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Business Report: NJ's unemployment rate is 3.9%

NJ’s labor market has made up most of the jobs lost due to the pandemic

Aired 06/16/2022

NJ Spotlight News

Business Report: NJ's unemployment rate is 3.9%

Clip: 6/16/2022 | 3m 21sVideo has Closed Captions

NJ’s labor market has made up most of the jobs lost due to the pandemic

New Jersey’s economy is still churning out jobs. New federal estimates released by the state Department of Labor & Workforce Development show New Jersey’s unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in May. New Jersey’s labor market has nearly been made whole since the terrible job losses during the height of the pandemic in 2020; the state has recovered 96% of all the jobs lost due to COVID-19.

Aired 06/16/2022

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