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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New York–New Jersey > Table

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

2011

 (r)9,559,651 (r)9,548,708 (r)9,536,257 (r)9,523,346 (r)9,513,763 (r)9,510,326 (r)9,514,587 (r)9,524,566 (r)9,536,393 (r)9,548,032 (r)9,556,997 (r)9,561,987  

2012

 (r)9,564,435 (r)9,568,747 (r)9,575,456 (r)9,581,857 (r)9,588,258 (r)9,595,186 (r)9,602,750 (r)9,612,652 (r)9,625,882 (r)9,638,067 (r)9,645,668 (r)9,647,282  

2013

 (r)9,643,243 (r)9,637,148 (r)9,634,141 (r)9,638,121 (r)9,646,461 (r)9,655,330 (r)9,660,293 (r)9,655,577 (r)9,640,261 (r)9,620,358 (r)9,601,154 (r)9,583,747  

2014

 (r)9,568,507 (r)9,555,038 (r)9,543,233 (r)9,531,922 (r)9,521,136 (r)9,512,596 (r)9,506,832 (r)9,505,320 (r)9,507,458 (r)9,510,169 (r)9,512,399 (r)9,517,113  

2015

 (r)9,524,954 (r)9,533,927 (r)9,542,416 (r)9,548,293 (r)9,549,164 (r)9,543,550 (r)9,534,767 (r)9,527,129 (r)9,523,717 (r)9,527,500 (r)9,537,575 (r)9,548,386  

2016

 (r)9,554,664 (r)9,553,707 (r)9,545,384 (r)9,533,668 (r)9,523,916 (r)9,518,429 (r)9,516,807 (r)9,517,447 (r)9,518,718 (r)9,518,573 (r)9,517,508 (r)9,518,132  

2017

 (r)9,522,329 (r)9,531,257 (r)9,542,763 (r)9,554,679 (r)9,565,314 (r)9,573,073 (r)9,575,872 (r)9,571,742 (r)9,561,085 (r)9,546,121 (r)9,529,958 (r)9,515,889  

2018

 (r)9,507,439 (r)9,506,345 (r)9,511,032 (r)9,516,177 (r)9,517,060 (r)9,513,390 (r)9,507,665 (r)9,504,009 (r)9,503,327 (r)9,505,478 (r)9,509,895 (r)9,514,720  

2019

 (r)9,516,504 (r)9,512,517 (r)9,504,408 (r)9,495,874 (r)9,490,611 (r)9,490,628 (r)9,495,297 (r)9,502,975 (r)9,513,798 (r)9,524,726 (r)9,530,112 (r)9,527,474  

2020

 (r)9,518,110 (r)9,504,276 (r)9,490,040 (r)8,870,365 (r)8,950,469 (r)9,279,154 (r)9,377,175 (r)9,399,119 (r)9,300,792 (r)9,226,555 (r)9,261,209 (r)9,290,419  

2021

 9,283,011 9,289,219 9,523,660 (p)9,505,870                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Employment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2011

 (r)8,760,232 (r)8,757,912 (r)8,752,207 (r)8,742,652 (r)8,731,832 (r)8,723,753 (r)8,722,045 (r)8,725,968 (r)8,732,476 (r)8,739,046 (r)8,743,315 (r)8,744,223  

2012

 (r)8,742,699 (r)8,742,066 (r)8,742,131 (r)8,742,019 (r)8,744,437 (r)8,751,630 (r)8,764,316 (r)8,781,926 (r)8,802,411 (r)8,820,734 (r)8,833,612 (r)8,840,572  

2013

 (r)8,842,773 (r)8,844,420 (r)8,850,795 (r)8,864,330 (r)8,880,236 (r)8,893,914 (r)8,902,869 (r)8,906,160 (r)8,905,146 (r)8,902,906 (r)8,901,935 (r)8,901,999  

2014

 (r)8,903,251 (r)8,905,204 (r)8,906,972 (r)8,907,932 (r)8,909,964 (r)8,914,743 (r)8,921,190 (r)8,929,372 (r)8,938,865 (r)8,948,744 (r)8,958,578 (r)8,969,792  

