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Local Area Unemployment Statistics - New York

Status of the Civilian Labor Force - New York State

Civilian Labor Force - Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2014	9,568,507	9,555,038	9,543,233	9,531,922	9,521,136	9,512,596	9,506,832	9,505,320	9,507,458	9,510,169	9,512,399	9,517,113
2015	9,524,954	9,533,927	9,542,416	9,548,293	9,549,164	9,543,550	9,534,767	9,527,129	9,523,717	9,527,500	9,537,575	9,548,386
2016	9,554,664	9,553,707	9,545,384	9,533,668	9,523,916	9,518,429	9,516,807	9,517,447	9,518,718	9,518,573	9,517,508	9,518,132
2017	9,786,877	9,800,351	9,817,572	9,835,869	9,852,683	9,865,598	9,872,094	9,870,248	9,860,903	9,846,668	9,830,847	9,817,592
2018	9,802,719	9,803,973	9,812,713	9,823,257	9,829,787	9,830,937	9,828,624	9,827,008	9,827,558	9,830,666	9,835,681	9,840,825
2019	(r)9,840,112	(r)9,837,209	(r)9,831,357	(r)9,826,313	(r)9,825,429	(r)9,830,089	(r)9,839,039	(r)9,850,830	(r)9,866,954	(r)9,886,551	(r)9,905,262	(r)9,915,030
2020	(r)9,909,597	(r)9,887,242	(r)9,852,999	(r)9,124,254	(r)9,417,965	(r)9,506,412	(r)9,542,496	(r)9,480,012	(r)9,513,742	(r)9,482,204	(r)9,501,651	(r)9,507,916
2021	(r)9,510,556	(r)9,514,133	(r)9,518,545	(r)9,533,452	(r)9,528,597	(r)9,562,450	(r)9,546,990	(r)9,548,560	(r)9,527,046	(r)9,533,375	(r)9,541,347	(r)9,569,849
2022	(r)9,584,188	(r)9,583,954	(r)9,585,445	(r)9,595,898	(r)9,598,212	(r)9,600,052	(r)9,589,706	(r)9,573,944	(r)9,587,821	(r)9,600,295	(r)9,613,143	(r)9,626,292
2023	(r)9,641,451	(r)9,659,148	(r)9,678,350	(r)9,697,675	(r)9,714,704	(r)9,728,535	(r)9,739,024	(r)9,745,621	(r)9,749,878	(r)9,753,499	(r)9,756,140	(r)9,760,755
2024	9,751,860	(p)9,748,451
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Employment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2014	8,903,251	8,905,204	8,906,972	8,907,932	8,909,964	8,914,743	8,921,190	8,929,372	8,938,865	8,948,744	8,958,578	8,969,792
2015	8,982,601	8,995,441	9,008,594	9,021,384	9,032,002	9,038,865	9,043,435	9,047,482	9,053,257	9,062,751	9,074,704	9,085,645
2016	9,092,379	9,092,674	9,086,193	9,075,462	9,064,157	9,054,675	9,048,360	9,045,264	9,044,383	9,045,425	9,050,218	9,059,508
2017	9,326,683	9,346,626	9,366,666	9,384,093	9,398,001	9,407,322	9,410,601	9,407,451	9,399,265	9,388,484	9,377,414	9,370,967
2018	9,361,939	9,372,373	9,391,095	9,412,158	9,428,753	9,438,572	9,442,483	9,443,161	9,441,924	9,441,120	9,442,909	9,447,272
2019	(r)9,448,079	(r)9,450,832	(r)9,452,271	(r)9,454,107	(r)9,457,415	(r)9,462,030	(r)9,466,984	(r)9,473,027	(r)9,485,467	(r)9,502,064	(r)9,516,571	(r)9,520,289
2020	(r)9,507,708	(r)9,477,436	(r)9,436,736	(r)7,696,446	(r)7,846,106	(r)8,212,753	(r)8,347,482	(r)8,453,728	(r)8,548,040	(r)8,607,402	(r)8,650,540	(r)8,676,918
2021	(r)8,695,746	(r)8,716,557	(r)8,745,648	(r)8,779,923	(r)8,815,435	(r)8,848,615	(r)8,875,303	(r)8,902,049	(r)8,930,991	(r)8,967,928	(r)9,007,053	(r)9,046,915
