Cape May County, NJ Unemployment Rate Report

Cape May County, NJ Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Cape May County, New Jersey has ranged from 3.4% in August 1990 to 26.6% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Cape May County is 3.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Cape May County, NJ Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Cape May County, NJ Current Unemployment - 3.9%

Cape May County, NJ Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2022	11.1%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	10.4%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2022	9.2%	4.2%	3.6%
4 / 2022	6.8%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.2%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.3%	3.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.0%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.9%	3.7%	3.7%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2021	12.9%	8.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	13.4%	8.2%	6.2%
3 / 2021	12.5%	7.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	10.5%	6.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	8.4%	7.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.6%	7.8%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.7%	6.9%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.1%	6.4%	5.2%
9 / 2021	6.1%	5.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	6.6%	5.0%	4.6%
11 / 2021	7.6%	4.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	8.2%	4.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2020	13.6%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	12.1%	4.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	10.9%	3.7%	4.4%
4 / 2020	26.6%	15.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	22.6%	15.1%	13.3%
6 / 2020	20.2%	16.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	15.3%	14.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	11.2%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.8%	6.5%	7.9%
10 / 2020	8.8%	7.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	13.6%	9.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	11.6%	7.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2019	13.7%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	12.2%	4.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	10.9%	3.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	7.4%	2.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.0%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.2%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.1%	3.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.8%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.2%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.6%	3.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	8.7%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	10.5%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2018	15.6%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	15.0%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	13.3%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	10.1%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	7.0%	3.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.8%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.8%	4.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.3%	4.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.6%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.8%	3.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	8.6%	3.2%	3.7%
12 / 2018	10.4%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2017	15.1%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2017	14.8%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	13.1%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	10.1%	4.3%	4.4%
5 / 2017	7.7%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	6.2%	4.6%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.6%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.4%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.0%	4.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	7.5%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	11.3%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	12.6%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2016	15.7%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	15.7%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	14.8%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	11.5%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2016	8.6%	4.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	7.2%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.1%	5.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.6%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.4%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	8.1%	4.6%	4.9%
11 / 2016	10.8%	4.2%	4.7%
12 / 2016	12.1%	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2015	18.8%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	18.5%	6.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	16.8%	6.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	12.7%	5.8%	5.4%
5 / 2015	10.2%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	8.2%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.1%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.2%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.7%	5.2%	5.0%
10 / 2015	8.8%	4.9%	5.0%
11 / 2015	12.0%	4.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	12.8%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2014	19.2%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	19.0%	7.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	17.5%	7.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	13.5%	6.4%	6.2%
5 / 2014	10.4%	6.5%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.4%	6.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.0%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.4%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	8.5%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 2014	10.7%	6.2%	5.7%
11 / 2014	14.7%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	15.5%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2013	22.7%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	21.6%	9.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	19.7%	8.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	16.0%	8.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	13.2%	8.3%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.7%	8.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.7%	8.6%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.0%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	10.0%	7.8%	7.2%
10 / 2013	12.2%	7.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	15.4%	7.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	15.7%	6.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2012	22.0%	9.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	21.4%	9.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	20.1%	9.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	16.8%	9.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	14.4%	9.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	11.6%	9.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.9%	9.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.4%	9.3%	8.1%
9 / 2012	11.5%	8.9%	7.8%
10 / 2012	14.1%	8.9%	7.8%
11 / 2012	17.8%	9.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	19.5%	8.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2011	21.5%	10.0%	9.1%
2 / 2011	20.7%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	19.4%	9.7%	9.0%
4 / 2011	15.9%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	13.6%	9.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.2%	9.5%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.1%	9.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.8%	9.2%	9.0%
9 / 2011	11.1%	9.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	13.9%	9.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	17.4%	8.8%	8.6%
12 / 2011	19.0%	8.9%	8.5%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2010	20.9%	10.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	20.9%	10.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	19.4%	10.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	15.3%	9.4%	9.9%
5 / 2010	12.3%	9.2%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.2%	9.3%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.3%	9.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.7%	9.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.7%	9.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.7%	9.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	16.6%	9.2%	9.8%
12 / 2010	17.8%	9.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2009	15.5%	8.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	15.6%	8.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	15.1%	8.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	12.0%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.5%	8.8%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.2%	9.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.5%	9.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.1%	9.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.2%	9.5%	9.8%
10 / 2009	11.0%	9.4%	10.0%
11 / 2009	13.9%	9.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	15.4%	9.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2008	11.9%	5.1%	5.0%
2 / 2008	11.3%	5.1%	4.9%
3 / 2008	10.7%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	8.1%	4.5%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.4%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.2%	5.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.9%	5.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.6%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.3%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.5%	5.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	10.4%	5.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	12.3%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2007	10.8%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 2007	10.7%	4.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	9.2%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	7.5%	4.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.7%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.5%	4.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.2%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.6%	4.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.1%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.2%	3.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	7.3%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	9.0%	4.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2006	11.1%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	11.5%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	10.5%	5.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	8.3%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.4%	4.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.9%	4.8%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.6%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.1%	4.7%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.4%	4.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.2%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	7.3%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	8.2%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2005	10.4%	4.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	10.8%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	10.0%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.9%	4.0%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.3%	4.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.3%	4.3%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.1%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.5%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.2%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.5%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	8.0%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	9.2%	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2004	12.0%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	11.4%	5.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	10.9%	5.6%	5.8%