2015

 (r)8,982,601 (r)8,995,441 (r)9,008,594 (r)9,021,384 (r)9,032,002 (r)9,038,865 (r)9,043,435 (r)9,047,482 (r)9,053,257 (r)9,062,751 (r)9,074,704 (r)9,085,645  

2016

 (r)9,092,379 (r)9,092,674 (r)9,086,193 (r)9,075,462 (r)9,064,157 (r)9,054,675 (r)9,048,360 (r)9,045,264 (r)9,044,383 (r)9,045,425 (r)9,050,218 (r)9,059,508  

2017

 (r)9,072,158 (r)9,087,600 (r)9,102,363 (r)9,114,164 (r)9,122,791 (r)9,127,872 (r)9,128,335 (r)9,123,637 (r)9,114,586 (r)9,102,795 (r)9,090,207 (r)9,081,187  

2018

 (r)9,079,411 (r)9,086,086 (r)9,099,525 (r)9,114,414 (r)9,125,176 (r)9,130,638 (r)9,132,403 (r)9,133,002 (r)9,132,833 (r)9,132,696 (r)9,133,931 (r)9,136,431  

2019

 (r)9,138,251 (r)9,137,837 (r)9,135,086 (r)9,132,034 (r)9,130,527 (r)9,131,332 (r)9,134,428 (r)9,140,474 (r)9,152,288 (r)9,166,554 (r)9,175,122 (r)9,172,201  

2020

 (r)9,158,192 (r)9,136,670 (r)9,115,724 (r)7,434,677 (r)7,542,872 (r)7,883,108 (r)7,998,562 (r)8,300,511 (r)8,372,958 (r)8,424,046 (r)8,457,527 (r)8,484,485  

2021

 8,467,554 8,463,254 8,719,375 (p)8,727,481                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2011

 (r)799,419 (r)790,796 (r)784,050 (r)780,694 (r)781,931 (r)786,573 (r)792,542 (r)798,598 (r)803,917 (r)808,986 (r)813,682 (r)817,764  

2012

 (r)821,736 (r)826,681 (r)833,325 (r)839,838 (r)843,821 (r)843,556 (r)838,434 (r)830,726 (r)823,471 (r)817,333 (r)812,056 (r)806,710  

2013

 (r)800,470 (r)792,728 (r)783,346 (r)773,791 (r)766,225 (r)761,416 (r)757,424 (r)749,417 (r)735,115 (r)717,452 (r)699,219 (r)681,748  

2014

 (r)665,256 (r)649,834 (r)636,261 (r)623,990 (r)611,172 (r)597,853 (r)585,642 (r)575,948 (r)568,593 (r)561,425 (r)553,821 (r)547,321  

2015

 (r)542,353 (r)538,486 (r)533,822 (r)526,909 (r)517,162 (r)504,685 (r)491,332 (r)479,647 (r)470,460 (r)464,749 (r)462,871 (r)462,741  

2016

 (r)462,285 (r)461,033 (r)459,191 (r)458,206 (r)459,759 (r)463,754 (r)468,447 (r)472,183 (r)474,335 (r)473,148 (r)467,290 (r)458,624  

2017

 (r)450,171 (r)443,657 (r)440,400 (r)440,515 (r)442,523 (r)445,201 (r)447,537 (r)448,105 (r)446,499 (r)443,326 (r)439,751 (r)434,702  

2018

 (r)428,028 (r)420,259 (r)411,507 (r)401,763 (r)391,884 (r)382,752 (r)375,262 (r)371,007 (r)370,494 (r)372,782 (r)375,964 (r)378,289  

2019

 (r)378,253 (r)374,680 (r)369,322 (r)363,840 (r)360,084 (r)359,296 (r)360,869 (r)362,501 (r)361,510 (r)358,172 (r)354,990 (r)355,273  

2020

 (r)359,918 (r)367,606 (r)374,316 (r)1,435,688 (r)1,407,597 (r)1,396,046 (r)1,378,613 (r)1,098,608 (r)927,834 (r)802,509 (r)803,682 (r)805,934  

2021

 815,457 825,965 804,285 (p)778,389                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2011

 (r)8.4 (r)8.3 (r)8.2 (r)8.2 (r)8.2 (r)8.3 (r)8.3 (r)8.4 (r)8.4 (r)8.5 (r)8.5 (r)8.6  

