Ocean City, New Jersey Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Ocean City fell 0.2 percentage points in May 2020 to 24.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 9.2 percentage points higher than the New Jersey rate. The unemployment rate in Ocean City peaked in April 2020 at 24.8% and is now 0.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Ocean City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
New Jersey	15.4%	-0.9	+12.1
Ocean City	24.6%	-0.2	+17.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June 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 April 2020 at 11,451. There are now 765 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	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Ocean City	10,686	-765	+7,494

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
July 2020	10.2%	—	—	—
June 2020	11.1%	16.6%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	15.4%	24.6%	10,686
April 2020	14.7%	16.3%	24.8%	11,451
March 2020	4.4%	3.7%	7.3%	3,412
February 2020	3.5%	3.8%	7.3%	3,429
January 2020	3.6%	3.8%	7.4%	3,439
December 2019	3.5%	3.7%	7.4%	3,475
November 2019	3.5%	3.7%	7.4%	3,446
October 2019	3.6%	3.7%	7.3%	3,410
September 2019	3.5%	3.6%	7.3%	3,370
August 2019	3.7%	3.5%	7.2%	3,325