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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
2016	9,777,801	9,779,589	9,773,761	9,764,691	9,758,146	9,756,519	9,759,182	9,764,203	9,769,629	9,773,080	9,774,939	9,778,376
2017	9,785,983	9,799,491	9,816,438	9,834,089	9,849,999	9,861,994	9,867,628	9,865,075	9,855,369	9,841,071	9,825,046	9,810,886
2018	9,803,080	9,804,282	9,813,082	9,823,863	9,830,800	9,832,509	9,830,902	9,830,123	9,831,476	9,835,265	9,840,824	9,846,342
2019	9,848,899	9,846,753	9,841,664	9,837,363	9,837,115	9,842,215	9,851,433	9,863,438	9,879,755	9,899,509	9,918,398	9,928,423
2020	9,923,358	9,901,482	9,867,923	9,119,448	9,419,207	9,505,600	9,545,521	9,483,036	9,517,449	9,485,291	9,505,123	9,513,387
2021	9,564,884	9,567,436	9,572,842	9,589,109	9,583,194	9,617,457	9,603,748	9,606,711	9,586,797	9,597,109	9,608,605	9,643,606
2022	9,660,517	9,661,992	9,665,260	9,676,884	9,678,221	9,680,247	9,671,387	9,657,851	9,675,983	9,694,389	9,714,705	9,735,970
2023	9,758,797	9,782,303	9,805,337	9,825,999	9,842,980	9,857,028	9,869,841	9,880,115	9,887,061	9,890,984	9,892,851	9,894,409
2024	9,894,797	9,897,589	9,904,307	9,914,778	9,927,285	9,937,299	9,942,561	9,944,781	9,945,041	9,944,825	9,946,572	9,951,364
2025	9,958,025	9,963,936	9,966,391	9,966,421	9,966,598	9,970,634	9,986,380	10,012,631	10,044,581	(1)-	10,081,101	10,080,281
2026	10,104,607	10,119,443	10,119,727	10,105,592	10,094,355	10,065,645	10,039,623	(p)10,029,913
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary

Employment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	9,305,342	9,308,167	9,304,138	9,296,018	9,287,621	9,281,266	9,278,229	9,278,605	9,281,345	9,286,139	9,294,636	9,307,666
2017	9,324,353	9,344,486	9,364,375	9,381,374	9,394,766	9,403,710	9,406,658	9,403,019	9,394,183	9,382,584	9,370,253	9,361,966
2018	9,361,990	9,372,131	9,390,650	9,411,705	9,428,535	9,438,890	9,443,658	9,445,452	9,445,333	9,445,441	9,447,743	9,452,106
2019	9,456,377	9,459,485	9,461,113	9,463,035	9,466,372	9,470,995	9,476,011	9,482,245	9,494,954	9,511,804	9,526,610	9,530,737
2020	9,518,640	9,488,885	9,448,828	7,690,871	7,843,927	8,210,170	8,347,465	8,454,995	8,551,410	8,611,651	8,655,601	8,682,308
2021	8,749,662	8,769,235	8,797,725	8,831,174	8,866,350	8,899,470	8,927,950	8,957,817	8,991,367	9,033,245	9,077,094	9,120,733
2022	9,160,745	9,195,716	9,223,128	9,245,244	9,261,586	9,275,015	9,284,900	9,291,395	9,297,413	9,306,831	9,322,123	9,342,011
2023	9,365,308	9,390,605	9,416,935	9,441,434	9,459,823	9,471,938	9,479,656	9,482,979	9,483,210	9,482,042	9,481,072	9,482,447
2024	9,485,047	9,489,609	9,494,839	9,501,252	9,509,659	9,517,357	9,522,427	9,526,402	9,529,565	9,533,035	9,538,060	9,544,836
2025	9,552,383	9,558,366	9,560,425	9,557,556	9,550,397	9,543,139	9,545,360	9,558,784	9,580,968	(1)-	9,614,116	9,615,453
2026	9,639,272	9,648,955	9,653,616	9,641,656	9,631,450	9,606,253	9,596,567	(p)9,596,956
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary

Unemployment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	472,459	471,422	469,623	468,673	470,525	475,253	480,953	485,598	488,284	486,941	480,303	470,710
2017	461,630	455,005	452,063	452,715	455,233	458,284	460,970	462,056	461,186	458,487	454,793	448,920
2018	441,090	432,151	422,432	412,158	402,265	393,619	387,244	384,671	386,143	389,824	393,081	394,236
2019	392,522	387,268	380,551	374,328	370,743	371,220	375,422	381,193	384,801	387,705	391,788	397,686
2020	404,718	412,597	419,095	1,428,577	1,575,280	1,295,430	1,198,056	1,028,041	966,039	873,640	849,522	831,079
2021	815,222	798,201	775,117	757,935	716,844	717,987	675,798	648,894	595,430	563,864	531,511	522,873
2022	499,772	466,276	442,132	431,640	416,635	405,232	386,487	366,456	378,570	387,558	392,582	393,959
2023	393,489	391,698	388,402	384,565	383,157	385,090	390,185	397,136	403,851	408,942	411,779	411,962
2024	409,750	407,980	409,468	413,526	417,626	419,942	420,134	418,379	415,476	411,790	408,512	406,528
2025	405,642	405,570	405,966	408,865	416,201	427,495	441,020	453,847	463,613	(1)-	466,985	464,828
2026	465,335	470,488	466,111	463,936	462,905	459,392	443,056	(p)432,957
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary

Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
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	4.6
2018	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0
2019	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0
2020	4.1	4.2	4.2	15.7	16.7	13.6	12.6	10.8	10.2	9.2	8.9	8.7
2021	8.5	8.3	8.1	7.9	7.5	7.5	7.0	6.8	6.2	5.9	5.5	5.4
2022	5.2	4.8	4.6	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.0	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0
2023	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2
2024	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1
2025	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.6	(1)-	4.6	4.6
2026	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.4	(p)4.3
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary

Civilian Labor Force - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	9,726,338	9,754,523	9,785,858	9,727,892	9,729,993	9,821,701	9,868,979	9,829,579	9,778,976	9,766,158	9,723,683	9,702,619	9,768,025
2017	9,741,822	9,777,068	9,822,390	9,806,811	9,819,177	9,928,234	9,990,823	9,896,836	9,888,982	9,827,010	9,781,617	9,729,408	9,834,181
2018	9,760,866	9,806,786	9,805,547	9,782,918	9,792,837	9,926,110	9,948,080	9,857,903	9,805,244	9,837,472	9,804,599	9,814,982	9,828,612
2019	9,813,890	9,827,205	9,848,424	9,795,026	9,801,261	9,891,445	9,951,075	9,906,756	9,883,616	9,910,087	9,873,241	9,851,755	9,862,815
2020	9,909,968	9,936,398	9,883,290	9,068,278	9,319,052	9,560,092	9,629,423	9,581,383	9,506,256	9,514,008	9,480,959	9,444,638	9,569,479
2021	9,494,150	9,549,518	9,584,292	9,573,700	9,535,930	9,683,022	9,709,071	9,651,679	9,588,006	9,592,994	9,584,675	9,556,985	9,592,002
2022	9,620,283	9,658,495	9,677,899	9,615,257	9,664,655	9,746,255	9,761,302	9,730,639	9,680,682	9,702,521	9,668,562	9,659,482	9,682,170
2023	9,695,602	9,778,885	9,812,816	9,778,422	9,824,168	9,932,441	9,968,161	9,939,312	9,885,529	9,893,843	9,901,171	9,788,745	9,849,925
2024	9,817,588	9,881,194	9,912,681	9,882,927	9,890,951	10,018,905	10,063,967	9,997,637	9,952,834	9,943,897	9,910,666	9,864,024	9,928,106
2025	9,898,290	9,942,201	9,973,350	9,960,724	9,925,507	10,044,602	10,079,290	10,047,012	10,058,624	(1)-	10,109,358	10,059,779	(2)10,008,976
2026	10,051,402	10,093,856	10,081,174	10,005,996	10,030,006	10,042,470	10,074,119	(p)10,080,717
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary

Employment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	9,220,279	9,245,005	9,292,903	9,281,243	9,305,255	9,352,842	9,356,787	9,324,016	9,295,309	9,289,790	9,279,741	9,259,481	9,291,888
2017	9,244,091	9,269,369	9,367,361	9,377,957	9,390,422	9,475,762	9,498,717	9,407,174	9,444,516	9,397,771	9,360,688	9,304,033	9,378,155
2018	9,280,853	9,321,933	9,362,533	9,391,133	9,439,026	9,518,817	9,528,516	9,451,616	9,448,809	9,479,245	9,454,315	9,432,758	9,425,796
2019	9,369,616	9,397,570	9,448,119	9,450,637	9,452,902	9,522,968	9,539,065	9,499,752	9,532,378	9,541,347	9,516,152	9,486,745	9,479,771
2020	9,485,285	9,505,498	9,371,210	7,686,272	7,758,793	8,277,760	8,372,910	8,545,157	8,555,694	8,680,436	8,690,268	8,647,622	8,631,409
2021	8,632,223	8,692,494	8,786,982	8,834,278	8,863,701	8,947,536	8,992,162	8,971,782	9,015,612	9,056,363	9,092,753	9,085,111	8,914,250
2022	9,082,881	9,141,807	9,217,438	9,212,612	9,282,034	9,337,636	9,334,242	9,309,306	9,332,253	9,344,855	9,305,932	9,291,742	9,266,062
2023	9,270,323	9,343,557	9,416,601	9,435,637	9,460,402	9,541,077	9,557,987	9,501,594	9,496,450	9,486,743	9,522,372	9,397,096	9,452,487
2024	9,392,934	9,434,223	9,495,444	9,509,072	9,508,642	9,600,728	9,589,464	9,531,135	9,567,874	9,548,946	9,516,647	9,479,423	9,514,544
2025	9,470,875	9,506,386	9,559,552	9,585,776	9,548,745	9,628,413	9,598,633	9,556,372	9,588,726	(1)-	9,660,301	9,623,428	(2)9,575,201
2026	9,575,685	9,568,162	9,635,440	9,590,123	9,606,008	9,601,050	9,652,649	(p)9,618,544
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary

Unemployment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	506,059	509,518	492,955	446,649	424,738	468,859	512,192	505,563	483,667	476,368	443,942	443,138	476,137
2017	497,731	507,699	455,029	428,854	428,755	452,472	492,106	489,662	444,466	429,239	420,929	425,375	456,026
2018	480,013	484,853	443,014	391,785	353,811	407,293	419,564	406,287	356,435	358,227	350,284	382,224	402,816
2019	444,274	429,635	400,305	344,389	348,359	368,477	412,010	407,004	351,238	368,740	357,089	365,010	383,044
2020	424,683	430,900	512,080	1,382,006	1,560,259	1,282,332	1,256,513	1,036,226	950,562	833,572	790,691	797,016	938,070
2021	861,927	857,024	797,310	739,422	672,229	735,486	716,909	679,897	572,394	536,631	491,922	471,874	677,752
2022	537,402	516,688	460,461	402,645	382,621	408,619	427,060	421,333	348,429	357,666	362,630	367,740	416,108
2023	425,279	435,328	396,215	342,785	363,766	391,364	410,174	437,718	389,079	407,100	378,799	391,649	397,438
2024	424,654	446,971	417,237	373,855	382,309	418,177	474,503	466,502	384,960	394,951	394,019	384,601	413,562
2025	427,415	435,815	413,798	374,948	376,762	416,189	480,657	490,640	469,898	(1)-	449,057	436,351	(2)433,775
2026	475,717	525,694	445,734	415,873	423,998	441,420	421,470	(p)462,173
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary

Unemployment Rate - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Avg
2016	5.2	5.2	5.0	4.6	4.4	4.8	5.2	5.1	4.9	4.9	4.6	4.6	4.9
2017	5.1	5.2	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.6	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.6
2018	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.0	3.6	4.1	4.2	4.1	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.9	4.1
2019	4.5	4.4	4.1	3.5	3.6	3.7	4.1	4.1	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.7	3.9
2020	4.3	4.3	5.2	15.2	16.7	13.4	13.0	10.8	10.0	8.8	8.3	8.4	9.8
2021	9.1	9.0	8.3	7.7	7.0	7.6	7.4	7.0	6.0	5.6	5.1	4.9	7.1
2022	5.6	5.3	4.8	4.2	4.0	4.2	4.4	4.3	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	4.3
2023	4.4	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.7	3.9	4.1	4.4	3.9	4.1	3.8	4.0	4.0
2024	4.3	4.5	4.2	3.8	3.9	4.2	4.7	4.7	3.9	4.0	4.0	3.9	4.2
2025	4.3	4.4	4.1	3.8	3.8	4.1	4.8	4.9	4.7	(1)-	4.4	4.3	(2)4.3
2026	4.7	5.2	4.4	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.2	(p)4.6
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).