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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

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

2012

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

2013

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

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

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

2018

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

2019

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

2020

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

2021

 9,283,011 9,289,219 9,523,660 9,502,491 9,430,981 9,418,217 9,355,119 9,338,579 (p)9,316,186        

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

2011

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

2012

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

2013

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

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

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

2018

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

2019

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

2020

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

2021

 8,467,554 8,463,254 8,719,375 8,727,560 8,692,479 8,692,511 8,647,162 8,647,834 (p)8,652,656        

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

2011

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

2012

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

2013

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

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

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

2018

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

2019

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

2020

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

2021

 815,457 825,965 804,285 774,931 738,502 725,706 707,957 690,745 (p)663,530        

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

2011

 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6  

2012

 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.4  

2013

 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.1  

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 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6  

2018

 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0  

2019

 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7  

2020

 3.8 3.9 3.9 16.2 15.7 15.0 14.7 11.7 10.0 8.7 8.7 8.7  

2021

 8.8 8.9 8.4 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.4 (p)7.1        

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

2011

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

2012

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

2013

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

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

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

2018

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

2019

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

2020

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

2021

 9,184,419 9,215,509 9,436,191 9,385,870 9,276,229 9,395,356 9,382,033 9,335,246 (p)9,248,590        

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

2011

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

2012

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

2013

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

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

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

2018

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

2019

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

2020

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

2021

 8,321,685 8,325,835 8,639,461 8,661,092 8,627,918 8,715,532 8,692,381 8,672,436 (p)8,669,089        

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

2011

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

2012

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

2013

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

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

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

2018

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

2019

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

2020

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

2021

 862,734 889,674 796,730 724,778 648,311 679,824 689,652 662,810 (p)579,501        

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

2011

 9.0 8.9 8.3 7.9 7.9 8.2 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.3

2012

 9.2 9.4 8.9 8.3 8.5 8.8 9.1 8.8 8.2 8.2 8.0 8.3 8.6

2013

 9.1 8.8 8.1 7.5 7.7 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.5 7.5 7.0 6.7 7.8

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

 5.2 5.3 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.6

2018

 5.0 5.1 4.5 4.0 3.6 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.9 4.1

2019

 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.8

2020

 4.1 4.1 4.4 16.2 15.7 14.8 14.8 11.6 9.9 8.3 8.3 8.5 10.0

2021

 9.4 9.7 8.4 7.7 7.0 7.2 7.4 7.1 (p)6.3        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

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