Regional Employment Rises over the YearThe Southern Region’s not seasonally adjusted level of nonfarm payroll employment

totaled an estimated 771,600 in December 2016, up by 15,100 jobs or 2.0 percent, from the same month one year ago. In comparison, New Jersey employers added 47,900 positions (+1.2%) to their payrolls over the same time period.

Across the southern region of New Jersey, the most significant employment advanc-es occurred in the following sectors: trade, transportation and utilities (TTU, +7,400 or +4.5%); educational and health services (+3,700 or +2.9%); financial activities (+2,100 or +6.2%); government (+1,400 or +1.1%) and manufacturing (+1,000 or +2.1%). Con-struction (+0.3%) and other services (+0.4%) each added 100 jobs while professional and business services remained unchanged since December 2015.

The information (-400 or -4.7%) and leisure and hospitality (-300 or -0.3%) sectors experienced minor job contraction within the region.

At the statewide level, the job growth leaders over the year were educational and health services (+19,700 or +2.9%), trade, transportation and utilities (+14,800 or +1.7%) and professional and business services (+11,100 or +1.7%). Financial activities (+3,400 or +1.4%) and leisure and hospitality (+2,700 or +0.8%) also added jobs dur-ing the period but at a lesser pace. Jobholding contracted in the government (-1,500 or -0.2%), information (-1,500 or -2.0%), other services (-500 or -0.3%) and manufacturing (-500 or -0.2%) sectors.Each of the Region’s Labor Areas Posts Gains

Employment levels were up from the same month a year ago in each of the region’s labor areas. The Camden Labor Area (Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties),

which represents the majority of regional jobholding, accounted for a significant amount of the re-gion’s jobs gain, adding 12,900 jobs (+2.4%). The Vineland-Bridgeton Labor Area’s (Cumber-land County, VB) payrolls rose by 1,700 or 2.9 percent while the Atlantic City (Atlantic County) and Ocean City (Cape May County) labor areas experienced smaller gains of 400 (+0.3%) and 100 (+0.3%), respectively.

In the Camden Labor Area, to-tal employment reached 544,700 due to employment gains in TTU (+5,100 or +4.2%), education-al and health services (+3,000 or +3.2%), financial activities

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Data and analysis for the Atlantic City-Hammonton, Camden, Ocean City, and Vineland-Bridgeton labor areas(Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Cape May, and Cumberland counties)

Change in Nonfarm Employment December 2015 - December 2016

(not seasonally adjusted)Region StateNet % Net %

Total Nonfarm Employment 15,100 2.0 47,900 1.2Private Sector 13,700 2.2 49,400 1.4 Construction1 100 0.3 200 0.1 Manufacturing1 1,000 2.1 -500 -0.2 Trade, Trans. & Utilities 7,400 4.5 14,800 1.7 Information1 -400 -4.7 -1,500 -2.0 Financial Activities1 2,100 6.2 3,400 1.4 Prof. & Business Svcs.1 0 0.0 11,100 1.7 Ed. & Health Svcs. 3,700 2.9 19,700 2.9 Leisure & Hospitality -300 -0.3 2,700 0.8 Other Services1 100 0.4 -500 -0.3Government 1,400 1.1 -1,500 -0.2Source: NJLWD, Current Employment Statistics

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1Employment does not include data for Cape May County

Source: NJLWD, Current Employment Statistics

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0.0%

1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

December-to-December Total Employment ChangeNew Jersey and Southern Region

(not seasonally adjusted)

NJ Southern Region

Total Nonfarm Employment (unadjusted December data, employment in thousands)

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016New Jersey 3,905.6 3,952.3 3,991.9 4,039.5 4,093.3 4,141.2Southern Region 736.2 740.8 741.6 743.1 756.5 771.6Atlantic City-Hammonton Labor Area (Atlantic County) 135.4 135.5 135.2 128.8 129.1 129.5Camden Labor Area (Burlington, Camden, Gloucester counties) 508.5 513.1 513.2 520.1 531.8 544.7Ocean City Labor Area (Cape May County) 33.9 34.5 35.3 35.9 36.6 36.7Vineland-Bridgeton Labor Area (Cumberland County) 58.4 57.7 57.9 58.3 59.0 60.7Source: NJLWD, Current Employment Statistics

