NJ Unemployment Rate Increases to 4.8%
January 19, 2024
January 19, 2024
TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 19 -- The New Jersey Business and Industry Association issued the following news:
Despite an acceleration in hiring, New Jersey's unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage point to 4.8% in December, finishing out the year 1.5 percentage points higher than the jobless rate was at the end of 2022, state labor officials said Thursday.
The labor force participation rate measuring the percentage of working-age people in New Jersey who have jobs or are . . .
Despite an acceleration in hiring, New Jersey's unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage point to 4.8% in December, finishing out the year 1.5 percentage points higher than the jobless rate was at the end of 2022, state labor officials said Thursday.
The labor force participation rate measuring the percentage of working-age people in New Jersey who have jobs or are . . .