Gloucester County, NJ monthly unemployment update
compiled statistics about the unemployment rate in Gloucester County using data from the . County and metro unemployment rates are as of April 2023.
Gloucester County had a 2.9% unemployment rate in April 2023, marking a 0.8 percentage point decrease from a month ago. New Jersey reported a 3.6% unemployment rate in May, which is the 17th highest in the country. The national unemployment rate last month rose to 3.7% but is still 0.1 percentage points higher than last year.
The unemployment rate in the Philadelphia, PA metropolitan area was 2.9%. Philadelphia has the 417th lowest unemployment out of 887 metro and micro areas surveyed in the country.
Counties with the highest unemployment rate in New Jersey
#1. Cape May County: 6.6%
#2. Cumberland County: 4.5%
#3. Atlantic County: 4.1%
#4. Essex County: 3.8%
#4. Passaic County: 3.8%
Counties with the lowest unemployment rate in New Jersey
#1. Hunterdon County: 2.4%
#2. Morris County: 2.5%
#3. Bergen County: 2.6%
#3. Mercer County: 2.6%
#3. Somerset County: 2.6%
