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New Jersey Job Growth Anemic in April as Gap with National Unemployment Rate Remains Wide

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At April’s rate, a pre-COVID jobs recovery would take 7 years
Leisure & Hospitality sector continues slow recovery, adding 3,000 jobs
NJ unemployment rate remains significantly above US average

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Morristown NJ, on May 20th, New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued the monthly jobs report for April 2021. Dr. Charles Steindel, former Chief Economist of the State of New Jersey and current Resident Scholar, Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College, analyzed the report for the Garden State Initiative:

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