BLS LAUS · August 2026 preliminary · not seasonally adjusted
New Jersey Unemployment Rate by County
New Jersey statewide was 4.7% in August 2026, against 5.8% in August 2025; the United States was 4.3% on the same basis. The 21 counties and equivalents below are listed alphabetically, each with its August 2026 rate and the change from August 2025. They are not ranked: county estimates carry model error BLS does not publish, so an order would compare noise.
21 areas · rate August 2026 · change from August 2025
- Atlantic County5.4% · −1.1 pts
- Bergen County4.0% · −0.9 pts
- Burlington County4.4% · −1.2 pts
- Camden County5.2% · −1.3 pts
- Cape May County5.5% · −1.1 pts
- Cumberland County7.4% · −1.7 pts
- Essex County5.7% · −1.5 pts
- Gloucester County4.6% · −1.2 pts
- Hudson County4.3% · −1.1 pts
- Hunterdon County3.7% · −0.9 pts
- Mercer County4.9% · −1.1 pts
- Middlesex County4.8% · −1.1 pts
- Monmouth County4.2% · −0.9 pts
- Morris County3.9% · −1.0 pts
- Ocean County4.6% · −1.0 pts
- Passaic County5.5% · −1.3 pts
- Salem County6.1% · −1.4 pts
- Somerset County4.1% · −0.9 pts
- Sussex County4.3% · −1.1 pts
- Union County5.0% · −1.3 pts
- Warren County4.6% · −1.0 pts