# Employment: Ocean County, NJ (U)

Employment: Ocean County, NJ (U) was down 0.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 280,170 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.8% (May 2020) to 15.8% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-NJ-34029.EMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/employment-ocean-county-nj-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 280,170 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 281,286 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 281,563 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 281,623 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 279,937 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 278,305 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 276,181 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 273,191 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 274,313 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 278,495 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 278,768 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 274,009 thousands | −0.7 |
| August 2025 | 277,258 thousands | −0.7 |
| July 2025 | 278,797 thousands | −0.8 |
| June 2025 | 279,595 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 276,206 thousands | −0.2 |
| April 2025 | 276,828 thousands | −0.3 |
| March 2025 | 274,382 thousands | −1.1 |
| February 2025 | 273,014 thousands | −0.8 |
| January 2025 | 272,999 thousands | −0.4 |
| December 2024 | 276,939 thousands | −0.7 |
| November 2024 | 276,443 thousands | −1.0 |
| October 2024 | 277,627 thousands | −0.1 |
| September 2024 | 275,820 thousands | −0.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34029.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-NJ-34029.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```