EMPLOYMENT DATA: Report: New Jersey added 2,000 jobs

New Jersey employers added 2,000 jobs from November to December and the unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

The agency's monthly survey of employers found that the number of people working on nonfarm payrolls rose to 4,085,000 in December, an increase of 2,000.

Based on additional data provided by employers, November's originally reported over-the-month gain of 900 was revised downward to 200 for a November employment level of 4,083,000.