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After strong job growth in June and July, employment in the Garden State remained stable in August, with the modest addition of 200 jobs, according to preliminary estimates released today by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Payrolls in both the private and public sectors of New Jersey’s economy were nearly unchanged in...
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Private sector employment increased by 237,000 jobs from July to August according to the August ADP National Employment Report® . The ADP National Employment Report is produced by the ADP Research Institute® in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics. The report, which is derived from ADP’s actual payroll data, measures the change in...
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The summer may be New Jersey's best season for tourism, which is the sixth-largest private-employment sector in the state, but the Jersey Shore is not the only site attracting travelers, according to the most recent report "The Economic Impact of Tourism in New Jersey" from the state Division of Travel and Tourism. (Read...
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New Jersey’s business and government leaders recognize the value in the state becoming a major center of distribution and logistics, so they are looking for its education system to help New Jersey remain a step ahead. Business leaders say they have plenty of jobs available in this sector and want colleges to evolve, so well-trained...
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Cascades Inc., the leader in recuperation of recyclable materials and in manufacturing of green packaging products and tissue paper, announces an investment of $80 million for the construction of a new containerboard packaging plant in Piscataway.
This new plant, which will create 120 jobs, will manufacture corrugated packaging...
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Karen Paletta, Sprint’s region president for New York and New Jersey, announced a minimum of 300 jobs will be added throughout both states as a part of Sprint’s local retail expansion strategy.
“Adding team members and 64 stores to the New York metro area and New Jersey is incredibly significant to Sprint,” said Paletta....
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Governor Chris Christie visited the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s Commercialization Center for Innovative Technologies (CCIT) in North Brunswick to announce the state’s June job number’s report. According to preliminary estimates released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the state’s unemployment rate...
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New Jersey’s unemployment rate continued its decline for the fourth consecutive month in March, falling for the seventh time in the past eight months, according to data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which fixed the rate at 4.2 percent. It marks the state’s lowest unemployment rate since May 2007, and it was...
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The State of New Jersey added 4,500 private-sector jobs during the month of March, according to the ADP Regional Employment Report which is produced by ADP® , a leading global provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics, Inc. Broadly distributed to the public each month, free of...
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With water infrastructure capital needs growing rapidly in 2016, American Water invested about $1.5 billion, the highest in the company’s history - $1.3 billion of that investment was dedicated towards regulated systems to improve service reliability and water quality for customers. Now, according to a recent study commissioned the...
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New Jersey employment grew by 12,600 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to a 10-year low of 4.4 percent in February, according to preliminary data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). January's preliminary private sector job growth estimate of 14,600 was also revised higher by 1,300 nonfarm jobs, resulting in an...
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President Donald Trump’s pledge to create 25 million jobs in a decade already faces obstacles ranging from a tight labor market to an aging population. His immigration policy raises the hurdles even higher. (Read...
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“All four of us are the same. We are all wearing the stain of felony. And all of us have applied to an employer trying to restore the dignity of work to our lives.”
These words were spoken by John Koufos, ex-convict and the executive director of the New Jersey Reentry Corporation, about himself and three other men who paid their...
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The solar sector helped the economy grow last year by creating 51,000 jobs across the nation, but not in New Jersey, once one of the biggest success stories in the industry, where more than 1,000 jobs were lost.
While the rest of the country witnessed a 25 percent increase in job growth in the sector, New Jersey solar employment fell...
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New Jersey food producers are able to compete on a national level despite the state’s small geographical area thanks to lean manufacturing processes and help from a support system geared specifically to food production. That’s according to a new report released today by the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA)...
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