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Ocean City, New Jersey Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Ocean City fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2023 to 6.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.5 percentage points higher than the New Jersey rate. The unemployment rate in Ocean City peaked in May 2020 at 24.5% and is now 18.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Ocean City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.2
New Jersey 3.5% 0.0 -0.4
Ocean City 6.0% -0.1 -0.8
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2023 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Ocean City, New Jersey, National

Ocean City, New Jersey monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Ocean City, New Jersey Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Ocean City peaked in May 2020 at 10,573. There are now 7,657 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,886 in November 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 30. Ocean City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Ocean City, New Jersey) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Ocean City 2,916 -6 -271

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
2023
3.7%
April
2023
3.4% 3.5% 6.0% 2,916
March
2023
3.5% 3.5% 6.1% 2,922
February
2023
3.6% 3.5% 6.1% 2,905
January
2023
3.4% 3.4% 6.1% 2,887
December
2022
3.5% 3.3% 6.1% 2,892
November
2022
3.6% 3.3% 6.1% 2,886
October
2022
3.7% 3.3% 6.1% 2,887
September
2022
3.5% 3.2% 6.1% 2,914
August
2022
3.7% 3.0% 6.2% 2,951
July
2022
3.5% 3.2% 6.3% 2,994
June
2022
3.6% 3.4% 6.5% 3,044

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.