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The Northeast > New Jersey > Labor

NEW JERSEYAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Employment Ratio 70.5 [24th of 51]
Mean Travel Time to Work 29.4 [3rd of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Percent of Workers Who Traveled to Work by Carpool 8.5 % [45th of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Textile product mills > Production workers (average per year) 282 [31st of 32]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Textile product mills > Production workers hours 6,053,000 [12th of 32]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Total Manufacturing > Number of employees 308,566 [15th of 51]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Total Manufacturing > Production workers (average per year) 201,419 [15th of 51]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Total Manufacturing > Production workers hours 417,001,000 [16th of 51]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Transportation equipment manufacturing > Number of employees 6,542 [34th of 46]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Transportation equipment manufacturing > Production workers (average per year) 4,947 [32nd of 46]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Transportation equipment manufacturing > Production workers hours 106,000 [46th of 46]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Unemployment > Rate 4.1% [30th of 50]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Unemployment Rate > 2004 4.8 [35th of 51]
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate
Unemployment Rate > January, 2006 4.5 [28th of 51]
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate
Union affiliation > Percent Represented by Unions 21.7 [5th of 50]
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate
Union affiliation > Percent Union Members 20.5 [5th of 50]
Source: Wikipedia: Union affiliation by U.S. state
US minimum wages > State > Level $7.15 [16th of 50]
Source: Wikipedia: Union affiliation by U.S. state
Wood product manufacturing > Number of employees 3,942 [30th of 45]
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. minimum wages
Wood product manufacturing > Production workers (average per year) 2,826 [32nd of 45]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Wood product manufacturing > Production workers hours 5,862,000 [31st of 45]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004

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SOURCES: American Community Survey 2004 ; Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004 ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate ; Wikipedia: Union affiliation by U.S. state; Wikipedia: List of U.S. minimum wages

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