Initial filings for unemployment benefits in New Jersey dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department ...

New Jersey is increasing the maximum weekly unemployment benefits by $21 starting on Jan. 1, 2025, the state Labor Department announced on Tuesday. That’s on top of the taxable wage base for ...

All told, New Jersey has the 10th highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 4.6%, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many of the layoffs were likely among hires that came on ...

As of October 2024, the most recent data available at this writing, New Jersey has the sixth highest unemployment rate in the ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in New Jersey dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...

WASHINGTON — Recurring applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose ... Before adjusting for seasonal factors, initial claims rose last week. New Jersey, Connecticut and California ...

New Jersey is increasing the maximum weekly unemployment benefits by $21 starting on Jan. 1, 2025, the state Labor Department announced Tuesday. There also will be changes in the taxable wage ...