New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2012

 8,343.8 8,399.0 8,472.0 8,516.9 8,598.2 8,657.5 8,555.3 8,533.3 8,577.5 8,645.5 8,645.8 8,706.9 8,554.3

2013

 8,497.3 8,510.5 8,588.2 (P) 8,677.0                  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

  

2012

 284.4 282.6 288.8 297.7 301.9 306.7 310.3 313.0 311.1 311.6 303.7 301.6 301.1

2013

 283.5 283.4 292.5 (P) 306.9                  

Manufacturing

  

2012

 355.2 356.0 357.9 356.8 359.0 360.9 357.2 357.3 358.8 360.3 358.0 357.1 357.9

2013

 350.3 351.5 354.3 (P) 354.1                  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2012

 1,572.0 1,553.8 1,560.8 1,557.2 1,577.7 1,595.4 1,565.0 1,569.0 1,586.0 1,594.7 1,622.4 1,656.5 1,584.2

2013

 1,607.9 1,579.0 1,590.7 (P) 1,603.6                  

Information

  

2012

 272.3 273.8 275.1 276.9 279.0 281.2 279.4 279.1 278.3 277.9 278.0 276.4 277.3

2013

 267.6 267.4 271.8 (P) 273.6                  

Financial Activities

  

2012

 731.0 733.2 734.2 734.0 734.8 744.0 745.9 745.1 736.9 735.4 733.7 741.6 737.5

2013

 734.6 731.1 730.7 (P) 731.6                  

Professional & Business Services

  

2012

 1,289.3 1,297.6 1,313.1 1,327.9 1,338.4 1,357.8 1,354.5 1,365.2 1,362.6 1,363.5 1,374.3 1,377.6 1,343.5

2013

 1,334.4 1,345.6 1,357.6 (P) 1,374.1                  

Educational & Health Services

  

2012

 1,556.4 1,583.9 1,597.8 1,596.0 1,602.0 1,575.6 1,546.6 1,537.9 1,580.1 1,612.7 1,611.7 1,621.9 1,585.2

2013

 1,601.3 1,615.7 1,634.1 (P) 1,641.9                  

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2012

 688.3 698.4 713.3 733.4 764.5 792.1 793.7 791.0 771.2 756.0 731.9 737.3 747.6

2013

 709.6 707.5 723.4 (P) 753.6                  

Other Services

  

2012

 365.3 366.5 369.6 373.0 377.5 383.1 379.5 377.3 377.8 382.4 377.8 381.4 375.9

2013

 379.6 379.7 380.7 (P) 382.3                  

Government

  

2012

 1,229.6 1,253.2 1,261.4 1,264.0 1,263.4 1,260.7 1,223.2 1,198.4 1,214.7 1,251.0 1,254.3 1,255.5 1,244.1

2013

 1,228.5 1,249.6 1,252.4 (P) 1,255.3                  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2012

 (1) 9,469,330 (1) 9,509,496 (1) 9,509,063 (1) 9,476,650 (1) 9,535,063 (1) 9,629,399 (1) 9,686,145 (1) 9,585,375 (1) 9,520,462 (1) 9,605,016 (1) 9,557,570 (1) 9,587,784 (1) 9,555,946

2013

 9,608,865 9,540,226 9,500,804 (P) 9,515,299                  

Employment

  

2012

 (1) 8,602,613 (1) 8,633,876 (1) 8,668,189 (1) 8,684,532 (1) 8,707,499 (1) 8,756,212 (1) 8,771,987 (1) 8,730,511 (1) 8,715,949 (1) 8,785,924 (1) 8,760,688 (1) 8,777,366 (1) 8,716,279

2013

 8,709,164 8,702,304 8,728,173 (P) 8,803,412                  

Unemployment

  

2012

 (1) 866,717 (1) 875,620 (1) 840,874 (1) 792,118 (1) 827,564 (1) 873,187 (1) 914,158 (1) 854,864 (1) 804,513 (1) 819,092 (1) 796,882 (1) 810,418 (1) 839,667

2013

 899,701 837,922 772,631 (P) 711,887                  

Unemployment Rate

  

2012

 (1) 9.2 (1) 9.2 (1) 8.8 (1) 8.4 (1) 8.7 (1) 9.1 (1) 9.4 (1) 8.9 (1) 8.5 (1) 8.5 (1) 8.3 (1) 8.5 (1) 8.8

2013

 9.4 8.8 8.1 (P) 7.5                  

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals.
(P) Preliminary