New Jersey Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, New Jersey's not seasonally adjusted arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment was 53,200; this means that New Jersey lost 1,000 jobs in the arts, entertainment, and recreation industry in the month of February 2023. You can see the seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows New Jersey's not seasonally adjusted historical arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2007 to February 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of New Jersey's industries and links for many more of New Jersey's industries at this link.

New Jersey Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
New Jersey Number of Jobs Added to the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
New Jersey Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 39700
February 2007 40100 400
March 2007 43000 2900
April 2007 48800 5800
May 2007 53600 4800
June 2007 62100 8500
July 2007 68900 6800
August 2007 67500 -1400
September 2007 54500 -13000
October 2007 50600 -3900
November 2007 47800 -2800
December 2007 46700 -1100
January 2008 43200 -3500
February 2008 43100 -100
March 2008 46200 3100
April 2008 52100 5900
May 2008 56800 4700
June 2008 64500 7700
July 2008 69800 5300
August 2008 68200 -1600
September 2008 55800 -12400
October 2008 51100 -4700
November 2008 46700 -4400
December 2008 45800 -900
January 2009 41100 -4700
February 2009 41500 400
March 2009 43800 2300
April 2009 50300 6500
May 2009 56600 6300
June 2009 63400 6800
July 2009 69300 5900
August 2009 68500 -800
September 2009 57800 -10700
October 2009 50000 -7800
November 2009 46500 -3500
December 2009 45800 -700
January 2010 40300 -5500
February 2010 40200 -100
March 2010 43500 3300
April 2010 51200 7700
May 2010 55900 4700
June 2010 63600 7700
July 2010 69500 5900
August 2010 68400 -1100
September 2010 57900 -10500
October 2010 50200 -7700
November 2010 46700 -3500
December 2010 45900 -800
January 2011 41100 -4800
February 2011 41500 400
March 2011 44300 2800
April 2011 50800 6500
May 2011 56000 5200
June 2011 64500 8500
July 2011 70900 6400
August 2011 69400 -1500
September 2011 57600 -11800
October 2011 51200 -6400
November 2011 47500 -3700
December 2011 46100 -1400
January 2012 42900 -3200
February 2012 43900 1000
March 2012 46000 2100
April 2012 52900 6900
May 2012 57700 4800
June 2012 68500 10800
July 2012 73700 5200
August 2012 72500 -1200
September 2012 60100 -12400
October 2012 53600 -6500
November 2012 48200 -5400
December 2012 47400 -800
January 2013 43800 -3600
February 2013 44100 300
March 2013 47600 3500
April 2013 53200 5600
May 2013 58900 5700
June 2013 69300 10400
July 2013 75300 6000
August 2013 73700 -1600
September 2013 62000 -11700
October 2013 55400 -6600
November 2013 51000 -4400
December 2013 50300 -700
January 2014 45400 -4900
February 2014 45400 0
March 2014 48800 3400
April 2014 55800 7000
May 2014 62500 6700
June 2014 71800 9300
July 2014 77700 5900
August 2014 76500 -1200
September 2014 64400 -12100
October 2014 57700 -6700
November 2014 52800 -4900
December 2014 51600 -1200
January 2015 47400 -4200
February 2015 47600 200
March 2015 50000 2400
April 2015 57200 7200
May 2015 65100 7900
June 2015 74000 8900
July 2015 81400 7400
August 2015 80300 -1100
September 2015 68900 -11400
October 2015 60600 -8300
November 2015 56400 -4200
December 2015 56200 -200
January 2016 48900 -7300
February 2016 49600 700
March 2016 53700 4100
April 2016 59700 6000
May 2016 66600 6900
June 2016 78100 11500
July 2016 85000 6900
August 2016 83900 -1100
September 2016 69400 -14500
October 2016 61800 -7600
November 2016 58300 -3500
December 2016 56900 -1400
January 2017 51100 -5800
February 2017 51400 300
March 2017 53400 2000
April 2017 61300 7900
May 2017 69000 7700
June 2017 81100 12100
July 2017 88400 7300
August 2017 87000 -1400
September 2017 69600 -17400
October 2017 64600 -5000
November 2017 59300 -5300
December 2017 58900 -400
January 2018 52800 -6100
February 2018 52800 0
March 2018 56300 3500
April 2018 62800 6500
May 2018 70500 7700
June 2018 81900 11400
July 2018 90300 8400
August 2018 89500 -800
September 2018 73300 -16200
October 2018 66700 -6600
November 2018 62300 -4400
December 2018 61200 -1100
January 2019 54900 -6300
February 2019 54800 -100
March 2019 57800 3000
April 2019 63600 5800
May 2019 71800 8200
June 2019 83600 11800
July 2019 92600 9000
August 2019 90900 -1700
September 2019 74000 -16900
October 2019 67600 -6400
November 2019 63800 -3800
December 2019 63600 -200
January 2020 57200 -6400
February 2020 57200 0
March 2020 57700 500
April 2020 24200 -33500
May 2020 26600 2400
June 2020 32900 6300
July 2020 48000 15100
August 2020 51500 3500
September 2020 50900 -600
October 2020 47300 -3600
November 2020 44900 -2400
December 2020 43700 -1200
January 2021 38100 -5600
February 2021 38400 300
March 2021 42100 3700
April 2021 48500 6400
May 2021 54600 6100
June 2021 65500 10900
July 2021 79000 13500
August 2021 77600 -1400
September 2021 66300 -11300
October 2021 58300 -8000
November 2021 56800 -1500
December 2021 56500 -300
January 2022 48800 -7700
February 2022 50200 1400
March 2022 53500 3300
April 2022 59000 5500
May 2022 65000 6000
June 2022 78100 13100
July 2022 89200 11100
August 2022 88600 -600
September 2022 70000 -18600
October 2022 63000 -7000
November 2022 58700 -4300
December 2022 55500 -3200
January 2023 54200 -1300
February 2023 53200 -1000