Chris Christie claims New Jersey’s job growth in May represents 25 percent of the net new jobs nationwide

Chris Christie claims New Jersey’s job growth in May represents 25 percent of the net new jobs nationwide Politifact • June 25, 2012

The most valid comparison would be to consider New Jersey’s 17,600 jobs as a share of the job gains across the country in May, according to Doug Hall, director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network at the Washington, DC-based Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank.