South Toms River, NJ Unemployment Rate Report

South Toms River, NJ Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in South-Toms-River, New Jersey has ranged from 2.9% in April 2019 to 16.6% in June 2020. The current unemployment rate for South-Toms-River is 3.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

South Toms River, NJ Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

South Toms River, NJ Current Unemployment - 3.4%

South Toms River, NJ Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2022	4.9%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.5%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.2%	4.2%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.4%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.3%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.4%	3.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.5%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.4%	3.7%	3.7%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2021	7.5%	8.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.0%	8.2%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.5%	7.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.3%	6.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.1%	7.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.6%	7.8%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.4%	6.9%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.9%	6.4%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.3%	5.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.7%	5.0%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.4%	4.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.1%	4.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2020	4.8%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.6%	4.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.0%	3.7%	4.4%
4 / 2020	16.0%	15.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	15.6%	15.1%	13.3%
6 / 2020	16.6%	16.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	13.5%	14.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.3%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.8%	6.5%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.0%	7.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	9.0%	9.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.8%	7.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2019	4.8%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.6%	4.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.0%	3.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.9%	2.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.0%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.2%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.8%	3.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.6%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.4%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.4%	3.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.6%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.8%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2018	5.5%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.4%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.9%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.0%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.3%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.4%	4.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.0%	4.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.7%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.5%	3.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.4%	3.2%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.7%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2017	5.5%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.5%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.9%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.4%	4.3%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.5%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.6%	4.6%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.0%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.9%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.8%	4.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.5%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.5%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.5%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2016	5.8%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.0%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.8%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.1%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.2%	4.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.2%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.5%	5.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.2%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.1%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.8%	4.6%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.4%	4.2%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.6%	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2015	7.9%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.8%	6.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.2%	6.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.2%	5.8%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.4%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.2%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.4%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.6%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.4%	5.2%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.2%	4.9%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.1%	4.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.0%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2014	8.7%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.9%	7.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.4%	7.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.1%	6.4%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.1%	6.5%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.0%	6.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.4%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.9%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.9%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.7%	6.2%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.7%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.6%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2013	11.4%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.8%	9.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	10.1%	8.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.3%	8.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.3%	8.3%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.4%	8.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.2%	8.6%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.5%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.6%	7.8%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.4%	7.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.9%	7.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.8%	6.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2012	11.2%	9.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	11.3%	9.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	11.0%	9.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	10.5%	9.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	10.3%	9.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.5%	9.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.7%	9.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.1%	9.3%	8.1%
9 / 2012	10.0%	8.9%	7.8%
10 / 2012	10.0%	8.9%	7.8%
11 / 2012	11.0%	9.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.5%	8.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2011	11.5%	10.0%	9.1%
2 / 2011	11.4%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	11.0%	9.7%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.1%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.1%	9.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.2%	9.5%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.3%	9.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.0%	9.2%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.2%	9.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.0%	9.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.9%	8.8%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.2%	8.9%	8.5%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2010	11.4%	10.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.4%	10.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.1%	10.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.0%	9.4%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.8%	9.2%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.8%	9.3%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.2%	9.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.7%	9.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.8%	9.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.8%	9.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.1%	9.2%	9.8%
12 / 2010	10.2%	9.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2009	9.4%	8.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.9%	8.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.9%	8.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.2%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.9%	8.8%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.2%	9.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.4%	9.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.0%	9.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.5%	9.5%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.6%	9.4%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.9%	9.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.4%	9.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2008	6.0%	5.1%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.0%	5.1%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.7%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.8%	4.5%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.2%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.2%	5.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.6%	5.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.5%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.8%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.0%	5.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.5%	5.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.6%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2007	5.5%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.5%	4.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.9%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.4%	4.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.1%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.2%	4.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.7%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.0%	4.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.2%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.0%	3.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.3%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.9%	4.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2006	5.9%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.2%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.6%	5.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.2%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.0%	4.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.9%	4.8%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.3%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.7%	4.7%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.5%	4.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.1%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.4%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.3%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2005	5.3%	4.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.7%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.3%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.1%	4.0%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.0%	4.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.2%	4.3%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.6%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.1%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.5%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.3%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.9%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.0%	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2004	6.5%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.4%	5.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.0%	5.6%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.0%	5.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.6%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.9%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.1%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.4%	4.5%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.3%	4.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.2%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.2%	4.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.2%	3.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2003	6.8%	6.4%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.7%	6.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.5%	6.2%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.6%	5.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.5%	5.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.0%	6.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.1%	6.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.4%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.4%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.3%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.3%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.3%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2002	6.1%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.1%	6.0%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.0%	6.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.3%	5.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.1%	5.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.3%	5.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.5%	6.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.9%	5.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.9%	5.5%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.1%	5.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.6%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.6%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2001	4.7%	4.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.4%	4.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.1%	4.0%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.6%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.5%	3.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.8%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.0%	4.4%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.9%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.9%	4.3%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.1%	4.5%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.5%	4.8%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.8%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2000	4.7%	4.2%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.8%	4.3%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.1%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.3%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.4%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.3%	3.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.9%	4.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.6%	3.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.4%	3.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.2%	3.4%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.6%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.4%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1999	5.5%	4.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.5%	5.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.2%	4.9%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.6%	4.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.3%	4.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.5%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.7%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.1%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.1%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.8%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.9%	3.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.8%	3.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1998	6.6%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.4%	5.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.1%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.7%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.5%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.4%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.5%	4.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.9%	4.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.0%	4.2%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.9%	4.0%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.2%	3.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.2%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1997	7.6%	6.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.2%	6.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.5%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.3%	5.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.9%	5.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.0%	5.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	5.2%	5.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.7%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.9%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.7%	4.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.8%	4.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.2%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1996	7.7%	7.1%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.5%	6.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	7.0%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	6.3%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.7%	6.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.3%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.9%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.0%	5.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.3%	5.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.5%	5.5%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.0%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	6.1%	5.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1995	7.5%	7.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.4%	6.8%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.8%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.1%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.0%	6.5%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.0%	6.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.3%	6.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.7%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.7%	6.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.3%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.8%	5.9%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.0%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1994	8.2%	7.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.4%	7.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.0%	7.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.7%	7.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.3%	6.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.2%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.4%	7.2%	6.1%
8 / 1994	5.8%	6.6%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.6%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.9%	6.2%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.8%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.8%	5.8%	5.5%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1993	8.7%	8.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	8.5%	8.7%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.0%	8.4%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.4%	7.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.0%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.7%	7.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.9%	7.8%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.3%	7.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.4%	7.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.4%	6.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.4%	6.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.5%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1992	9.3%	8.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.4%	8.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.8%	8.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.9%	7.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	8.3%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	8.4%	8.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.3%	9.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.7%	8.5%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.6%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.6%	8.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.7%	8.1%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.7%	8.0%	7.4%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1991	7.9%	6.8%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.9%	7.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.6%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.6%	6.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.4%	6.6%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.2%	6.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.4%	6.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.0%	6.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.2%	6.4%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.7%	6.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.1%	6.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.4%	7.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	South Toms River, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1990	5.4%	5.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.1%	5.0%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.8%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.5%	4.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.3%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.2%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.7%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.7%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.3%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.4%	5.2%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.0%	5.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.2%	5.7%	6.3%