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

Trenton-Princeton, NJ

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Trenton Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2023
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2025
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1967 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Trenton — May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area — December 2022 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2023
Average Earnings and Hours in New Jersey - March 2013 Pay News Release May 2014
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
Trenton-Princeton, NJ Economy at a Glance:
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2024		 Oct
2024		 Nov
2024		 Dec
2024		 Jan
2025		 Feb
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (m)221.1 (m)222.8 (m)222.2 (m)222.4 197.8 (p)200.0

Employment(1)

 (m)212.9 (m)214.5 (m)213.8 (m)214.3 188.4 (p)190.5

Unemployment(1)

 (m)8.2 (m)8.3 (m)8.4 (m)8.1 9.4 (p)9.6

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (m)3.7 (m)3.7 (m)3.8 (m)3.7 4.8 (p)4.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 293.5 295.1 296.3 298.0 (p)291.6  

12-month % change

 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.8 (p)1.2  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.0 (p)5.8  

12-month % change

 -1.6 -1.6 0.0 -1.6 (p)0.0  

Manufacturing(3)

 10.3 10.4 10.3 10.3 (p)10.3  

12-month % change

 -3.7 -1.9 -2.8 -1.0 (p)0.0  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 39.2 39.7 40.7 41.2 (p)39.1  

12-month % change

 -3.4 -2.9 -2.4 -1.9 (p)-2.3  

Information(3)

 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.4 (p)4.2  

12-month % change

 -10.2 -2.2 -4.4 -10.2 (p)-10.6  

Financial Activities(3)

 20.1 20.1 20.1 20.2 (p)20.0  

12-month % change

 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 (p)-1.5  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 53.7 53.2 53.0 53.8 (p)52.7  

12-month % change

 2.1 0.9 -0.2 0.2 (p)0.4  

Education and Health Services(3)

 52.3 53.1 53.9 54.0 (p)52.9  

12-month % change

 2.3 3.5 4.5 4.2 (p)2.9  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 15.1 14.7 14.4 14.3 (p)13.7  

12-month % change

 -1.9 -3.3 -4.6 -6.5 (p)-4.2  

Other Services(3)

 9.0 9.2 9.2 9.3 (p)9.2  

12-month % change

 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 -1.1 (p)4.5  

Government(3)

 83.3 84.2 84.3 84.5 (p)83.7  

12-month % change

 3.6 4.1 3.8 3.7 (p)4.5  

Consumer Price Index: Northeast

CPI-U, All items(4)

 327.156         332.009

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

   3.4         3.9

CPI-W, All items(5)

 325.038 325.094 324.911 324.892 327.580 329.432

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

   3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.9

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.
(m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(p) Preliminary