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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > New Jersey > Camden, NJ

Camden, NJ

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Camden, NJ, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2023
Camden, NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Nov 2023
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Consumer Expenditures in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — 2020-21 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2022
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2022
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2023
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2022
Average Earnings and Hours in New Jersey - March 2013 Pay News Release May 2014
Occupational Employment and Wages in Camden — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages for Emergency Responders in Selected Metropolitan Areas in New York and New Jersey – May 2014 Employment, Pay News Release Jan 2023
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2023
Camden, NJ Economy at a Glance:
Camden, NJ
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 698.0 703.5 705.2 (p)700.1    

Employment(1)

 671.4 672.1 671.8 (p)664.9    

Unemployment(1)

 26.6 31.4 33.4 (p)35.2    

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.8 4.5 4.7 (p)5.0    

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 576.6 584.3 577.9 (p)577.4    

12-month % change

 2.3 2.8 2.8 (p)2.7    

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 23.4 23.6 25.0 (p)25.0    

12-month % change

 -2.1 -2.1 2.0 (p)1.2    

Manufacturing(3)

 40.8 40.8 41.4 (p)41.7    

12-month % change

 1.7 0.2 2.0 (p)3.5    

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 136.2 138.5 137.4 (p)137.8    

12-month % change

 -0.1 0.8 0.4 (p)0.8    

Information(3)

 5.9 6.0 6.0 (p)5.9    

12-month % change

 -4.8 1.7 0.0 (p)-1.7    

Financial Activities(3)

 28.9 29.2 29.2 (p)29.1    

12-month % change

 -3.7 -2.3 -2.3 (p)-2.3    

Professional and Business Services(3)

 81.9 82.7 81.9 (p)81.7    

12-month % change

 0.7 1.7 1.4 (p)2.3    

Education and Health Services(3)

 109.3 109.8 110.5 (p)110.2    

12-month % change

 6.3 6.8 7.7 (p)6.6    

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 54.2 57.2 57.3 (p)56.8    

12-month % change

 11.5 11.3 8.7 (p)8.4    

Other Services(3)

 21.2 21.6 21.4 (p)21.3    

12-month % change

 1.9 2.4 2.4 (p)2.4    

Government(3)

 74.8 74.9 67.8 (p)67.9    

12-month % change

 1.8 1.5 0.9 (p)-0.1    

Consumer Price Index: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

CPI-U, All items(4)

   303.446   305.742   306.276

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     3.1   3.9   3.5

CPI-W, All items(5)

   303.902   307.465   307.523

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     2.8   4.0   3.4

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary