Ocean City, New Jersey Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Ocean City fell 0.6 percentage points in October 2018 to 7.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 3.8 percentage points higher than the New Jersey rate. The unemployment rate in Ocean City peaked in June 2012 at 15.6% and is now 7.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Ocean 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
Ocean City	7.9%	-0.6	-1.4

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: 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 December 2012 at 7,782. There are now 4,023 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	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Ocean City	3,759	-211	-625

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
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	4.1%	7.9%	3,759
September 2018	3.7%	4.2%	8.5%	3,970
August 2018	3.9%	4.2%	8.6%	4,026
July 2018	3.9%	4.2%	8.7%	4,069
June 2018	4.0%	4.3%	8.7%	4,088
May 2018	3.8%	4.4%	8.3%	3,999
April 2018	3.9%	4.5%	9.0%	4,319
March 2018	4.1%	4.6%	9.1%	4,359
February 2018	4.1%	4.6%	9.0%	4,295
January 2018	4.1%	4.7%	9.0%	4,289
December 2017	4.1%	4.7%	9.4%	4,450