2012

 (r)8.6 (r)8.6 (r)8.7 (r)8.8 (r)8.8 (r)8.8 (r)8.7 (r)8.6 (r)8.6 (r)8.5 (r)8.4 (r)8.4  

2013

 (r)8.3 (r)8.2 (r)8.1 (r)8.0 (r)7.9 (r)7.9 (r)7.8 (r)7.8 (r)7.6 (r)7.5 (r)7.3 (r)7.1  

2014

 (r)7.0 (r)6.8 (r)6.7 (r)6.5 (r)6.4 (r)6.3 (r)6.2 (r)6.1 (r)6.0 (r)5.9 (r)5.8 (r)5.8  

2015

 (r)5.7 (r)5.6 (r)5.6 (r)5.5 (r)5.4 (r)5.3 (r)5.2 (r)5.0 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.8  

2016

 (r)4.8 (r)4.8 (r)4.8 (r)4.8 (r)4.8 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)5.0 (r)5.0 (r)5.0 (r)4.9 (r)4.8  

2017

 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.6 (r)4.6 (r)4.6 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.6 (r)4.6 (r)4.6  

2018

 (r)4.5 (r)4.4 (r)4.3 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)4.0 (r)4.0  

2019

 (r)4.0 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.7 (r)3.7  

2020

 (r)3.8 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)16.2 (r)15.7 (r)15.0 (r)14.7 (r)11.7 (r)10.0 (r)8.7 (r)8.7 (r)8.7  

2021

 8.8 8.9 8.4 (p)8.2                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Civilian Labor Force - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2011

 (r)9,533,413 (r)9,509,390 (r)9,511,461 (r)9,479,912 (r)9,507,603 (r)9,578,840 (r)9,605,634 (r)9,607,802 (r)9,531,753 (r)9,558,028 (r)9,503,750 (r)9,525,446 (r)9,537,752

2012

 (r)9,502,388 (r)9,543,111 (r)9,556,549 (r)9,519,917 (r)9,579,828 (r)9,692,668 (r)9,729,342 (r)9,649,502 (r)9,598,463 (r)9,663,133 (r)9,581,223 (r)9,615,061 (r)9,602,599

2013

 (r)9,632,205 (r)9,596,911 (r)9,574,282 (r)9,584,690 (r)9,638,299 (r)9,754,844 (r)9,789,156 (r)9,720,538 (r)9,624,507 (r)9,603,405 (r)9,561,763 (r)9,514,786 (r)9,632,949

2014

 (r)9,528,500 (r)9,535,089 (r)9,556,171 (r)9,461,129 (r)9,501,482 (r)9,604,625 (r)9,629,737 (r)9,566,555 (r)9,463,582 (r)9,517,515 (r)9,466,191 (r)9,452,220 (r)9,523,567

2015

 (r)9,504,454 (r)9,499,514 (r)9,515,224 (r)9,520,807 (r)9,566,673 (r)9,619,841 (r)9,640,450 (r)9,587,048 (r)9,478,713 (r)9,513,961 (r)9,483,341 (r)9,508,195 (r)9,536,519

2016

 (r)9,521,317 (r)9,536,299 (r)9,564,014 (r)9,499,735 (r)9,492,201 (r)9,575,842 (r)9,620,258 (r)9,580,771 (r)9,519,837 (r)9,506,514 (r)9,457,603 (r)9,449,866 (r)9,527,021

2017

 (r)9,496,738 (r)9,514,952 (r)9,555,046 (r)9,528,822 (r)9,532,387 (r)9,629,598 (r)9,693,045 (r)9,606,882 (r)9,585,978 (r)9,525,679 (r)9,476,531 (r)9,441,917 (r)9,548,964

2018

 (r)9,482,223 (r)9,511,831 (r)9,512,194 (r)9,477,864 (r)9,478,611 (r)9,594,125 (r)9,622,454 (r)9,533,379 (r)9,472,718 (r)9,499,993 (r)9,463,448 (r)9,486,085 (r)9,511,244

2019

 (r)9,502,638 (r)9,496,871 (r)9,515,768 (r)9,452,843 (r)9,455,435 (r)9,528,702 (r)9,594,447 (r)9,549,347 (r)9,510,420 (r)9,527,092 (r)9,483,208 (r)9,468,903 (r)9,507,139