2022	(r)9,084,722	(r)9,119,807	(r)9,147,968	(r)9,170,865	(r)9,186,633	(r)9,197,748	(r)9,202,666	(r)9,202,458	(r)9,200,414	(r)9,201,904	(r)9,210,282	(r)9,225,005
2023	(r)9,244,997	(r)9,268,935	(r)9,294,450	(r)9,318,006	(r)9,333,871	(r)9,340,588	(r)9,338,012	(r)9,328,375	(r)9,316,937	(r)9,308,790	(r)9,309,882	(r)9,316,071
2024	9,312,877	(p)9,318,135
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Unemployment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2014	665,256	649,834	636,261	623,990	611,172	597,853	585,642	575,948	568,593	561,425	553,821	547,321
2015	542,353	538,486	533,822	526,909	517,162	504,685	491,332	479,647	470,460	464,749	462,871	462,741
2016	462,285	461,033	459,191	458,206	459,759	463,754	468,447	472,183	474,335	473,148	467,290	458,624
2017	460,194	453,725	450,906	451,776	454,682	458,276	461,493	462,797	461,638	458,184	453,433	446,625
2018	440,780	431,600	421,618	411,099	401,034	392,365	386,141	383,847	385,634	389,546	392,772	393,553
2019	(r)392,033	(r)386,377	(r)379,086	(r)372,206	(r)368,014	(r)368,059	(r)372,055	(r)377,803	(r)381,487	(r)384,487	(r)388,691	(r)394,741
2020	(r)401,889	(r)409,806	(r)416,263	(r)1,427,808	(r)1,571,859	(r)1,293,659	(r)1,195,014	(r)1,026,284	(r)965,702	(r)874,802	(r)851,111	(r)830,998
2021	(r)814,810	(r)797,576	(r)772,897	(r)753,529	(r)713,162	(r)713,835	(r)671,687	(r)646,511	(r)596,055	(r)565,447	(r)534,294	(r)522,934
2022	(r)499,466	(r)464,147	(r)437,477	(r)425,033	(r)411,579	(r)402,304	(r)387,040	(r)371,486	(r)387,407	(r)398,391	(r)402,861	(r)401,287
2023	(r)396,454	(r)390,213	(r)383,900	(r)379,669	(r)380,833	(r)387,947	(r)401,012	(r)417,246	(r)432,941	(r)444,709	(r)446,258	(r)444,684
2024	438,983	(p)430,316
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2014	7.0	6.8	6.7	6.5	6.4	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.8
2015	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8
2016	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.8
2017	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5
2018	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0
2019	(r)4.0	(r)3.9	(r)3.9	(r)3.8	(r)3.7	(r)3.7	(r)3.8	(r)3.8	(r)3.9	(r)3.9	(r)3.9	(r)4.0
2020	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.2	(r)15.6	(r)16.7	(r)13.6	(r)12.5	(r)10.8	(r)10.2	(r)9.2	(r)9.0	(r)8.7
2021	(r)8.6	(r)8.4	(r)8.1	(r)7.9	(r)7.5	(r)7.5	(r)7.0	(r)6.8	(r)6.3	(r)5.9	(r)5.6	(r)5.5
2022	(r)5.2	(r)4.8	(r)4.6	(r)4.4	(r)4.3	(r)4.2	(r)4.0	(r)3.9	(r)4.0	(r)4.1	(r)4.2	(r)4.2
2023	(r)4.1	(r)4.0	(r)4.0	(r)3.9	(r)3.9	(r)4.0	(r)4.1	(r)4.3	(r)4.4	(r)4.6	(r)4.6	(r)4.6
2024	4.5	(p)4.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Civilian Labor Force - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2014	9,528,500	9,535,089	9,556,171	9,461,129	9,501,482	9,604,625	9,629,737	9,566,555	9,463,582	9,517,515	9,466,191	9,452,220	9,523,567
