West Long Branch, NJ Unemployment Rate Report

West Long Branch, NJ Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West-Long-Branch, New Jersey has ranged from 2.5% in April 2019 to 15.5% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for West-Long-Branch is 3.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

West Long Branch, NJ Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

West Long Branch, NJ Current Unemployment - 3.1%

West Long Branch, NJ Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2022	4.3%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.9%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.7%	4.2%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.1%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.9%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.0%	3.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.2%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.1%	3.7%	3.7%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2021	6.9%	8.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.3%	8.2%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.8%	7.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.9%	6.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.7%	7.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.2%	7.8%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.0%	6.9%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.5%	6.4%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.9%	5.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.3%	5.0%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.9%	4.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.6%	4.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2020	3.9%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.8%	4.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.3%	3.7%	4.4%
4 / 2020	15.5%	15.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.2%	15.1%	13.3%
6 / 2020	15.4%	16.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	12.9%	14.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.9%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.7%	6.5%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.6%	7.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	8.5%	9.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.4%	7.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2019	3.9%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.8%	4.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.3%	3.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.5%	2.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.7%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.9%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.4%	3.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.2%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.0%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.0%	3.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.1%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.2%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2018	4.5%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.4%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.1%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.4%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.4%	3.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.8%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.0%	4.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.6%	4.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.3%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.0%	3.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.9%	3.2%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.1%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2017	4.6%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.6%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.1%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.9%	4.3%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.9%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.0%	4.6%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.5%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.4%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.1%	4.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.9%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.8%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.6%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2016	4.7%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.9%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.8%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.4%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.4%	4.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.6%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.9%	5.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.6%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.4%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.2%	4.6%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.8%	4.2%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.8%	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2015	6.3%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.2%	6.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.8%	6.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.2%	5.8%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.5%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.3%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.6%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.9%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.6%	5.2%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.4%	4.9%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.3%	4.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.1%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2014	6.9%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.0%	7.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.7%	7.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.7%	6.4%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.8%	6.5%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.9%	6.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.4%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.0%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.8%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.6%	6.2%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.4%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.3%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2013	8.9%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.5%	9.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.0%	8.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.6%	8.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.5%	8.3%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.7%	8.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.8%	8.6%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.2%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.0%	7.8%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.9%	7.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.3%	7.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.1%	6.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2012	9.0%	9.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.2%	9.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.9%	9.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.7%	9.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.5%	9.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.9%	9.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.2%	9.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.5%	9.3%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.2%	8.9%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.2%	8.9%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.0%	9.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.3%	8.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2011	9.1%	10.0%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.2%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.9%	9.7%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.3%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.3%	9.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.6%	9.5%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.9%	9.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.4%	9.2%	9.0%
9 / 2011	8.4%	9.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.4%	9.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.2%	8.8%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.3%	8.9%	8.5%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2010	9.7%	10.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.6%	10.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.5%	10.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	8.7%	9.4%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.5%	9.2%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.5%	9.3%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.0%	9.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.5%	9.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.3%	9.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.2%	9.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.3%	9.2%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.2%	9.1%	9.3%

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

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2008	4.6%	5.1%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.7%	5.1%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.5%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.9%	4.5%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.3%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.5%	5.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.0%	5.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.9%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.8%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.9%	5.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.1%	5.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.9%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2007	4.2%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.2%	4.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.8%	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	4.2%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.6%	4.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.5%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.3%	3.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.4%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.8%	4.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2006	4.7%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.9%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.5%	5.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.5%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.2%	4.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.2%	4.8%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.8%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.1%	4.7%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.9%	4.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.4%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.5%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.3%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2005	4.4%	4.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.8%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.4%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.7%	4.0%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.6%	4.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.9%	4.3%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.4%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.8%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.0%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.8%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.3%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.2%	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2004	5.5%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.3%	5.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.1%	5.6%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.6%	5.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.2%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.5%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.8%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.2%	4.5%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.0%	4.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.9%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.7%	4.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.6%	3.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2003	6.0%	6.4%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.0%	6.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.9%	6.2%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.4%	5.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.3%	5.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.7%	6.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.0%	6.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.3%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.1%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.9%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.7%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.5%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2002	5.5%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.5%	6.0%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.5%	6.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.1%	5.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.0%	5.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.3%	5.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.6%	6.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.1%	5.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.0%	5.5%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.0%	5.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.2%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.2%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2001	3.7%	4.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.6%	4.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.5%	4.0%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.2%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.1%	3.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.5%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.9%	4.4%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.9%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.8%	4.3%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.0%	4.5%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.3%	4.8%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.5%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2000	3.7%	4.2%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.9%	4.3%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.5%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.9%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.0%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.1%	3.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.7%	4.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.3%	3.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.1%	3.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.9%	3.4%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.0%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.8%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1999	4.2%	4.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.5%	5.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.3%	4.9%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.0%	4.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.0%	4.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.2%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.6%	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	3.2%	3.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.0%	3.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1998	4.8%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.8%	5.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.7%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.0%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.7%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.9%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.4%	4.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.8%	4.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.7%	4.2%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.6%	4.0%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.5%	3.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.4%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1997	5.5%	6.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.4%	6.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.1%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.4%	5.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.4%	5.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.5%	5.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.8%	5.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.3%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.2%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.9%	4.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.8%	4.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.8%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1996	6.2%	7.1%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.1%	6.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.9%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.4%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.2%	6.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.0%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.5%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.8%	5.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.7%	5.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.8%	5.5%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.8%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.6%	5.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1995	5.9%	7.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.0%	6.8%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.7%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.4%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.4%	6.5%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.4%	6.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.9%	6.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.3%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.2%	6.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.0%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.0%	5.9%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.0%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1994	6.6%	7.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	6.7%	7.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.8%	7.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	5.9%	7.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	5.7%	6.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.7%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.9%	7.2%	6.1%
8 / 1994	5.4%	6.6%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.3%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.2%	6.2%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.0%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.8%	5.8%	5.5%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1993	7.4%	8.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.4%	8.7%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.0%	8.4%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.4%	7.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.3%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.2%	7.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.5%	7.8%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.9%	7.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.9%	7.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.9%	6.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.6%	6.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.5%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1992	7.4%	8.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	7.7%	8.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	7.4%	8.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.9%	7.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	7.4%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	7.6%	8.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.0%	9.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.4%	8.5%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.4%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.0%	8.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.0%	8.1%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.8%	8.0%	7.4%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1991	6.0%	6.8%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.2%	7.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.1%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.4%	6.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.7%	6.6%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.6%	6.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.8%	6.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.4%	6.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.5%	6.4%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.9%	6.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.1%	6.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	6.2%	7.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Long Branch, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1990	4.2%	5.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.2%	5.0%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.9%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.7%	4.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.8%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.6%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.1%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.9%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.3%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.3%	5.2%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.8%	5.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.8%	5.7%	6.3%