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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

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

 (r)9,786,877 (r)9,800,351 (r)9,817,572 (r)9,835,869 (r)9,852,683 (r)9,865,598 (r)9,872,094 (r)9,870,248 (r)9,860,903 (r)9,846,668 (r)9,830,847 (r)9,817,592  

2018

 (r)9,811,681 (r)9,815,682 (r)9,827,553 (r)9,840,981 (r)9,849,643 (r)9,851,785 (r)9,849,030 (r)9,845,885 (r)9,844,431 (r)9,845,546 (r)9,849,131 (r)9,854,208  

2019

 (r)9,858,570 (r)9,860,331 (r)9,860,362 (r)9,861,141 (r)9,864,463 (r)9,870,657 (r)9,877,987 (r)9,885,501 (r)9,895,889 (r)9,910,497 (r)9,925,425 (r)9,932,018  

2020

 (r)9,923,921 (r)9,899,607 (r)9,864,566 (r)9,359,206 (r)9,494,524 (r)9,562,307 (r)9,578,818 (r)9,483,828 (r)9,483,945 (r)9,410,966 (r)9,403,074 (r)9,382,646  

2021

 (r)9,362,929 (r)9,344,821 (r)9,548,482 (r)9,548,857 (r)9,519,849 (r)9,535,782 (r)9,487,697 (r)9,463,499 (r)9,409,934 (r)9,385,787 (r)9,366,160 (r)9,364,698  

2022

 9,386,918 9,369,054 9,373,155 (p)9,405,392                  

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

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

 (r)9,326,683 (r)9,346,626 (r)9,366,666 (r)9,384,093 (r)9,398,001 (r)9,407,322 (r)9,410,601 (r)9,407,451 (r)9,399,265 (r)9,388,484 (r)9,377,414 (r)9,370,967  

2018

 (r)9,373,350 (r)9,386,086 (r)9,406,848 (r)9,429,347 (r)9,446,654 (r)9,456,523 (r)9,459,881 (r)9,459,747 (r)9,457,863 (r)9,456,826 (r)9,458,921 (r)9,464,583  

2019

 (r)9,472,023 (r)9,479,650 (r)9,486,094 (r)9,491,920 (r)9,497,238 (r)9,501,494 (r)9,503,811 (r)9,505,846 (r)9,513,713 (r)9,527,231 (r)9,540,945 (r)9,546,194  

2020

 (r)9,537,629 (r)9,514,153 (r)9,482,618 (r)7,839,695 (r)7,927,721 (r)8,255,048 (r)8,361,578 (r)8,438,359 (r)8,503,498 (r)8,533,486 (r)8,551,035 (r)8,555,149  

2021

 (r)8,554,226 (r)8,555,836 (r)8,790,193 (r)8,804,181 (r)8,817,795 (r)8,827,869 (r)8,832,744 (r)8,837,061 (r)8,842,284 (r)8,851,212 (r)8,856,579 (r)8,859,312  

2022

 8,888,257 8,910,100 8,944,494 (p)8,981,573                  

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

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

 (r)460,194 (r)453,725 (r)450,906 (r)451,776 (r)454,682 (r)458,276 (r)461,493 (r)462,797 (r)461,638 (r)458,184 (r)453,433 (r)446,625  

2018

 (r)438,331 (r)429,596 (r)420,705 (r)411,634 (r)402,989 (r)395,262 (r)389,149 (r)386,138 (r)386,568 (r)388,720 (r)390,210 (r)389,625  

2019

 (r)386,547 (r)380,681 (r)374,268 (r)369,221 (r)367,225 (r)369,163 (r)374,176 (r)379,655 (r)382,176 (r)383,266 (r)384,480 (r)385,824  

2020

 (r)386,292 (r)385,454 (r)381,948 (r)1,519,511 (r)1,566,803 (r)1,307,259 (r)1,217,240 (r)1,045,469 (r)980,447 (r)877,480 (r)852,039 (r)827,497  

2021

 (r)808,703 (r)788,985 (r)758,289 (r)744,676 (r)702,054 (r)707,913 (r)654,953 (r)626,438 (r)567,650 (r)534,575 (r)509,581 (r)505,386  

2022

 498,661 458,954 428,661 (p)423,819                  

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

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

 (r)4.7 (r)4.6 (r)4.6 (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)4.5  

2018

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

2019

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

2020

 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)16.2 (r)16.5 (r)13.7 (r)12.7 (r)11.0 (r)10.3 (r)9.3 (r)9.1 (r)8.8  

2021

 (r)8.6 (r)8.4 (r)7.9 (r)7.8 (r)7.4 (r)7.4 (r)6.9 (r)6.6 (r)6.0 (r)5.7 (r)5.4 (r)5.4  

2022

 5.3 4.9 4.6 (p)4.5                  

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

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

 (r)9,759,716 (r)9,781,004 (r)9,828,478 (r)9,804,232 (r)9,810,605 (r)9,920,095 (r)9,985,496 (r)9,906,616 (r)9,891,283 (r)9,830,874 (r)9,785,432 (r)9,754,210 (r)9,838,170