2020

 (r)9,529,605 (r)9,524,311 (r)9,463,134 (r)8,801,907 (r)8,919,480 (r)9,332,324 (r)9,462,424 (r)9,477,391 (r)9,303,744 (r)9,195,073 (r)9,231,677 (r)9,228,985 (r)9,289,171

2021

 9,184,419 9,215,509 9,436,191 (p)9,396,986                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Employment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2011

 (r)8,677,513 (r)8,666,457 (r)8,721,392 (r)8,732,685 (r)8,755,797 (r)8,789,836 (r)8,793,677 (r)8,803,844 (r)8,739,164 (r)8,766,202 (r)8,728,018 (r)8,725,362 (r)8,741,662

2012

 (r)8,632,152 (r)8,650,776 (r)8,709,937 (r)8,732,719 (r)8,766,303 (r)8,841,234 (r)8,847,642 (r)8,804,398 (r)8,813,215 (r)8,867,813 (r)8,815,644 (r)8,819,157 (r)8,775,083

2013

 (r)8,751,100 (r)8,748,808 (r)8,799,993 (r)8,862,316 (r)8,899,312 (r)8,977,838 (r)9,007,315 (r)8,962,394 (r)8,906,117 (r)8,886,537 (r)8,894,992 (r)8,872,782 (r)8,880,792

2014

 (r)8,827,151 (r)8,817,740 (r)8,888,650 (r)8,892,145 (r)8,918,197 (r)9,013,528 (r)9,009,182 (r)8,968,871 (r)8,922,088 (r)8,981,649 (r)8,929,836 (r)8,934,896 (r)8,925,328

2015

 (r)8,908,819 (r)8,911,182 (r)8,981,670 (r)9,021,468 (r)9,062,321 (r)9,115,995 (r)9,123,623 (r)9,102,801 (r)9,034,656 (r)9,069,638 (r)9,040,370 (r)9,059,319 (r)9,035,989

2016

 (r)9,022,325 (r)9,031,096 (r)9,080,801 (r)9,059,322 (r)9,077,139 (r)9,119,514 (r)9,129,639 (r)9,095,631 (r)9,051,505 (r)9,043,627 (r)9,027,722 (r)9,016,072 (r)9,062,866

2017

 (r)9,004,248 (r)9,011,975 (r)9,110,380 (r)9,110,685 (r)9,116,069 (r)9,192,679 (r)9,224,177 (r)9,137,450 (r)9,156,371 (r)9,109,319 (r)9,070,388 (r)9,028,816 (r)9,106,046

2018

 (r)9,010,160 (r)9,031,046 (r)9,079,745 (r)9,095,567 (r)9,133,537 (r)9,203,675 (r)9,225,545 (r)9,147,803 (r)9,131,161 (r)9,154,900 (r)9,129,325 (r)9,117,236 (r)9,121,642

2019

 (r)9,063,941 (r)9,071,895 (r)9,126,709 (r)9,119,254 (r)9,120,306 (r)9,178,276 (r)9,208,779 (r)9,168,414 (r)9,181,595 (r)9,185,012 (r)9,158,980 (r)9,136,285 (r)9,143,287

2020

 (r)9,134,690 (r)9,129,965 (r)9,043,579 (r)7,372,844 (r)7,517,597 (r)7,954,956 (r)8,062,281 (r)8,380,851 (r)8,387,016 (r)8,433,909 (r)8,468,209 (r)8,446,178 (r)8,361,006

2021

 8,321,685 8,325,835 8,639,461 (p)8,660,680                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2011

 (r)855,900 (r)842,933 (r)790,069 (r)747,227 (r)751,806 (r)789,004 (r)811,957 (r)803,958 (r)792,589 (r)791,826 (r)775,732 (r)800,084 (r)796,090

2012

 (r)870,236 (r)892,335 (r)846,612 (r)787,198 (r)813,525 (r)851,434 (r)881,700 (r)845,104 (r)785,248 (r)795,320 (r)765,579 (r)795,904 (r)827,516

