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Rochester

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Rochester, NY, Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Feb 2020
New York-New Jersey - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nursing Occupations in New York’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Financial Occupations in New York’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2013	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2014
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Teaching Occupations in New York’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2018
Average Earnings and Hours in New York - April 2012	Pay	News Release	Jun 2014
Occupational Employment and Wages in Rochester — May 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages for Emergency Responders in Selected Metropolitan Areas in New York and New Jersey – May 2014	Employment, Pay	News Release	Oct 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Food Service Occupations in New York’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2015	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2016
Occupational Employment and Wages for Four Therapist Occupations in Selected Metropolitan Areas in New York – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Three Counselor Occupations in Selected Metropolitan Areas in New York – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Special Education Occupations in Metropolitan Areas in New York – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2018

Rochester, NY Economy at a Glance:

Rochester, NY

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2019	Oct 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		524.3	527.4	524.7	(p)524.1	(p)525.7
Employment(1)		504.3	507.2	505.3	(p)501.4	(p)501.0
Unemployment(1)		20.1	20.2	19.4	(p)22.7	(p)24.8
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.8	3.8	3.7	(p)4.3	(p)4.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		539.5	546.6	546.0	543.5	528.8	(p)535.3
12-month % change		-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.7	0.0	(p)-0.2
Mining and Logging(3)		0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	(p)0.6
12-month % change		-14.3	0.0	-14.3	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		23.1	23.3	22.9	22.2	21.4	(p)20.7
12-month % change		1.3	1.7	4.6	4.2	7.5	(p)5.6
Manufacturing(3)		56.7	56.0	56.2	56.2	55.9	(p)55.2
12-month % change		-1.0	-2.1	-1.6	-1.2	-1.1	(p)-2.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		81.6	81.4	81.9	82.0	80.1	(p)79.5
12-month % change		-2.6	-3.3	-4.0	-4.2	-3.1	(p)-2.3
Information(3)		7.7	7.7	7.9	7.9	7.7	(p)7.7
12-month % change		-3.8	-4.9	-2.5	-3.7	-2.5	(p)-3.8
Financial Activities(3)		22.4	22.0	21.5	21.4	20.8	(p)20.5
12-month % change		1.8	-1.3	-3.2	-4.0	-5.5	(p)-6.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		69.1	69.8	69.9	69.0	68.6	(p)69.0
12-month % change		-1.8	-0.1	0.1	0.0	1.9	(p)1.9
Education and Health Services(3)		133.0	138.5	138.9	138.3	132.7	(p)138.7
12-month % change		2.3	2.0	1.8	1.3	2.2	(p)2.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		47.6	47.0	45.3	45.2	42.9	(p)43.2
12-month % change		-0.6	-1.3	-1.1	-2.0	-2.5	(p)-2.5
Other Services(3)		19.0	19.1	19.2	19.2	19.0	(p)19.0
12-month % change		-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		78.7	81.1	81.7	81.5	79.1	(p)81.2
12-month % change		-1.0	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	0.0	(p)-0.4
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. (p) Preliminary