4 / 2004	8.0%	5.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.7%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.9%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.2%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.6%	4.5%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.8%	4.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.1%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	7.1%	4.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.9%	3.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2003	13.3%	6.4%	5.8%
2 / 2003	12.8%	6.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	11.6%	6.2%	5.9%
4 / 2003	9.6%	5.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.1%	5.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.2%	6.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.3%	6.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.6%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.0%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.3%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	8.5%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	9.1%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2002	12.8%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	12.0%	6.0%	5.7%
3 / 2002	11.5%	6.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	9.5%	5.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.0%	5.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.9%	5.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.1%	6.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.4%	5.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.8%	5.5%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.9%	5.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	9.4%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	10.0%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2001	11.1%	4.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	10.4%	4.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	9.4%	4.0%	4.3%
4 / 2001	7.4%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.6%	3.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.6%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.0%	4.4%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.7%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.8%	4.3%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.0%	4.5%	5.3%
11 / 2001	8.3%	4.8%	5.5%
12 / 2001	9.2%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2000	10.8%	4.2%	4.0%
2 / 2000	10.8%	4.3%	4.1%
3 / 2000	9.4%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.9%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.6%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.4%	3.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.0%	4.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.7%	3.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.8%	3.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.0%	3.4%	3.9%
11 / 2000	7.8%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	7.9%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1999	17.4%	4.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	17.0%	5.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	15.6%	4.9%	4.2%
4 / 1999	11.2%	4.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	7.1%	4.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.4%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.1%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.3%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.7%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	7.0%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	11.3%	3.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	12.4%	3.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1998	18.8%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	17.9%	5.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	16.8%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	10.8%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	6.7%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.3%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.9%	4.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.1%	4.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.4%	4.2%	4.6%
10 / 1998	8.1%	4.0%	4.5%
11 / 1998	13.0%	3.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	13.9%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1997	20.1%	6.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	18.5%	6.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	16.5%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	12.5%	5.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.0%	5.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.6%	5.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	5.2%	5.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.5%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.0%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	9.3%	4.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	13.6%	4.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	14.9%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1996	20.1%	7.1%	5.6%
2 / 1996	19.0%	6.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	17.3%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	14.1%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	8.0%	6.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.4%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.8%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.2%	5.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.7%	5.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	9.4%	5.5%	5.2%
11 / 1996	15.4%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	16.4%	5.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1995	19.7%	7.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	18.3%	6.8%	5.4%
3 / 1995	17.0%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 1995	14.3%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	9.6%	6.5%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.7%	6.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.6%	6.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.9%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.3%	6.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	10.0%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	15.0%	5.9%	5.6%
12 / 1995	16.0%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1994	20.4%	7.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	20.1%	7.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	18.7%	7.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	15.3%	7.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	10.2%	6.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.1%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.8%	7.2%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.3%	6.6%	6.0%
9 / 1994	7.1%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 1994	11.0%	6.2%	5.8%
11 / 1994	14.5%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	14.8%	5.8%	5.5%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1993	20.6%	8.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	19.9%	8.7%	7.1%
3 / 1993	19.1%	8.4%	7.0%
4 / 1993	15.6%	7.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	11.1%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.3%	7.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.6%	7.8%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.6%	7.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	7.6%	7.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	12.1%	6.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	15.1%	6.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	15.6%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1992	19.0%	8.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	18.8%	8.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	17.2%	8.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	13.9%	7.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	10.7%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	9.0%	8.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.4%	9.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.3%	8.5%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.9%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	12.4%	8.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	15.7%	8.1%	7.4%
12 / 1992	16.5%	8.0%	7.4%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1991	15.0%	6.8%	6.4%
2 / 1991	15.1%	7.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	13.9%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	10.3%	6.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.4%	6.6%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.0%	6.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.5%	6.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.3%	6.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.0%	6.4%	6.9%
10 / 1991	9.3%	6.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	14.2%	6.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	14.9%	7.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Cape May County, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1990	12.9%	5.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	12.1%	5.0%	5.3%
3 / 1990	10.2%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 1990	7.7%	4.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.3%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.7%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.6%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.4%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.6%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.6%	5.2%	5.9%
11 / 1990	11.0%	5.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	12.0%	5.7%	6.3%