More detailed data from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program can be found at: http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/employ/ces/ces_index.html

-15.0 -10.0 -5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0

Total NonfarmConstruction

ManufacturingTrade, Transportation & Utilities

InformationFinancial Activities

Professional & Business SvcsEducational & Health Svcs

Leisure & HospitalityOther Services

Government

Percent

Employment Change by Industry, Dec 2015 - Dec 2016Atlantic City Labor Area (not seasonally adjusted)

Source: NJLWD, Current Employment Statistics

-15.0 -10.0 -5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0

Total NonfarmGoods Producing

Trade, Transportation & UtilitiesEducational & Health Svcs

Leisure & HospitalityGovernment

Percent

Employment Change by Industry, Dec 2015 - Dec 2016Ocean City Labor Area (not seasonally adjusted)

Note: A complete breakout of employment data by industry is not produced for the Ocean City Labor Area due to guidelines from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

-15.0 -10.0 -5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0

Total NonfarmConstruction

ManufacturingTrade, Transportation & Utilities

InformationFinancial Activities

Professional & Business SvcsEducational & Health Svcs

Leisure & HospitalityOther Services

Government

Percent

Employment Change by Industry, Dec 2015 - Dec 2016Vineland-Bridgeton Labor Area (not seasonally adjusted)

-15.0 -10.0 -5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0

Total NonfarmConstruction

ManufacturingTrade, Transportation & Utilities

InformationFinancial Activities

Professional & Business SvcsEducational & Health Svcs

Leisure & HospitalityOther Services

Government

Percent

Employment Change by Industry, Dec 2015 - Dec 2016Camden Labor Area (not seasonally adjusted)

(+2,100 or +7.3%) government (+1,400 or +1.7%) and leisure and hospitality (+1,300 or +2.9%). The transportation and warehousing industry subsector (+5,100 or +26.7%) account-ed for nearly all of the gain in TTU. Jobholding in professional and business services (-500 or -0.6%) and information (-300 or -4.2%) was down slightly over the year.

Employment in the VB Labor Area reached 60,700 in December 2016 and TTU was the area’s job growth leader (+1,600 or +12.2%) during the period. Manufacturing (+600 or +7.1%) and leisure and hospitality (+200 or +5.7%) each posted smaller gains. Government was the biggest detractor of area jobs reducing levels by 600 or 4.8 percent.

The Ocean City Labor Area’s employment levels reached 36,700 in December 2016. The area’s good-producing sec-tors (+3.4%), educational and health services (+2.1%), and government (+1.2%) each added 100 jobs. TTU employment was lower by 100 or 1.4 percent.

The Atlantic City Labor Area’s level of employment totaled 129,500 in December 2016 with TTU (+800 or +3.5%), profes-sional and business services (+600 or +6.1%), educational and health services (+500 or +2.5%) and government (+500 or +2.3%) experiencing job gains from the same month a year ago. Jobholding in leisure and hospitality was down by 1,800 or 4.9 percent.

LABOR FORCE DATA

More detailed data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program can be found at:http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/employ/uirate/lfest_index.html

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Unemployment Rates, New Jersey and Southern RegionDecember 2015 - December 2016 (not seasonally adjusted)

NJ Region AC Camden OC Vineland-Bridgeton

Source: NJLWD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

CLAIMANTS BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUPNumber Percent

Management 2,874 6.4Business and financial 1,145 2.6Professional and related 3,950 8.8Services 12,088 27.0Sales and related 3,353 7.5Office and administrative support 5,166 11.5Farming, fishing and forestry 513 1.1Construction and extraction 5,155 11.5Installation, maintenance and repair 1,788 4.0Production 3,363 7.5Transportation and material moving 5,177 11.6Military 199 0.4

CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW JERSEY’S INSURED UNEMPLOYED

SOUTHERN REGION, FOURTH QUARTER 2016Under 25

10.0%

25-3425.2%

35-4419.7%

45-5421.5%

55-6417.2%

65+5.5%

N/A1

0.9%

By Age

Less Than High

School15.8%

High School Graduate

47.4%

Some College Incl.

