A summary is below. More details are available on our State Employment Page.

March 12, 2018

Summary

• New Jersey added 13,000 jobs and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.7 percent in January according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data.

• Over the past twelve months, New Jersey added 50,700 jobs and the unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point from 4.6 percent.

• In January, New Jersey's private sector added 11,100 jobs and over the past twelve months, it created 48,900 jobs.

• The number of unemployed New Jerseyans fell by 1,914 in January, and over the past year 18,002 New Jerseyans lost jobs.

• New Jersey’s labor force participation rate decreased to 62.8 percent from 62.9 percent in January.  Since last year, the labor force participation rate fell 0.5 percentage point.

• The national unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent in February.  State employment and unemployment data for February is scheduled for release on March 22, 2018.  The national employment situation report for March will be released on Friday, April 6, 2018.