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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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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 9,792.9 9,678.1 9,814.9 9,806.5 (p)9,727.3  

Employment(1)

 8,995.2 8,942.4 9,026.7 9,021.9 (p)8,990.7  

Unemployment(1)

 797.8 735.7 788.2 784.6 (p)736.7  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 8.1 7.6 8.0 8.0 (p)7.6  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 9,003.1 9,078.3 9,189.8 9,164.3 9,157.0 (p)9,145.7

12-month % change

 11.9 10.5 8.8 7.0 5.3 (p)2.9

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 366.9 369.9 373.5 375.0 377.1 (p)377.5

12-month % change

 36.0 15.2 2.3 -1.8 -3.7 (p)-3.2

Manufacturing(3)

 331.0 332.3 335.5 334.7 336.5 (p)337.8

12-month % change

 16.6 10.0 5.3 4.0 3.6 (p)3.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 1,538.8 1,557.7 1,580.5 1,560.8 1,558.0 (p)1,570.7

12-month % change

 18.2 16.3 11.4 5.4 3.7 (p)2.7

Information(3)

 289.3 293.7 297.4 299.6 302.4 (p)300.8

12-month % change

 1.5 5.3 7.2 8.4 8.9 (p)6.8

Financial Activities(3)

 754.0 752.8 759.5 753.9 755.8 (p)747.4

12-month % change

 0.3 0.2 0.4 -0.8 -1.2 (p)-1.4

Professional and Business Services(3)

 1,490.3 1,495.8 1,517.0 1,516.0 1,515.9 (p)1,515.2

12-month % change

 7.3 6.5 6.5 5.4 4.6 (p)4.6

Education and Health Services(3)

 1,983.0 1,979.9 1,958.7 1,939.5 1,933.7 (p)1,954.1

12-month % change

 9.4 8.9 7.3 6.8 5.3 (p)3.1

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 609.0 653.2 712.2 747.2 749.9 (p)712.8

12-month % change

 63.7 53.1 50.1 36.7 28.2 (p)18.1

Other Services(3)

 348.1 351.8 356.8 360.2 360.1 (p)351.6

12-month % change

 25.9 22.6 18.5 9.3 5.8 (p)1.6

Government(3)

 1,292.7 1,291.2 1,298.7 1,277.4 1,267.6 (p)1,277.8

12-month % change

 -0.8 0.3 1.1 5.2 3.2 (p)-2.2

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 289.493 290.991 293.872 293.553 293.927 295.488

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   3.2 3.2 4.1 3.5 3.7 3.8

CPI-W, All items(5)

 283.926 285.281 288.318 288.323 289.090 290.733

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

   3.3 3.2 4.3 3.7 4.0 4.2

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

Data extracted on: October 22, 2021

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:

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