New Jersey Payrolls for the Retail Trade 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 retail trade payroll employment was 433,900; this means that New Jersey lost 4,400 jobs in the retail trade 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 retail trade 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 Retail Trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
New Jersey Number of Jobs Added to the Retail Trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
New Jersey Payrolls for the Retail Trade Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 464000
February 2007 451900 -12100
March 2007 453500 1600
April 2007 454700 1200
May 2007 462600 7900
June 2007 470100 7500
July 2007 468300 -1800
August 2007 465800 -2500
September 2007 458900 -6900
October 2007 462500 3600
November 2007 478500 16000
December 2007 489100 10600
January 2008 462800 -26300
February 2008 449200 -13600
March 2008 450500 1300
April 2008 448800 -1700
May 2008 454400 5600
June 2008 461600 7200
July 2008 459600 -2000
August 2008 457500 -2100
September 2008 451400 -6100
October 2008 453700 2300
November 2008 461600 7900
December 2008 468700 7100
January 2009 438700 -30000
February 2009 427200 -11500
March 2009 426000 -1200
April 2009 424400 -1600
May 2009 432100 7700
June 2009 438600 6500
July 2009 435900 -2700
August 2009 435100 -800
September 2009 432000 -3100
October 2009 434300 2300
November 2009 446400 12100
December 2009 455600 9200
January 2010 430100 -25500
February 2010 420500 -9600
March 2010 423100 2600
April 2010 426900 3800
May 2010 433500 6600
June 2010 441300 7800
July 2010 440000 -1300
August 2010 440700 700
September 2010 433900 -6800
October 2010 439700 5800
November 2010 451000 11300
December 2010 461300 10300
January 2011 435100 -26200
February 2011 427100 -8000
March 2011 428000 900
April 2011 431200 3200
May 2011 435000 3800
June 2011 442600 7600
July 2011 441500 -1100
August 2011 441800 300
September 2011 436800 -5000
October 2011 440000 3200
November 2011 454400 14400
December 2011 463400 9000
January 2012 440500 -22900
February 2012 430200 -10300
March 2012 433000 2800
April 2012 432500 -500
May 2012 440200 7700
June 2012 447500 7300
July 2012 443900 -3600
August 2012 443400 -500
September 2012 438800 -4600
October 2012 442200 3400
November 2012 456500 14300
December 2012 464400 7900
January 2013 438900 -25500
February 2013 430600 -8300
March 2013 432700 2100
April 2013 435100 2400
May 2013 441900 6800
June 2013 451200 9300
July 2013 450600 -600
August 2013 451200 600
September 2013 445800 -5400
October 2013 449500 3700
November 2013 465600 16100
December 2013 472600 7000
January 2014 445700 -26900
February 2014 437200 -8500
March 2014 440400 3200
April 2014 443800 3400
May 2014 450400 6600
June 2014 458000 7600
July 2014 458100 100
August 2014 458100 0
September 2014 451700 -6400
October 2014 455400 3700
November 2014 469900 14500
December 2014 479100 9200
January 2015 451500 -27600
February 2015 443300 -8200
March 2015 445500 2200
April 2015 448800 3300
May 2015 456900 8100
June 2015 465400 8500
July 2015 463100 -2300
August 2015 463900 800
September 2015 458400 -5500
October 2015 461600 3200
November 2015 475500 13900
December 2015 479200 3700
January 2016 453600 -25600
February 2016 446200 -7400
March 2016 448200 2000
April 2016 451300 3100
May 2016 456600 5300
June 2016 462500 5900
July 2016 462400 -100
August 2016 463000 600
September 2016 456700 -6300
October 2016 459400 2700
November 2016 473200 13800
December 2016 480200 7000
January 2017 456200 -24000
February 2017 447700 -8500
March 2017 447800 100
April 2017 449900 2100
May 2017 454900 5000
June 2017 462900 8000
July 2017 461800 -1100
August 2017 461500 -300
September 2017 454800 -6700
October 2017 457000 2200
November 2017 472900 15900
December 2017 476000 3100
January 2018 453700 -22300
February 2018 446000 -7700
March 2018 445600 -400
April 2018 445900 300
May 2018 452400 6500
June 2018 457800 5400
July 2018 455100 -2700
August 2018 453500 -1600
September 2018 447200 -6300
October 2018 447900 700
November 2018 463600 15700
December 2018 467400 3800
January 2019 447800 -19600
February 2019 438200 -9600
March 2019 440300 2100
April 2019 439200 -1100
May 2019 442800 3600
June 2019 449800 7000
July 2019 449200 -600
August 2019 447800 -1400
September 2019 440800 -7000
October 2019 442000 1200
November 2019 457400 15400
December 2019 461700 4300
January 2020 442500 -19200
February 2020 435400 -7100
March 2020 435700 300
April 2020 332200 -103500
May 2020 340300 8100
June 2020 373400 33100
July 2020 403800 30400
August 2020 409500 5700
September 2020 410900 1400
October 2020 422000 11100
November 2020 431500 9500
December 2020 437700 6200
January 2021 419900 -17800
February 2021 413000 -6900
March 2021 415100 2100
April 2021 416100 1000
May 2021 422300 6200
June 2021 429900 7600
July 2021 430700 800
August 2021 428900 -1800
September 2021 419700 -9200
October 2021 427200 7500
November 2021 437600 10400
December 2021 446700 9100
January 2022 427800 -18900
February 2022 425800 -2000
March 2022 426500 700
April 2022 429300 2800
May 2022 432800 3500
June 2022 439300 6500
July 2022 440900 1600
August 2022 441000 100
September 2022 432600 -8400
October 2022 436800 4200
November 2022 447000 10200
December 2022 452600 5600
January 2023 438300 -14300
February 2023 433900 -4400