2013

 (r)881,105 (r)848,103 (r)774,289 (r)722,374 (r)738,987 (r)777,006 (r)781,841 (r)758,144 (r)718,390 (r)716,868 (r)666,771 (r)642,004 (r)752,157

2014

 (r)701,349 (r)717,349 (r)667,521 (r)568,984 (r)583,285 (r)591,097 (r)620,555 (r)597,684 (r)541,494 (r)535,866 (r)536,355 (r)517,324 (r)598,239

2015

 (r)595,635 (r)588,332 (r)533,554 (r)499,339 (r)504,352 (r)503,846 (r)516,827 (r)484,247 (r)444,057 (r)444,323 (r)442,971 (r)448,876 (r)500,530

2016

 (r)498,992 (r)505,203 (r)483,213 (r)440,413 (r)415,062 (r)456,328 (r)490,619 (r)485,140 (r)468,332 (r)462,887 (r)429,881 (r)433,794 (r)464,155

2017

 (r)492,490 (r)502,977 (r)444,666 (r)418,137 (r)416,318 (r)436,919 (r)468,868 (r)469,432 (r)429,607 (r)416,360 (r)406,143 (r)413,101 (r)442,918

2018

 (r)472,063 (r)480,785 (r)432,449 (r)382,297 (r)345,074 (r)390,450 (r)396,909 (r)385,576 (r)341,557 (r)345,093 (r)334,123 (r)368,849 (r)389,602

2019

 (r)438,697 (r)424,976 (r)389,059 (r)333,589 (r)335,129 (r)350,426 (r)385,668 (r)380,933 (r)328,825 (r)342,080 (r)324,228 (r)332,618 (r)363,852

2020

 (r)394,915 (r)394,346 (r)419,555 (r)1,429,063 (r)1,401,883 (r)1,377,368 (r)1,400,143 (r)1,096,540 (r)916,728 (r)761,164 (r)763,468 (r)782,807 (r)928,165

2021

 862,734 889,674 796,730 (p)736,306                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Rate - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2011

 (r)9.0 (r)8.9 (r)8.3 (r)7.9 (r)7.9 (r)8.2 (r)8.5 (r)8.4 (r)8.3 (r)8.3 (r)8.2 (r)8.4 (r)8.3

2012

 (r)9.2 (r)9.4 (r)8.9 (r)8.3 (r)8.5 (r)8.8 (r)9.1 (r)8.8 (r)8.2 (r)8.2 (r)8.0 (r)8.3 (r)8.6

2013

 (r)9.1 (r)8.8 (r)8.1 (r)7.5 (r)7.7 (r)8.0 (r)8.0 (r)7.8 (r)7.5 (r)7.5 (r)7.0 (r)6.7 (r)7.8

2014

 (r)7.4 (r)7.5 (r)7.0 (r)6.0 (r)6.1 (r)6.2 (r)6.4 (r)6.2 (r)5.7 (r)5.6 (r)5.7 (r)5.5 (r)6.3

2015

 (r)6.3 (r)6.2 (r)5.6 (r)5.2 (r)5.3 (r)5.2 (r)5.4 (r)5.1 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)5.2

2016

 (r)5.2 (r)5.3 (r)5.1 (r)4.6 (r)4.4 (r)4.8 (r)5.1 (r)5.1 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.5 (r)4.6 (r)4.9

2017

 (r)5.2 (r)5.3 (r)4.7 (r)4.4 (r)4.4 (r)4.5 (r)4.8 (r)4.9 (r)4.5 (r)4.4 (r)4.3 (r)4.4 (r)4.6

2018

 (r)5.0 (r)5.1 (r)4.5 (r)4.0 (r)3.6 (r)4.1 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)3.6 (r)3.6 (r)3.5 (r)3.9 (r)4.1

2019

 (r)4.6 (r)4.5 (r)4.1 (r)3.5 (r)3.5 (r)3.7 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)3.5 (r)3.6 (r)3.4 (r)3.5 (r)3.8

2020

 (r)4.1 (r)4.1 (r)4.4 (r)16.2 (r)15.7 (r)14.8 (r)14.8 (r)11.6 (r)9.9 (r)8.3 (r)8.3 (r)8.5 (r)10.0

2021

 9.4 9.7 8.4 (p)7.8                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).