TRENTON – Preliminary estimates produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that New Jersey’s labor market remains steady in June. Nonfarm employment in New Jersey increased by 600 jobs to reach a seasonally adjusted level of 4,338,300. The gains were all in the private sector. The state’s unemployment rate increased to 3.7 percent, though the state’s labor market as a whole continued its solid growth with the labor force participation rate climbing to 65.4 percent, its highest reading since March 2013. The employment population ratio also reached 63.0 percent, the highest since September 2008.
May employment estimates were revised upward by 1,900 to show an April to May gain of 11,700 jobs. Preliminary estimates had shown a gain of 9,800. The May unemployment rate was unchanged after revisions, remaining at 3.6 percent.
In June, four out of nine major private industry sectors recorded job growth, including education and health services (+2,000), leisure and hospitality (+1,700), information (+400) and other services (+200). Sectors that recorded a loss include professional and business services (-1,600), financial activities (-700), manufacturing (-600), trade, transportation, and utilities (-500), and construction (-300). The public sector recorded no net change in total employment for the month.
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