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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > New Jersey > Ocean City

Ocean City

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Average Earnings and Hours in New Jersey - March 2013 Pay News Release May 2014
Occupational Employment and Wages in Ocean City — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Ocean City, NJ Economy at a Glance:
Ocean City, NJ
Data Series Back
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2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 48.9 57.2 61.0 (p)59.9    

Employment(1)

 45.9 54.4 58.2 (p)57.2    

Unemployment(1)

 3.0 2.8 2.8 (p)2.8    

Unemployment Rate(2)

 6.1 4.9 4.5 (p)4.7    

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 45.3 55.8 60.2 (p)59.3    

12-month % change

 4.9 4.7 3.4 (p)4.6    

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 7.3 8.9 9.8 (p)9.6    

12-month % change

 -7.6 -5.3 -3.9 (p)-4.0    

Education and Health Services(3)

 4.9 4.9 4.9 (p)4.9    

12-month % change

 6.5 4.3 4.3 (p)4.3    

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 14.5 21.9 25.9 (p)25.1    

12-month % change

 14.2 11.2 9.7 (p)10.6    

Government(3)

 8.0 8.9 8.0 (p)8.0    

12-month % change

 3.9 6.0 1.3 (p)2.6    

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