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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New York–New Jersey > Pennsylvania, New Jersey > Newark, NJ-PA

Newark, NJ-PA

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Newark, NJ-PA, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2019
New York-New Jersey - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New York-New Jersey Consumer price indexes Table May 2023
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table May 2023
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1967 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table May 2023
New York-New Jersey Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Unemployment in the New York Area by County – July 2018 Unemployment News Release Sep 2018
New York Area Employment – July 2018 Employment News Release Aug 2018
Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area — September 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2019
Average Energy Prices, New York-Newark-Jersey City–August 2019 Average energy prices News Release Sep 2019
Average Earnings and Hours in New Jersey - March 2013 Pay News Release May 2014
Occupational Employment and Wages in Newark — May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Emergency Responders in Selected Metropolitan Areas in New York and New Jersey – May 2014 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2015
Newark, NJ-PA Economy at a Glance:
Newark, NJ-PA
Data Series Back
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2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,297.7 1,289.0 (p)1,289.3 (p)1,317.3    

Employment(1)

 1,258.9 1,249.7 (p)1,248.6 (p)1,264.0    

Unemployment(1)

 38.8 39.2 (p)40.7 (p)53.3    

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.0 3.0 (p)3.2 (p)4.0    

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,236.0 1,241.6 (p)1,240.9      

12-month % change

 3.4 3.1 (p)2.6      

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 49.5 49.6 (p)48.8      

12-month % change

 -1.2 -1.6 (p)-2.2      

Manufacturing(3)

 75.7 75.6 (p)76.4      

12-month % change

 1.5 0.5 (p)0.4      

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 247.6 250.8 (p)253.7      

12-month % change

 4.3 4.2 (p)3.8      

Information(3)

 22.8 22.7 (p)22.6      

12-month % change

 -0.4 0.4 (p)-1.3      

Financial Activities(3)

 77.0 77.6 (p)77.3      

12-month % change

 0.8 2.0 (p)0.9      

Professional and Business Services(3)

 249.9 250.2 (p)244.6      

12-month % change

 1.7 1.3 (p)-1.6      

Education and Health Services(3)

 196.8 197.6 (p)199.6      

12-month % change

 3.7 3.8 (p)5.7      

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 98.1 96.9 (p)96.1      

12-month % change

 14.5 11.0 (p)8.8      

Other Services(3)

 52.1 53.1 (p)53.9      

12-month % change

 12.0 11.3 (p)11.1      

Government(3)

 166.5 167.5 (p)167.9      

12-month % change

 0.4 0.5 (p)1.3      

Consumer Price Index: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

CPI-U, All items(4)

 314.338 314.975 315.656 318.151 319.295 319.038

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

   6.0 5.9 6.3 6.0 6.0 4.6

CPI-W, All items(5)

 308.763 309.647 309.872 312.206 313.326  

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

   5.8 5.7 5.9 5.4 5.5  

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