Ocean City, New Jersey Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Ocean City fell 0.2 percentage points in July 2019 to 6.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 3.4 percentage points higher than the New Jersey rate. The unemployment rate in Ocean City peaked in October 2012 at 15.6% and is now 8.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Ocean City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.2
New Jersey	3.3%	-0.2	-0.7
Ocean City	6.7%	-0.2	-1.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2019 data as August 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 October 2012 at 7,777. There are now 4,607 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	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Ocean City	3,170	-60	-660

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
September 2019	3.5%	—	—	—
August 2019	3.7%	3.2%	—	—
July 2019	3.7%	3.3%	6.7%	3,170
June 2019	3.7%	3.5%	6.9%	3,230
May 2019	3.6%	3.8%	7.1%	3,330
April 2019	3.6%	3.9%	7.4%	3,423
March 2019	3.8%	4.1%	7.6%	3,524
February 2019	3.8%	4.0%	7.7%	3,563
January 2019	4.0%	4.0%	7.8%	3,595
December 2018	3.9%	3.9%	7.9%	3,614
November 2018	3.7%	3.9%	7.9%	3,605
October 2018	3.8%	3.9%	7.9%	3,610