Ocean City, New Jersey Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Ocean City fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2018 to 9.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 4.5 percentage points higher than the New Jersey rate. The unemployment rate in Ocean City peaked in June 2012 at 15.6% and is now 6.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 9.0% in March 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Ocean City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.9%	-0.2	-0.5
New Jersey	4.5%	-0.1	0.0
Ocean City	9.0%	-0.1	-0.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with April 2018 data as May 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 3,462 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,235 in March 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 85. Ocean City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Ocean City, New Jersey) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Ocean City	4,320	-39	+79

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
May 2018	3.8%	4.4%	—	—
April 2018	3.9%	4.5%	9.0%	4,320
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
November 2017	4.1%	4.7%	9.3%	4,422
October 2017	4.1%	4.7%	9.3%	4,384
September 2017	4.2%	4.7%	9.2%	4,364
August 2017	4.4%	4.7%	9.2%	4,349
July 2017	4.3%	4.6%	9.2%	4,321
June 2017	4.3%	4.6%	9.1%	4,293