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N.J. unemployment flat at 9 percent
While the state’s unemployment rate held the line at 9 percent in January, private-sector employment increased and job growth in 2011 outpaced job losses in 2010, according to a report issued today by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
According to preliminary estimates of nonfarm wages and salaries in January, 13,300 jobs were added in both the private and public sectors of the state economy, to reach a seasonally adjusted total of more than 3.8 million. (Eder, NJBIZ)
