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  2. In 2023, New Jersey saw the highest increase in unemployment ...

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    The Garden State’s unemployment rate went from 3.3 to 4.7, meaning that the number of people in the state that don’t have a job and are looking for one is 4.7% of the state’s labor force.

  3. New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

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    The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The New Jersey Civil Service Commission is an independent body within the New Jersey state government under the auspices of the department. Initially constituted in the late-1940s, pursuant to P.L. 1948, c.446, as the ...

  4. Why unemployment rising in states like California and New ...

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    In California, for instance, the state unemployment rate hit 5.3% in February, up 0.8% from a year ago and the highest in the nation. New Jersey's unemployment rate hit 4.8% in February, also up 0.8%.

  5. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1931, governors from New York, Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut organized an interstate commission on unemployment insurance. In 1932, Wisconsin passed the first public unemployment insurance program in the United States, offering 50% wage compensation for a maximum of 10 weeks, funded through a payroll tax ...

  6. Unemployment claims in New Jersey declined last week - AOL

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    Initial filings for unemployment benefits in New Jersey dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...

  7. List of U.S. states and territories by median wage and mean ...

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    The second table contains a list of U.S. states and territories by annual mean wage. Average wage in the United States was $69,392 in 2020. [1] Median income per person in the U.S. was $42,800 in 2019. [2] The average is higher than the median because there are a small number of individuals with very high earnings, and a large number of ...

  8. Employee compensation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Wages adjusted for inflation in the US from 1964 to 2004 Unemployment compared to wages. Wage data (e.g. median wages) for different occupations in the US can be found from the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, broken down into subgroups (e.g. marketing managers, financial managers, etc.) by state, metropolitan areas, and gender.

  9. South Jersey unemployment numbers cool, earnings freeze as ...

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