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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

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

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

2018

 (r)9,802,719 (r)9,803,973 (r)9,812,713 (r)9,823,257 (r)9,829,787 (r)9,830,937 (r)9,828,624 (r)9,827,008 (r)9,827,558 (r)9,830,666 (r)9,835,681 (r)9,840,825  

2019

 (r)9,843,200 (r)9,840,991 (r)9,835,870 (r)9,831,378 (r)9,830,577 (r)9,834,810 (r)9,842,925 (r)9,853,617 (r)9,868,458 (r)9,886,761 (r)9,904,428 (r)9,913,846  

2020

 (r)9,909,100 (r)9,888,746 (r)9,857,996 (r)9,140,152 (r)9,434,270 (r)9,525,690 (r)9,566,448 (r)9,506,207 (r)9,539,035 (r)9,505,536 (r)9,522,787 (r)9,526,609  

2021

 (r)9,529,706 (r)9,536,568 (r)9,541,206 (r)9,558,780 (r)9,558,574 (r)9,590,039 (r)9,576,306 (r)9,577,488 (r)9,553,876 (r)9,557,783 (r)9,562,350 (r)9,587,317  

2022

 (r)9,602,911 (r)9,607,227 (r)9,611,138 (r)9,625,656 (r)9,633,295 (r)9,634,076 (r)9,621,185 (r)9,599,565 (r)9,605,907 (r)9,612,141 (r)9,618,640 (r)9,626,379  

2023

 9,632,060 (p)9,646,621                      

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

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

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

2018

 (r)9,361,939 (r)9,372,373 (r)9,391,095 (r)9,412,158 (r)9,428,753 (r)9,438,572 (r)9,442,483 (r)9,443,161 (r)9,441,924 (r)9,441,120 (r)9,442,909 (r)9,447,272  

2019

 (r)9,452,089 (r)9,456,144 (r)9,458,865 (r)9,461,587 (r)9,464,972 (r)9,468,743 (r)9,472,035 (r)9,475,946 (r)9,486,126 (r)9,500,903 (r)9,514,584 (r)9,519,010  

2020

 (r)9,508,711 (r)9,482,072 (r)9,446,108 (r)7,711,204 (r)7,864,597 (r)8,235,435 (r)8,371,925 (r)8,478,569 (r)8,571,168 (r)8,628,753 (r)8,670,558 (r)8,697,410  

2021

 (r)8,719,038 (r)8,743,816 (r)8,776,986 (r)8,814,695 (r)8,852,224 (r)8,885,116 (r)8,909,301 (r)8,932,320 (r)8,956,839 (r)8,989,806 (r)9,026,895 (r)9,067,724  

2022

 (r)9,109,926 (r)9,151,475 (r)9,186,959 (r)9,216,267 (r)9,234,958 (r)9,243,670 (r)9,240,249 (r)9,229,179 (r)9,217,893 (r)9,213,145 (r)9,220,195 (r)9,230,918  

2023

 9,229,490 (p)9,245,214                      

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

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

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

2018

 (r)440,780 (r)431,600 (r)421,618 (r)411,099 (r)401,034 (r)392,365 (r)386,141 (r)383,847 (r)385,634 (r)389,546 (r)392,772 (r)393,553  

2019

 (r)391,111 (r)384,847 (r)377,005 (r)369,791 (r)365,605 (r)366,067 (r)370,890 (r)377,671 (r)382,332 (r)385,858 (r)389,844 (r)394,836  

2020

 (r)400,389 (r)406,674 (r)411,888 (r)1,428,948 (r)1,569,673 (r)1,290,255 (r)1,194,523 (r)1,027,638 (r)967,867 (r)876,783 (r)852,229 (r)829,199  

2021

 (r)810,668 (r)792,752 (r)764,220 (r)744,085 (r)706,350 (r)704,923 (r)667,005 (r)645,168 (r)597,037 (r)567,977 (r)535,455 (r)519,593  

2022

 (r)492,985 (r)455,752 (r)424,179 (r)409,389 (r)398,337 (r)390,406 (r)380,936 (r)370,386 (r)388,014 (r)398,996 (r)398,445 (r)395,461  

2023

 402,570 (p)401,407                      

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

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 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5  

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)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)4.0  

2019

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

2020

 (r)4.0 (r)4.1 (r)4.2 (r)15.6 (r)16.6 (r)13.5 (r)12.5 (r)10.8 (r)10.1 (r)9.2 (r)8.9 (r)8.7  

2021

 (r)8.5 (r)8.3 (r)8.0 (r)7.8 (r)7.4 (r)7.4 (r)7.0 (r)6.7 (r)6.2 (r)5.9 (r)5.6 (r)5.4  

2022

 (r)5.1 (r)4.7 (r)4.4 (r)4.3 (r)4.1 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)3.9 (r)4.0 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)4.1  

2023

 4.2 (p)4.2                      

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

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

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

2018

 (r)9,768,980 (r)9,801,883 (r)9,812,137 (r)9,784,654 (r)9,790,681 (r)9,918,878 (r)9,938,428 (r)9,854,159 (r)9,803,324 (r)9,834,975 (r)9,790,784 (r)9,814,628 (r)9,826,126

