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Economy at a Glance
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New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

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2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)10,207.2 (2)10,232.4 10,262.4 10,345.5 10,376.6 (p)10,327.6

Employment(1)

 (2)9,824.6 (2)9,853.2 9,807.7 9,885.2 9,950.6 (p)9,941.3

Unemployment(1)

 (2)382.6 (2)379.2 454.6 460.3 426.0 (p)386.2

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)3.7 (2)3.7 4.4 4.4 4.1 (p)3.7

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 10,063.2 10,100.3 9,819.7 9,894.0 9,955.4 (p)10,008.6

12-month % change

 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.0 2.9 (p)2.5

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 413.2 406.9 387.8 392.0 398.4 (p)409.4

12-month % change

 3.4 3.0 4.1 3.9 3.7 (p)3.3

Manufacturing(4)

 349.4 349.9 344.5 346.8 349.2 (p)348.5

12-month % change

 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.1 1.3 (p)0.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 1,715.7 1,739.0 1,674.5 1,655.6 1,655.0 (p)1,645.9

12-month % change

 2.0 1.7 1.3 0.2 0.0 (p)-0.5

Information(4)

 328.2 330.1 311.1 321.5 322.6 (p)318.8

12-month % change

 3.2 3.5 -0.2 0.8 0.3 (p)-0.1

Financial Activities(4)

 811.5 814.7 803.2 804.5 804.1 (p)802.1

12-month % change

 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.9 2.5 (p)1.8

Professional and Business Services(4)

 1,663.8 1,664.8 1,596.5 1,611.7 1,621.4 (p)1,644.4

12-month % change

 3.8 3.5 1.8 1.8 1.7 (p)1.7

Education and Health Services(4)

 2,180.8 2,194.3 2,166.1 2,207.2 2,228.7 (p)2,225.9

12-month % change

 4.4 4.7 6.6 5.3 5.7 (p)4.7

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 893.0 887.7 848.5 855.3 875.7 (p)911.2

12-month % change

 10.9 9.6 12.0 10.5 9.3 (p)9.5

Other Services(4)

 403.0 405.6 399.0 401.1 399.9 (p)402.7

12-month % change

 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.1 2.9 (p)2.6

Government(4)

 1,304.6 1,307.3 1,288.5 1,298.3 1,300.4 (p)1,299.7

12-month % change

 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.4 (p)0.7

Consumer Price Index: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

CPI-U, All items(5)

 314.975 315.656 318.151 319.295 319.038 319.211

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   5.9 6.3 6.0 6.0 4.6 3.7

CPI-W, All items(6)

 309.647 309.872 312.206 313.326 312.810 313.188

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

   5.7 5.9 5.4 5.5 4.0 3.3

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 21, 2023.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary

Data extracted on: June 02, 2023

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

Employment & Unemployment

Prices & Living Conditions

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