Associate's Degree23.4%

Bachelor's Degree and

More14.0%

By Educational Level

1N/A: No information provided by claimantSource: NJLWD, Characteristics of U.I. Claimants

• The region’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate improved to 5.1 percent in December 2016 from 5.4 percent in December 2015. In com-parison, the state’s unadjusted unem-ployment rate was lowered from 4.3 percent in December 2015 to 4.1 per-cent in December 2016.

• Among the counties, Burlington had the lowest unemployment rate in the Southern Region (3.6%). The coastal counties of Cape May (11.5%) and Atlantic (7.2%) had the highest unem-ployment rates in the region. As their economies have a substantial tourism base, the unemployment rates tend to be higher in winter months.

• During the fourth quarter of 2016, there were 44,786 residents claiming unemployment insurance benefits in the Southern Region. This represented 27.6 percent of claimants statewide. Regional claims activity was down by 1,780 or 3.8 percent from the same quarter a year ago.

REGIONAL JOB OUTLOOKOCTOBER 2016 - DECEMBER 2016

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development through its agreement with Burning Glass Technologies is able to provide the the following labor market information aggregated from online employer job listings during the quarter. This data provides valuable insight regarding current demand for characteristics such as skills and educational requirements. Note that this data is not meant to represent all available employment opportunities but rather should be viewed in terms of analysis of labor market demand.

JOB LISTINGS BY COUNTYCounty ListingsCamden 8,862Burlington 8,230Gloucester 3,760Atlantic 3,453Cumberland 1,850Cape May 824Salem 680

Graduate or professional degree

9.4%

Associate's degree12.7%

High school or vocational training

41.3%

Bachelor's degree36.7%

Job Listings by Educational Requirement

During the fourth quarter of 2016, Southern Region employers in truck transportation, ambulatory health care services, hospitals, professional, sci-entific and technical services, food services and drinking places, credit inter-mediation and related activities, administrative and support services and gen-eral merchandise stores exhibited the most labor demand based on online job listing activity.

Concentrated in its two most populous counties, Camden and Burlington, employers indicated they were interested in filling positions for registered nurses, retail salespersons, sales representatives for wholesale and manu-facturing, retail sales supervisors, heavy and tractor trailer truck drivers and customer service representatives. Skills that were actively sought by area employers included customer service, sales, scheduling, supervisory skills, customer contact, budgeting, and proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.

INDUSTRIES WITH THE MOST JOB LISTINGSIndustry ListingsTruck Transportation 1,850Ambulatory Health Care Services 1,379Hospitals 1,378Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 1,197Food Services and Drinking Places 1,048Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 978Administrative and Support Services 871General Merchandise Stores 782Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 651Educational Services 646Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 451Health and Personal Care Stores 426

TOP SKILLS IN DEMANDSkill ListingsCustomer Service 3,866Sales 2,798Microsoft Excel 2,487Scheduling 2,368Microsoft Office 2,236Supervisory Skills 1,773Customer Contact 1,747Budgeting 1,543Retail Setting 1,469Repair 1,384Microsoft Word 1,153Cleaning 1,101

Source: Burning Glass Technologies, Labor InsightPrepared by: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Bureau of Labor Market Information

OCCUPATIONS WITH THE MOST LISTINGSOccupation ListingsHeavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 2,343Retail Salespersons 1,244Registered Nurses 1,218Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products

1,005

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 777Customer Service Representatives 703Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 638Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 379Cashiers 344Software Developers, Applications 336Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 313Managers, All Other 310

EMPLOYERS WITH SIGNIFICANT JOB LISTING ACTIVITY

Employer ListingsBayada Home Health Care 512Kennedy Health System 365TD Bank 331Eurofins 320Virtua Health 290Oracle 274The Home Depot Incorporated 251Cooper University Hospital 236CVS Caremark 233Albertsons 226Atlanticare 226Genesis Healthcare Corporation 206

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