2015	9,504,454	9,499,514	9,515,224	9,520,807	9,566,673	9,619,841	9,640,450	9,587,048	9,478,713	9,513,961	9,483,341	9,508,195	9,536,519
2016	9,521,317	9,536,299	9,564,014	9,499,735	9,492,201	9,575,842	9,620,258	9,580,771	9,519,837	9,506,514	9,457,603	9,449,866	9,527,021
2017	9,759,716	9,781,004	9,828,478	9,804,232	9,810,605	9,920,095	9,985,496	9,906,616	9,891,283	9,830,874	9,785,432	9,754,210	9,838,170
2018	9,768,980	9,801,883	9,812,137	9,784,654	9,790,681	9,918,878	9,938,428	9,854,159	9,803,324	9,834,975	9,790,784	9,814,628	9,826,126
2019	(r)9,812,112	(r)9,816,043	(r)9,843,182	(r)9,786,573	(r)9,790,456	(r)9,877,502	(r)9,937,818	(r)9,894,572	(r)9,867,418	(r)9,892,077	(r)9,855,964	(r)9,837,085	(r)9,850,900
2020	(r)9,904,214	(r)9,921,692	(r)9,874,489	(r)9,075,070	(r)9,319,564	(r)9,559,191	(r)9,626,420	(r)9,576,777	(r)9,498,177	(r)9,503,324	(r)9,473,052	(r)9,441,006	(r)9,564,414
2021	(r)9,456,827	(r)9,490,215	(r)9,534,424	(r)9,519,433	(r)9,482,687	(r)9,623,606	(r)9,655,177	(r)9,597,440	(r)9,521,093	(r)9,521,388	(r)9,508,972	(r)9,484,269	(r)9,532,961
2022	(r)9,564,228	(r)9,574,790	(r)9,602,849	(r)9,536,241	(r)9,585,714	(r)9,659,571	(r)9,683,156	(r)9,649,131	(r)9,583,437	(r)9,599,724	(r)9,560,365	(r)9,550,030	(r)9,595,770
2023	(r)9,601,305	(r)9,652,627	(r)9,693,725	(r)9,650,320	(r)9,695,639	(r)9,791,615	(r)9,842,201	(r)9,813,176	(r)9,740,944	(r)9,736,953	(r)9,743,441	(r)9,651,541	(r)9,717,791
2024	9,650,060	(p)9,716,148
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Employment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2014	8,827,151	8,817,740	8,888,650	8,892,145	8,918,197	9,013,528	9,009,182	8,968,871	8,922,088	8,981,649	8,929,836	8,934,896	8,925,328
2015	8,908,819	8,911,182	8,981,670	9,021,468	9,062,321	9,115,995	9,123,623	9,102,801	9,034,656	9,069,638	9,040,370	9,059,319	9,035,989
2016	9,022,325	9,031,096	9,080,801	9,059,322	9,077,139	9,119,514	9,129,639	9,095,631	9,051,505	9,043,627	9,027,722	9,016,072	9,062,866
2017	9,257,663	9,268,794	9,374,183	9,378,099	9,384,059	9,469,576	9,501,125	9,422,939	9,446,507	9,399,438	9,360,323	9,330,294	9,382,750
2018	9,287,997	9,313,373	9,369,080	9,394,325	9,437,286	9,513,831	9,521,879	9,450,801	9,446,787	9,478,125	9,440,458	9,436,602	9,424,212
2019	(r)9,364,410	(r)9,385,667	(r)9,443,021	(r)9,444,815	(r)9,445,357	(r)9,510,179	(r)9,531,779	(r)9,494,197	(r)9,518,622	(r)9,527,150	(r)9,502,251	(r)9,477,872	(r)9,470,443
2020	(r)9,479,030	(r)9,492,315	(r)9,363,404	(r)7,692,340	(r)7,763,004	(r)8,276,035	(r)8,375,081	(r)8,545,924	(r)8,547,814	(r)8,671,073	(r)8,682,427	(r)8,647,628	(r)8,628,006
2021	(r)8,590,549	(r)8,629,453	(r)8,735,395	(r)8,781,206	(r)8,809,800	(r)8,887,225	(r)8,945,691	(r)8,927,951	(r)8,952,313	(r)8,989,704	(r)9,018,020	(r)9,016,676	(r)8,856,999
2022	(r)9,023,160	(r)9,055,115	(r)9,140,782	(r)9,133,484	(r)9,200,362	(r)9,246,515	(r)9,258,746	(r)9,233,450	(r)9,233,337	(r)9,241,806	(r)9,193,929	(r)9,182,329	(r)9,178,585