2019

 (r)9,819,189 (r)9,817,338 (r)9,848,415 (r)9,790,748 (r)9,793,872 (r)9,877,401 (r)9,933,674 (r)9,897,207 (r)9,872,610 (r)9,900,444 (r)9,851,450 (r)9,845,200 (r)9,853,962

2020

 (r)9,909,213 (r)9,919,226 (r)9,878,189 (r)9,089,320 (r)9,332,008 (r)9,568,294 (r)9,642,107 (r)9,604,632 (r)9,529,697 (r)9,536,970 (r)9,489,211 (r)9,471,298 (r)9,580,847

2021

 (r)9,484,819 (r)9,508,713 (r)9,556,932 (r)9,542,383 (r)9,505,764 (r)9,639,773 (r)9,671,523 (r)9,623,833 (r)9,553,474 (r)9,560,177 (r)9,528,094 (r)9,519,461 (r)9,557,912

2022

 (r)9,593,515 (r)9,594,922 (r)9,626,570 (r)9,561,873 (r)9,611,179 (r)9,678,860 (r)9,700,959 (r)9,673,378 (r)9,604,546 (r)9,620,116 (r)9,563,388 (r)9,574,556 (r)9,616,989

2023

 9,594,419 (p)9,663,984                      

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

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

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

2018

 (r)9,287,997 (r)9,313,373 (r)9,369,080 (r)9,394,325 (r)9,437,286 (r)9,513,831 (r)9,521,879 (r)9,450,801 (r)9,446,787 (r)9,478,125 (r)9,440,458 (r)9,436,602 (r)9,424,212

2019

 (r)9,374,692 (r)9,385,276 (r)9,450,353 (r)9,450,404 (r)9,448,168 (r)9,514,411 (r)9,528,282 (r)9,496,380 (r)9,524,396 (r)9,536,104 (r)9,497,406 (r)9,488,251 (r)9,474,510

2020

 (r)9,487,607 (r)9,488,450 (r)9,371,173 (r)7,701,888 (r)7,775,331 (r)8,288,049 (r)8,389,998 (r)8,572,988 (r)8,580,724 (r)8,707,321 (r)8,700,365 (r)8,681,970 (r)8,645,489

2021

 (r)8,624,427 (r)8,648,025 (r)8,763,355 (r)8,808,892 (r)8,834,467 (r)8,912,963 (r)8,965,720 (r)8,956,976 (r)8,988,777 (r)9,032,235 (r)9,040,226 (r)9,057,798 (r)8,886,155

2022

 (r)9,060,190 (r)9,078,815 (r)9,173,402 (r)9,167,174 (r)9,231,467 (r)9,278,266 (r)9,283,534 (r)9,263,400 (r)9,260,962 (r)9,266,334 (r)9,197,888 (r)9,208,417 (r)9,205,821

2023

 9,155,048 (p)9,232,168                      

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

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

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

2018

 (r)480,983 (r)488,510 (r)443,057 (r)390,329 (r)353,395 (r)405,047 (r)416,549 (r)403,358 (r)356,537 (r)356,850 (r)350,326 (r)378,026 (r)401,914

2019

 (r)444,497 (r)432,062 (r)398,062 (r)340,344 (r)345,704 (r)362,990 (r)405,392 (r)400,827 (r)348,214 (r)364,340 (r)354,044 (r)356,949 (r)379,452

2020

 (r)421,606 (r)430,776 (r)507,016 (r)1,387,432 (r)1,556,677 (r)1,280,245 (r)1,252,109 (r)1,031,644 (r)948,973 (r)829,649 (r)788,846 (r)789,328 (r)935,358

2021

 (r)860,392 (r)860,688 (r)793,577 (r)733,491 (r)671,297 (r)726,810 (r)705,803 (r)666,857 (r)564,697 (r)527,942 (r)487,868 (r)461,663 (r)671,757

2022

 (r)533,325 (r)516,107 (r)453,168 (r)394,699 (r)379,712 (r)400,594 (r)417,425 (r)409,978 (r)343,584 (r)353,782 (r)365,500 (r)366,139 (r)411,168

2023

 439,371 (p)431,816                      

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

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

 5.1 5.2 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.6

2018

 (r)4.9 (r)5.0 (r)4.5 (r)4.0 (r)3.6 (r)4.1 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)3.6 (r)3.6 (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)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)3.5 (r)3.7 (r)3.6 (r)3.6 (r)3.9

2020

 (r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)5.1 (r)15.3 (r)16.7 (r)13.4 (r)13.0 (r)10.7 (r)10.0 (r)8.7 (r)8.3 (r)8.3 (r)9.8

2021

 (r)9.1 (r)9.1 (r)8.3 (r)7.7 (r)7.1 (r)7.5 (r)7.3 (r)6.9 (r)5.9 (r)5.5 (r)5.1 (r)4.8 (r)7.0

2022

 (r)5.6 (r)5.4 (r)4.7 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)4.1 (r)4.3 (r)4.2 (r)3.6 (r)3.7 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)4.3

2023

 4.6 (p)4.5                      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

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