All Employees: Accommodation and Food Services — Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division (NSA) was up 0.8% year on year in September 2026, compared with −2.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 87.00 thousands.
That is the highest reading since August 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −46.3% (May 2020) to 58.0% (May 2021), averaging 2.1%.
All Employees: Accommodation and Food Services — Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division (NSA), annual % change, Jan 1991 – Sep 2026. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files).All Employees: Accommodation and Food Services — Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division (NSA), level (thousands).
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Recent data
Period
Value
Y/Y %
September 2026
87.00 thousands
0.8
August 2026
92.20 thousands
−2.2
July 2026
93.10 thousands
−1.9
June 2026
91.40 thousands
−1.8
May 2026
85.60 thousands
−2.9
April 2026
80.90 thousands
−1.2
March 2026
79.80 thousands
−0.3
February 2026
77.90 thousands
−0.6
January 2026
77.70 thousands
−2.1
December 2025
81.60 thousands
−2.3
November 2025
81.50 thousands
−1.3
October 2025
82.80 thousands
−1.0
September 2025
86.30 thousands
−0.8
August 2025
94.30 thousands
1.2
July 2025
94.90 thousands
0.5
June 2025
93.10 thousands
−0.6
May 2025
88.20 thousands
2.1
April 2025
81.90 thousands
0.9
March 2025
80.00 thousands
−0.2
February 2025
78.40 thousands
−0.1
January 2025
79.40 thousands
0.8
December 2024
83.50 thousands
1.7
November 2024
82.60 thousands
1.3
October 2024
83.60 thousands
1.6
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Last updated 2026-10-21. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files). Original title: “All Employees: Accommodation and Food Services — Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division (NSA)”.