Unemployed people in Sayreville, NJ

Unemployed people in Sayreville, NJ was 1,230 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 14% from 2024. That is the 21st highest of 39 cities in 2025.

2025, persons1,230

Change on 2024+14%

Rank21st of 39Cities in New Jersey ranked

Series high2,1532010

Series low6311999

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Unemployed people in Sayreville, NJ, 1990 to 2025

persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 36 values

Period	persons
2025	1,230
2024	1,079
2023	1,010
2022	918
2021	1,647
2020	2,129
2019	770
2018	887
2017	1,038
2016	1,130
2015	1,278
2014	1,485
2013	1,881
2012	2,130
2011	2,103
2010	2,153
2009	1,973
2008	1,150
2007	863
2006	952
2005	904
2004	960
2003	1,156
2002	1,177
2001	820
2000	682
1999	631
1998	636
1997	746
1996	862
1995	902
1994	937
1993	1,121
1992	1,228
1991	928
1990	697

Rankings

US cities by unemployed people 1706 places
Cities in New Jersey by unemployed people 39 places

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Sayreville, NJ, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Sayreville, NJ, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/sayreville-nj. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Sayreville, NJ, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/sayreville-nj.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Sayreville, NJ, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/sayreville-nj (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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What is the unemployed people in Sayreville, NJ?

Unemployed people in Sayreville, NJ was 1,230 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 14% from 2024. That is the 21st highest of 39 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Sayreville, NJ?

2,153 in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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