 870.1 (P) 869.9

12-month % change
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 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -0.4 -0.6 (P) -0.8

Information (3)

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 98.6 98.7 99.2 98.6 98.4 (P) 97.5

12-month % change
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 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.3 (P) -0.5

Financial Activities (3)

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 267.8 266.3 266.2 264.4 263.5 (P) 262.6

12-month % change
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 -3.0 -3.1 -2.9 -3.3 -3.1 (P) -3.1

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 612.7 616.4 615.7 615.9 616.0 (P) 614.1

12-month % change
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 0.5 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.8 (P) 0.5

Education & Health Services (3)

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 591.2 590.3 590.9 591.8 592.9 (P) 593.2

12-month % change
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 2.2 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.6 (P) 1.5

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 339.8 338.5 337.8 337.9 336.0 (P) 336.1

12-month % change
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 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 -1.1 (P) -1.0

Other Services (3)

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 165.9 166.1 165.8 165.4 165.2 (P) 165.2

12-month % change
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 0.7 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.9 (P) 0.9

Government (3)

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 649.3 648.9 646.6 646.5 646.7 (P) 646.2

12-month % change
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 -0.1 0.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 (P) -0.3

Mass layoffs

Layoff events, all industries (5)

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 60 56 38 17 45 46

Initial claimants, all industries (5)

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 9,512 4,110 3,151 1,663 3,670 5,665

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) See About the data.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: January 06, 2009

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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