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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).