Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Atlantic City fell 0.4 percentage points in October 2018 to 5.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points higher than the New Jersey rate. The unemployment rate in Atlantic City peaked in November 2012 at 14.0% and is now 8.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Atlantic City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.4
New Jersey	4.1%	-0.1	-0.6
Atlantic City	5.4%	-0.4	-1.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2018 data as November metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Atlantic City, New Jersey, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Atlantic City, New Jersey Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Atlantic City peaked in November 2012 at 19,927. There are now 13,312 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Atlantic City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Atlantic City, New Jersey) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Atlantic City	6,615	-582	-1,993

Number of Unemployed Persons

Atlantic City, New Jersey Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	New Jersey Unemployment Rate	Atlantic City Unemployment Rate	Atlantic City Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	4.1%	5.4%	6,615
September 2018	3.7%	4.2%	5.8%	7,197
August 2018	3.9%	4.2%	6.0%	7,433
July 2018	3.9%	4.2%	6.0%	7,315
June 2018	4.0%	4.3%	6.0%	7,124
May 2018	3.8%	4.4%	5.8%	6,841
April 2018	3.9%	4.5%	6.3%	7,658
March 2018	4.1%	4.6%	6.4%	7,799
February 2018	4.1%	4.6%	6.4%	7,762
January 2018	4.1%	4.7%	6.5%	7,937
December 2017	4.1%	4.7%	6.8%	8,362