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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	9,840,112	9,837,209	9,831,357	9,826,313	9,825,429	9,830,089	9,839,039	9,850,830	9,866,954	9,886,551	9,905,262	9,915,030
2020	9,909,597	9,887,242	9,852,999	9,124,254	9,417,965	9,506,412	9,542,496	9,480,012	9,513,742	9,482,204	9,501,651	9,507,916
2021	9,510,556	9,514,133	9,518,545	9,533,452	9,528,597	9,562,450	9,546,990	9,548,560	9,527,046	9,533,375	9,541,347	9,569,849
2022	9,584,188	9,583,954	9,585,445	9,595,898	9,598,212	9,600,052	9,589,706	9,573,944	9,587,821	9,600,295	9,613,143	9,626,292
2023	9,641,451	9,659,148	9,678,350	9,697,675	9,714,704	9,728,535	9,739,024	9,745,621	9,749,878	9,753,499	9,756,140	9,760,755
2024	9,751,860	9,747,690	9,738,988	9,731,341	9,723,459	9,720,699	(p)9,721,403
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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	9,448,079	9,450,832	9,452,271	9,454,107	9,457,415	9,462,030	9,466,984	9,473,027	9,485,467	9,502,064	9,516,571	9,520,289
2020	9,507,708	9,477,436	9,436,736	7,696,446	7,846,106	8,212,753	8,347,482	8,453,728	8,548,040	8,607,402	8,650,540	8,676,918
2021	8,695,746	8,716,557	8,745,648	8,779,923	8,815,435	8,848,615	8,875,303	8,902,049	8,930,991	8,967,928	9,007,053	9,046,915
2022	9,084,722	9,119,807	9,147,968	9,170,865	9,186,633	9,197,748	9,202,666	9,202,458	9,200,414	9,201,904	9,210,282	9,225,005
2023	9,244,997	9,268,935	9,294,450	9,318,006	9,333,871	9,340,588	9,338,012	9,328,375	9,316,937	9,308,790	9,309,882	9,316,071
2024	9,312,877	9,318,066	9,320,764	9,320,816	9,313,599	9,311,989	(p)9,303,589
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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	392,033	386,377	379,086	372,206	368,014	368,059	372,055	377,803	381,487	384,487	388,691	394,741
2020	401,889	409,806	416,263	1,427,808	1,571,859	1,293,659	1,195,014	1,026,284	965,702	874,802	851,111	830,998
2021	814,810	797,576	772,897	753,529	713,162	713,835	671,687	646,511	596,055	565,447	534,294	522,934
2022	499,466	464,147	437,477	425,033	411,579	402,304	387,040	371,486	387,407	398,391	402,861	401,287
2023	396,454	390,213	383,900	379,669	380,833	387,947	401,012	417,246	432,941	444,709	446,258	444,684
2024	438,983	429,624	418,224	410,525	409,860	408,710	(p)417,814
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0
2020	4.1	4.1	4.2	15.6	16.7	13.6	12.5	10.8	10.2	9.2	9.0	8.7
2021	8.6	8.4	8.1	7.9	7.5	7.5	7.0	6.8	6.3	5.9	5.6	5.5
2022	5.2	4.8	4.6	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.0	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2
2023	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.3	4.4	4.6	4.6	4.6
2024	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	(p)4.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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	9,812,112	9,816,043	9,843,182	9,786,573	9,790,456	9,877,502	9,937,818	9,894,572	9,867,418	9,892,077	9,855,964	9,837,085	9,850,900
2020	9,904,214	9,921,692	9,874,489	9,075,070	9,319,564	9,559,191	9,626,420	9,576,777	9,498,177	9,503,324	9,473,052	9,441,006	9,564,414
2021	9,456,827	9,490,215	9,534,424	9,519,433	9,482,687	9,623,606	9,655,177	9,597,440	9,521,093	9,521,388	9,508,972	9,484,269	9,532,961
2022	9,564,228	9,574,790	9,602,849	9,536,241	9,585,714	9,659,571	9,683,156	9,649,131	9,583,437	9,599,724	9,560,365	9,550,030	9,595,770
2023	9,601,305	9,652,627	9,693,725	9,650,320	9,695,639	9,791,615	9,842,201	9,813,176	9,740,944	9,736,953	9,743,441	9,651,541	9,717,791
2024	9,650,060	9,712,110	9,717,996	9,663,183	9,678,303	9,782,239	(p)9,825,233
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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	9,364,410	9,385,667	9,443,021	9,444,815	9,445,357	9,510,179	9,531,779	9,494,197	9,518,622	9,527,150	9,502,251	9,477,872	9,470,443
2020	9,479,030	9,492,315	9,363,404	7,692,340	7,763,004	8,276,035	8,375,081	8,545,924	8,547,814	8,671,073	8,682,427	8,647,628	8,628,006
2021	8,590,549	8,629,453	8,735,395	8,781,206	8,809,800	8,887,225	8,945,691	8,927,951	8,952,313	8,989,704	9,018,020	9,016,676	8,856,999
2022	9,023,160	9,055,115	9,140,782	9,133,484	9,200,362	9,246,515	9,258,746	9,233,450	9,233,337	9,241,806	9,193,929	9,182,329	9,178,585
2023	9,168,221	9,211,072	9,291,831	9,302,390	9,322,210	9,387,809	9,425,432	9,369,325	9,334,844	9,309,975	9,335,885	9,224,680	9,306,973
2024	9,230,296	9,274,069	9,309,066	9,283,729	9,272,254	9,361,147	(p)9,342,332
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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	447,702	430,376	400,161	341,758	345,099	367,323	406,039	400,375	348,796	364,927	353,713	359,213	380,457
2020	425,184	429,377	511,085	1,382,730	1,556,560	1,283,156	1,251,339	1,030,853	950,363	832,251	790,625	793,378	936,408
2021	866,278	860,762	799,029	738,227	672,887	736,381	709,486	669,489	568,780	531,684	490,952	467,593	675,962
2022	541,068	519,675	462,067	402,757	385,352	413,056	424,410	415,681	350,100	357,918	366,436	367,701	417,185
2023	433,084	441,555	401,894	347,930	373,429	403,806	416,769	443,851	406,100	426,978	407,556	426,861	410,818
2024	419,764	438,041	408,930	379,454	406,049	421,092	(p)482,901
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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	4.6	4.4	4.1	3.5	3.5	3.7	4.1	4.0	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.7	3.9
2020	4.3	4.3	5.2	15.2	16.7	13.4	13.0	10.8	10.0	8.8	8.3	8.4	9.8
2021	9.2	9.1	8.4	7.8	7.1	7.7	7.3	7.0	6.0	5.6	5.2	4.9	7.1
2022	5.7	5.4	4.8	4.2	4.0	4.3	4.4	4.3	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.9	4.3
2023	4.5	4.6	4.1	3.6	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.2
2024	4.3	4.5	4.2	3.9	4.2	4.3	(p)4.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).