Scotch Plains Township, NJ Unemployment Rate Report

Scotch Plains Township, NJ Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Scotch-Plains-Township, New Jersey has ranged from 3.0% in April 2019 to 16.4% in June 2020. The current unemployment rate for Scotch-Plains-Township is 3.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Scotch Plains Township, NJ Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Scotch Plains Township, NJ Current Unemployment - 3.9%

Scotch Plains Township, NJ Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2022	5.3%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.8%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.4%	4.2%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.7%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.6%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.8%	3.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.0%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.9%	3.7%	3.7%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2021	8.3%	8.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.5%	8.2%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.6%	7.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.0%	6.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.8%	7.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.5%	7.8%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.4%	6.9%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.8%	6.4%	5.2%
9 / 2021	6.1%	5.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.3%	5.0%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.8%	4.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.5%	4.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2020	4.5%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.3%	4.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.9%	3.7%	4.4%
4 / 2020	15.4%	15.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.8%	15.1%	13.3%
6 / 2020	16.4%	16.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	14.6%	14.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	11.4%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.8%	6.5%	7.9%
10 / 2020	8.1%	7.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	10.4%	9.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.8%	7.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2019	4.4%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.2%	4.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.9%	3.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.0%	2.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.1%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.4%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.0%	3.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.8%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.6%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.6%	3.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.7%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2018	5.0%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.1%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.7%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.1%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.0%	3.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.5%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.8%	4.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.4%	4.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.9%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.6%	3.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.3%	3.2%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.6%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2017	5.1%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.2%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.7%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.4%	4.3%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.6%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.7%	4.6%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.3%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.2%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.9%	4.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.5%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.3%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.1%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2016	5.4%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.6%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.6%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.1%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.1%	4.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.4%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.7%	5.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.4%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.3%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.9%	4.6%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.3%	4.2%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.3%	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2015	7.2%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.1%	6.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.7%	6.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.0%	5.8%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.4%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.2%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.5%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.9%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.5%	5.2%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.2%	4.9%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.9%	4.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.8%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2014	7.7%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.8%	7.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.5%	7.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.5%	6.4%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.7%	6.5%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.7%	6.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.3%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.9%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.7%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.4%	6.2%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.3%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.2%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2013	9.6%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.2%	9.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.8%	8.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.3%	8.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.5%	8.3%	7.5%
6 / 2013	8.7%	8.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	8.8%	8.6%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.2%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.1%	7.8%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.7%	7.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.1%	7.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.9%	6.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2012	9.6%	9.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.7%	9.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.6%	9.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.2%	9.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.3%	9.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.7%	9.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.1%	9.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.5%	9.3%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.1%	8.9%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.0%	8.9%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.1%	9.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.8%	8.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2011	10.0%	10.0%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.1%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.9%	9.7%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.3%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.4%	9.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.8%	9.5%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.9%	9.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.4%	9.2%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.4%	9.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.1%	9.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.8%	8.8%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.9%	8.9%	8.5%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2010	10.2%	10.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.1%	10.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.1%	10.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.4%	9.4%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.2%	9.2%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.4%	9.3%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.8%	9.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.4%	9.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.3%	9.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.1%	9.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	9.2%	9.2%	9.8%
12 / 2010	9.1%	9.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2009	8.3%	8.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.9%	8.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.1%	8.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.8%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.1%	8.8%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.6%	9.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.9%	9.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.5%	9.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.7%	9.5%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.6%	9.4%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.4%	9.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.5%	9.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2008	5.3%	5.1%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.4%	5.1%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.3%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.7%	4.5%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.2%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.4%	5.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.9%	5.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.7%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.7%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.8%	5.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.0%	5.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.9%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2007	5.1%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.1%	4.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.7%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.5%	4.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.3%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.5%	4.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.9%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.1%	4.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.2%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.1%	3.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.0%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.4%	4.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2006	5.4%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.7%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.3%	5.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.2%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.1%	4.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.0%	4.8%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.5%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.9%	4.7%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.7%	4.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.1%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.2%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.0%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2005	4.9%	4.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.3%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.1%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.3%	4.0%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.4%	4.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.7%	4.3%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.0%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.5%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.8%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.5%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.8%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.9%	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2004	6.4%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.2%	5.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.1%	5.6%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.4%	5.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.1%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.4%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.6%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.9%	4.5%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.7%	4.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.4%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.3%	4.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.0%	3.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2003	6.8%	6.4%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.7%	6.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.6%	6.2%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.2%	5.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.2%	5.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.7%	6.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.9%	6.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.3%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.3%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.9%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.6%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.4%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2002	6.6%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.5%	6.0%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.5%	6.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.2%	5.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.2%	5.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.5%	5.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.7%	6.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.2%	5.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.2%	5.5%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.2%	5.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.2%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.9%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2001	4.4%	4.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.2%	4.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.2%	4.0%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.9%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.9%	3.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.4%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.6%	4.4%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.7%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.8%	4.3%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.0%	4.5%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.3%	4.8%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.4%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2000	4.1%	4.2%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.2%	4.3%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.0%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.5%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.7%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.7%	3.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.2%	4.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.1%	3.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.1%	3.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.8%	3.4%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.8%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.5%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1999	4.7%	4.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.9%	5.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.0%	4.9%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.9%	4.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.0%	4.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.4%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.7%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.9%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.8%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.2%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.9%	3.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.5%	3.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1998	5.5%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.5%	5.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.6%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.8%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.7%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.8%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	5.5%	4.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.4%	4.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.5%	4.2%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.2%	4.0%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.9%	3.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.8%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1997	6.1%	6.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.9%	6.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.9%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.4%	5.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.5%	5.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.8%	5.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	6.0%	5.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.4%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.6%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	5.2%	4.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.7%	4.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.7%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1996	6.9%	7.1%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.7%	6.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.8%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	6.6%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.6%	6.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.3%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.8%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	6.1%	5.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.1%	5.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.7%	5.5%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.5%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.4%	5.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1995	6.7%	7.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.4%	6.8%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.4%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.3%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.6%	6.5%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.9%	6.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.3%	6.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.9%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.7%	6.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.2%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.1%	5.9%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.0%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1994	7.6%	7.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.6%	7.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.6%	7.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.4%	7.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.5%	6.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.7%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	8.0%	7.2%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.3%	6.6%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.9%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 1994	6.7%	6.2%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.3%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.8%	5.8%	5.5%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1993	8.7%	8.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	8.8%	8.7%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.8%	8.4%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.8%	7.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.8%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.7%	7.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.7%	7.8%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.0%	7.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	7.7%	7.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	7.5%	6.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.9%	6.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.6%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1992	8.2%	8.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	8.5%	8.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.3%	8.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	8.1%	7.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	8.8%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	9.3%	8.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	9.7%	9.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	9.2%	8.5%	7.6%
9 / 1992	9.1%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	8.4%	8.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.2%	8.1%	7.4%
12 / 1992	8.1%	8.0%	7.4%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1991	7.0%	6.8%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.8%	7.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.8%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.4%	6.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.9%	6.6%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.9%	6.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	7.0%	6.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.8%	6.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.8%	6.4%	6.9%
10 / 1991	7.2%	6.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.3%	6.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.6%	7.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Scotch Plains Township, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1990	5.0%	5.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.9%	5.0%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.0%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.9%	4.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.1%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.2%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.7%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.4%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.8%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.7%	5.2%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.8%	5.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.8%	5.7%	6.3%