Ocean City, New Jersey Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Ocean City fell 0.2 percentage points in March 2012 to 11.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.7 percentage points higher than the New Jersey rate. The unemployment rate in Ocean City peaked in August 2011 at 13.0% and is now 1.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Ocean City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
New Jersey	9.0%	0.0	-0.3
Ocean City	11.7%	-0.2	+0.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Ocean City, New Jersey, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Ocean City, New Jersey Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Ocean City peaked in September 2011 at 7,621. There are now 543 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Ocean City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Ocean City, New Jersey) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Ocean City	7,078	-64	+528

Number of Unemployed Persons

Ocean City, New Jersey Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	New Jersey Unemployment Rate	Ocean City Unemployment Rate	Ocean City Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	9.1%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	9.0%	11.7%	7,078
February 2012	8.3%	9.0%	11.9%	7,142
January 2012	8.3%	9.0%	12.2%	7,280
December 2011	8.5%	9.1%	12.6%	7,425
November 2011	8.7%	9.2%	12.7%	7,486
October 2011	8.9%	9.3%	12.9%	7,575
September 2011	9.0%	9.4%	13.0%	7,621
August 2011	9.1%	9.4%	13.0%	7,608
July 2011	9.1%	9.4%	12.9%	7,532
June 2011	9.1%	9.4%	12.6%	7,350
May 2011	9.0%	9.3%	12.0%	7,017
April 2011	9.0%	9.3%	11.4%	6,685