2018

 (r)9,787,213 (r)9,819,907 (r)9,826,985 (r)9,794,314 (r)9,797,667 (r)9,929,012 (r)9,955,618 (r)9,874,580 (r)9,817,913 (r)9,847,515 (r)9,813,717 (r)9,842,714 (r)9,842,263

2019

 (r)9,849,512 (r)9,845,486 (r)9,870,506 (r)9,808,372 (r)9,808,665 (r)9,901,552 (r)9,962,858 (r)9,930,883 (r)9,896,521 (r)9,921,448 (r)9,883,688 (r)9,883,043 (r)9,880,211

2020

 (r)9,944,661 (r)9,952,764 (r)9,891,699 (r)9,271,389 (r)9,360,311 (r)9,595,279 (r)9,649,892 (r)9,585,057 (r)9,467,093 (r)9,446,252 (r)9,384,174 (r)9,351,816 (r)9,575,032

2021

 (r)9,340,122 (r)9,340,538 (r)9,552,051 (r)9,509,804 (r)9,445,614 (r)9,563,712 (r)9,573,626 (r)9,506,794 (r)9,405,294 (r)9,389,814 (r)9,347,999 (r)9,322,127 (r)9,441,458

2022

 9,397,008 9,400,085 9,438,676 (p)9,398,799                  

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

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

 (r)9,257,663 (r)9,268,794 (r)9,374,183 (r)9,378,099 (r)9,384,059 (r)9,469,576 (r)9,501,125 (r)9,422,939 (r)9,446,507 (r)9,399,438 (r)9,360,323 (r)9,330,294 (r)9,382,750

2018

 (r)9,305,089 (r)9,330,185 (r)9,385,088 (r)9,404,216 (r)9,443,038 (r)9,524,117 (r)9,543,803 (r)9,475,878 (r)9,462,132 (r)9,487,808 (r)9,461,266 (r)9,463,224 (r)9,440,487

2019

 (r)9,402,573 (r)9,413,506 (r)9,474,618 (r)9,469,148 (r)9,467,273 (r)9,538,834 (r)9,563,767 (r)9,536,029 (r)9,550,632 (r)9,557,601 (r)9,529,816 (r)9,527,701 (r)9,502,625

2020

 (r)9,525,745 (r)9,528,776 (r)9,414,663 (r)7,797,327 (r)7,817,716 (r)8,306,274 (r)8,388,969 (r)8,540,307 (r)8,510,737 (r)8,606,811 (r)8,585,242 (r)8,552,749 (r)8,631,276

2021

 (r)8,475,485 (r)8,479,146 (r)8,762,981 (r)8,778,132 (r)8,780,792 (r)8,848,636 (r)8,891,389 (r)8,869,919 (r)8,866,305 (r)8,887,860 (r)8,893,083 (r)8,901,633 (r)8,786,280

2022

 8,900,923 8,922,951 8,995,385 (p)9,006,157                  

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

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

 (r)502,053 (r)512,210 (r)454,295 (r)426,133 (r)426,546 (r)450,519 (r)484,371 (r)483,677 (r)444,776 (r)431,436 (r)425,109 (r)423,916 (r)455,420

2018

 (r)482,124 (r)489,722 (r)441,897 (r)390,098 (r)354,629 (r)404,895 (r)411,815 (r)398,702 (r)355,781 (r)359,707 (r)352,451 (r)379,490 (r)401,776

2019

 (r)446,939 (r)431,980 (r)395,888 (r)339,224 (r)341,392 (r)362,718 (r)399,091 (r)394,854 (r)345,889 (r)363,847 (r)353,872 (r)355,342 (r)377,586

2020

 (r)418,916 (r)423,988 (r)477,036 (r)1,474,062 (r)1,542,595 (r)1,289,005 (r)1,260,923 (r)1,044,750 (r)956,356 (r)839,441 (r)798,932 (r)799,067 (r)943,756

2021

 (r)864,637 (r)861,392 (r)789,070 (r)731,672 (r)664,822 (r)715,076 (r)682,237 (r)636,875 (r)538,989 (r)501,954 (r)454,916 (r)420,494 (r)655,178

2022

 496,085 477,134 443,291 (p)392,642                  

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

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

 (r)5.1 (r)5.2 (r)4.6 (r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)4.5 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.5 (r)4.4 (r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)4.6

2018

 (r)4.9 (r)5.0 (r)4.5 (r)4.0 (r)3.6 (r)4.1 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)3.6 (r)3.7 (r)3.6 (r)3.9 (r)4.1

2019

 (r)4.5 (r)4.4 (r)4.0 (r)3.5 (r)3.5 (r)3.7 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)3.5 (r)3.7 (r)3.6 (r)3.6 (r)3.8

2020

 (r)4.2 (r)4.3 (r)4.8 (r)15.9 (r)16.5 (r)13.4 (r)13.1 (r)10.9 (r)10.1 (r)8.9 (r)8.5 (r)8.5 (r)9.9

2021

 (r)9.3 (r)9.2 (r)8.3 (r)7.7 (r)7.0 (r)7.5 (r)7.1 (r)6.7 (r)5.7 (r)5.3 (r)4.9 (r)4.5 (r)6.9

2022

 5.3 5.1 4.7 (p)4.2                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

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