2023	(r)9,168,221	(r)9,211,072	(r)9,291,831	(r)9,302,390	(r)9,322,210	(r)9,387,809	(r)9,425,432	(r)9,369,325	(r)9,334,844	(r)9,309,975	(r)9,335,885	(r)9,224,680	(r)9,306,973
2024	9,230,296	(p)9,274,408
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Unemployment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2014	701,349	717,349	667,521	568,984	583,285	591,097	620,555	597,684	541,494	535,866	536,355	517,324	598,239
2015	595,635	588,332	533,554	499,339	504,352	503,846	516,827	484,247	444,057	444,323	442,971	448,876	500,530
2016	498,992	505,203	483,213	440,413	415,062	456,328	490,619	485,140	468,332	462,887	429,881	433,794	464,155
2017	502,053	512,210	454,295	426,133	426,546	450,519	484,371	483,677	444,776	431,436	425,109	423,916	455,420
2018	480,983	488,510	443,057	390,329	353,395	405,047	416,549	403,358	356,537	356,850	350,326	378,026	401,914
2019	(r)447,702	(r)430,376	(r)400,161	(r)341,758	(r)345,099	(r)367,323	(r)406,039	(r)400,375	(r)348,796	(r)364,927	(r)353,713	(r)359,213	(r)380,457
2020	(r)425,184	(r)429,377	(r)511,085	(r)1,382,730	(r)1,556,560	(r)1,283,156	(r)1,251,339	(r)1,030,853	(r)950,363	(r)832,251	(r)790,625	(r)793,378	(r)936,408
2021	(r)866,278	(r)860,762	(r)799,029	(r)738,227	(r)672,887	(r)736,381	(r)709,486	(r)669,489	(r)568,780	(r)531,684	(r)490,952	(r)467,593	(r)675,962
2022	(r)541,068	(r)519,675	(r)462,067	(r)402,757	(r)385,352	(r)413,056	(r)424,410	(r)415,681	(r)350,100	(r)357,918	(r)366,436	(r)367,701	(r)417,185
2023	(r)433,084	(r)441,555	(r)401,894	(r)347,930	(r)373,429	(r)403,806	(r)416,769	(r)443,851	(r)406,100	(r)426,978	(r)407,556	(r)426,861	(r)410,818
2024	419,764	(p)441,740
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

Unemployment Rate - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2014	7.4	7.5	7.0	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.4	6.2	5.7	5.6	5.7	5.5	6.3
2015	6.3	6.2	5.6	5.2	5.3	5.2	5.4	5.1	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	5.2
2016	5.2	5.3	5.1	4.6	4.4	4.8	5.1	5.1	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.6	4.9
2017	5.1	5.2	4.6	4.3	4.3	4.5	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.6
2018	4.9	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.6	4.1	4.2	4.1	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.9	4.1
2019	(r)4.6	(r)4.4	(r)4.1	(r)3.5	(r)3.5	(r)3.7	(r)4.1	(r)4.0	(r)3.5	(r)3.7	(r)3.6	(r)3.7	(r)3.9
2020	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(r)5.2	(r)15.2	(r)16.7	(r)13.4	(r)13.0	(r)10.8	(r)10.0	(r)8.8	(r)8.3	(r)8.4	(r)9.8
2021	(r)9.2	(r)9.1	(r)8.4	(r)7.8	(r)7.1	(r)7.7	(r)7.3	(r)7.0	(r)6.0	(r)5.6	(r)5.2	(r)4.9	(r)7.1
2022	(r)5.7	(r)5.4	(r)4.8	(r)4.2	(r)4.0	(r)4.3	(r)4.4	(r)4.3	(r)3.7	(r)3.7	(r)3.8	(r)3.9	(r)4.3
2023	(r)4.5	(r)4.6	(r)4.1	(r)3.6	(r)3.9	(r)4.1	(r)4.2	(r)4.5	(r)4.2	(r)4.4	(r)4.2	(r)4.4	(r)4.2
2024	4.3	(p)4.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).