West Milford Township, NJ Unemployment Rate Report

West Milford Township, NJ Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West-Milford-Township, New Jersey has ranged from 2.5% in April 2000 to 14.6% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for West-Milford-Township is 3.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

West Milford Township, NJ Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

West Milford Township, NJ Current Unemployment - 3.2%

West Milford Township, NJ Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2022	4.8%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.7%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.1%	4.2%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.4%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.4%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.3%	3.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.2%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.2%	3.7%	3.7%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2021	7.0%	8.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.9%	8.2%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.8%	7.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.7%	6.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.3%	7.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.9%	7.8%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.7%	6.9%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.0%	6.4%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.3%	5.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.3%	5.0%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.3%	4.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.9%	4.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2020	4.1%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.9%	4.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.3%	3.7%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.6%	15.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.5%	15.1%	13.3%
6 / 2020	14.0%	16.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.6%	14.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.6%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	4.8%	6.5%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.2%	7.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.2%	9.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.7%	7.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2019	4.1%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.9%	4.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.6%	2.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.8%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.9%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.2%	3.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.0%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.9%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.9%	3.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.8%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.0%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2018	4.8%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.0%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.6%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.7%	3.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.9%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.9%	4.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.4%	4.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.1%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.9%	3.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.7%	3.2%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.3%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2017	4.7%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.8%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.4%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.8%	4.3%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.0%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.1%	4.6%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.0%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.1%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.2%	4.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.9%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.8%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.5%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2016	5.2%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.3%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.4%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.8%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.8%	4.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.5%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.3%	5.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.0%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.9%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.6%	4.6%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.2%	4.2%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.4%	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2015	7.0%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.9%	6.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.6%	6.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.4%	5.8%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.5%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.4%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.3%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.7%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.7%	5.2%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.2%	4.9%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.2%	4.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.3%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2014	7.5%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.9%	7.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.6%	7.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.0%	6.4%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.6%	6.5%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.6%	6.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.8%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.2%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.6%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.4%	6.2%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.4%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.6%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2013	9.0%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.1%	9.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.6%	8.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.6%	8.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.4%	8.3%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.7%	8.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.4%	8.6%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.6%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.7%	7.8%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.9%	7.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.3%	7.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.4%	6.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2012	8.6%	9.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.1%	9.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.2%	9.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.1%	9.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.6%	9.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.6%	9.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.3%	9.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.8%	9.3%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.9%	8.9%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.8%	8.9%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.7%	9.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.9%	8.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2011	10.3%	10.0%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.5%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.5%	9.7%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.2%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.0%	9.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.8%	9.5%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.4%	9.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.0%	9.2%	9.0%
9 / 2011	8.0%	9.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.0%	9.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.7%	8.8%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.9%	8.9%	8.5%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2010	10.8%	10.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.5%	10.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.5%	10.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.3%	9.4%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.8%	9.2%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.7%	9.3%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.8%	9.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.1%	9.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.3%	9.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.2%	9.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.6%	9.2%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.6%	9.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2009	7.4%	8.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.2%	8.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.5%	8.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.7%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.8%	8.8%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.1%	9.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	8.6%	9.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	8.3%	9.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.6%	9.5%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.9%	9.4%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.5%	9.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.9%	9.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2008	4.7%	5.1%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.8%	5.1%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.7%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.1%	4.5%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.3%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.6%	5.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.9%	5.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.6%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.9%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.9%	5.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.8%	5.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.7%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2007	4.3%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.5%	4.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.2%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.6%	4.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.5%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.7%	4.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.8%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.3%	4.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.3%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.1%	3.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.2%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.6%	4.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2006	5.2%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.9%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.4%	5.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.8%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.5%	4.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.4%	4.8%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.9%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.3%	4.7%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.2%	4.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.7%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.6%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.6%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2005	5.0%	4.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.8%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.4%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.1%	4.0%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.6%	4.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.8%	4.3%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.0%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.6%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.7%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.5%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.9%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.1%	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2004	4.5%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.3%	5.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.3%	5.6%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.8%	5.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.5%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2004	3.7%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.9%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.4%	4.5%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.2%	4.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.1%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	2.9%	4.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	2.9%	3.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2003	4.6%	6.4%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.6%	6.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.6%	6.2%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.4%	5.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.3%	5.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.6%	6.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.9%	6.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.5%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.3%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.0%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.9%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.7%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2002	4.4%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.4%	6.0%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.5%	6.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.3%	5.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.1%	5.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.3%	5.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.5%	6.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.1%	5.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.0%	5.5%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.9%	5.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.1%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.0%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2001	3.1%	4.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.1%	4.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.1%	4.0%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.8%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.8%	3.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.1%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.3%	4.4%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.3%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.2%	4.3%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.3%	4.5%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.5%	4.8%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.7%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2000	3.1%	4.2%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.1%	4.3%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.9%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.5%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.6%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.5%	3.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.0%	4.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.8%	3.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.7%	3.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.5%	3.4%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.6%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.5%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1999	4.1%	4.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.2%	5.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.3%	4.9%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.1%	4.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.1%	4.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.4%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.5%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.8%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.7%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.3%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.1%	3.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.9%	3.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1998	4.4%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.3%	5.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.4%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.5%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.6%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.6%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.8%	4.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.3%	4.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.2%	4.2%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.1%	4.0%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.1%	3.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.1%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1997	5.5%	6.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.2%	6.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.1%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.5%	5.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.4%	5.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.5%	5.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.6%	5.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.0%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.0%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.6%	4.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.5%	4.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.6%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1996	6.0%	7.1%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.9%	6.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.9%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.4%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.3%	6.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.0%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.5%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.7%	5.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.7%	5.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.6%	5.5%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.7%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.7%	5.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1995	6.1%	7.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.7%	6.8%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.7%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.6%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.6%	6.5%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.6%	6.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.7%	6.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.1%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.1%	6.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.8%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.1%	5.9%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.3%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1994	6.9%	7.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	6.8%	7.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.7%	7.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.2%	7.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.0%	6.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.0%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.2%	7.2%	6.1%
8 / 1994	5.5%	6.6%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.5%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.3%	6.2%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.2%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.1%	5.8%	5.5%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1993	7.3%	8.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.2%	8.7%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.1%	8.4%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.8%	7.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.7%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.5%	7.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.5%	7.8%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.9%	7.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.0%	7.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.8%	6.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.8%	6.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.0%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1992	6.5%	8.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.8%	8.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.6%	8.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.4%	7.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	6.7%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	7.0%	8.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.4%	9.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	6.7%	8.5%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.7%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.4%	8.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.5%	8.1%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.5%	8.0%	7.4%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1991	5.2%	6.8%	6.4%
2 / 1991	5.5%	7.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.4%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.1%	6.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.3%	6.6%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.1%	6.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.2%	6.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.9%	6.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.9%	6.4%	6.9%
10 / 1991	4.9%	6.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.1%	6.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.2%	7.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Milford Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1990	4.2%	5.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.3%	5.0%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.1%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.9%	4.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.8%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.7%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.0%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.7%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	3.9%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.9%	5.2%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.1%	5.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.2%	5.7%	6.3%