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Customer Number 609-292-0695 - by the Numbers
Phone number to dial609-292-0695
Call-back availableYES
Call picked up by a real personYES
Department you're callingClaims Department
Call center hoursMon-Fri 8am-4pm EST
Best time to dial8:10am
Navigate phone maze to a humanJust wait on the line
Average wait
Current wait123
Rank (among phone numbers)1
Rank (overall)1
Alternate methodsphone, web
Quality of communication84%
Quality of help51%
Customer votes5,791
Information last updatedThu Jun 10 2021 09:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
NJ Unemployment's Best Toll-Free/800 Customer Phone Number
This is NJ Unemployment's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a NJ Unemployment agent. This phone number is NJ Unemployment's Best Phone Number because 77,172 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 609-292-0695 include Schedule Appointment, Problem With a Claim, Make a Claim, Find an Office, Account Access and other customer service issues. The NJ Unemployment call center that you call into has employees from New Jersey and is open Mon-Fri 8am-4pm EST according to customers. In total, NJ Unemployment has 4 phone numbers. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to NJ Unemployment representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.
Contacting NJ Unemployment - by phone or otherwise
While 609-292-0695 is NJ Unemployment's best toll-free number, there are 5 total ways to get in touch with them. The next best way to talk to their customer support team , according to other NJ Unemployment customers, is by calling their 609-292-2460 phone number for their Directors Office department. Besides calling, the next favorite option for customers looking for help is via 609-292-2460 for Directors Office. If you think this information is inaccurate or know of other ways to contact NJ Unemployment please let us know so we can share with other customers. And you can click here if you want to compare all the contact information we've gathered for NJ Unemployment.
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