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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	(r)9,564,884	(r)9,567,436	(r)9,572,842	(r)9,589,109	(r)9,583,194	(r)9,617,457	(r)9,603,748	(r)9,606,711	(r)9,586,797	(r)9,597,109	(r)9,608,605	(r)9,643,606
2022	(r)9,660,517	(r)9,661,992	(r)9,665,260	(r)9,676,884	(r)9,678,221	(r)9,680,247	(r)9,671,387	(r)9,657,851	(r)9,675,983	(r)9,694,389	(r)9,714,705	(r)9,735,970
2023	(r)9,758,797	(r)9,782,303	(r)9,805,337	(r)9,825,999	(r)9,842,980	(r)9,857,028	(r)9,869,841	(r)9,880,115	(r)9,887,061	(r)9,890,984	(r)9,892,851	(r)9,894,409
2024	(r)9,894,797	(r)9,897,589	(r)9,904,307	(r)9,914,778	(r)9,927,285	(r)9,937,299	(r)9,942,561	(r)9,944,781	(r)9,945,041	(r)9,944,825	(r)9,946,572	(r)9,951,364
2025	(r)9,958,025	(r)9,963,936	(r)9,966,391	(r)9,966,421	(r)9,966,598	(r)9,970,634	(r)9,986,380	(r)10,012,631	(r)10,044,581	(1)-	(r)10,081,101	(r)10,080,281
2026	(p)10,104,683
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

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	(r)8,749,662	(r)8,769,235	(r)8,797,725	(r)8,831,174	(r)8,866,350	(r)8,899,470	(r)8,927,950	(r)8,957,817	(r)8,991,367	(r)9,033,245	(r)9,077,094	(r)9,120,733
2022	(r)9,160,745	(r)9,195,716	(r)9,223,128	(r)9,245,244	(r)9,261,586	(r)9,275,015	(r)9,284,900	(r)9,291,395	(r)9,297,413	(r)9,306,831	(r)9,322,123	(r)9,342,011
2023	(r)9,365,308	(r)9,390,605	(r)9,416,935	(r)9,441,434	(r)9,459,823	(r)9,471,938	(r)9,479,656	(r)9,482,979	(r)9,483,210	(r)9,482,042	(r)9,481,072	(r)9,482,447
2024	(r)9,485,047	(r)9,489,609	(r)9,494,839	(r)9,501,252	(r)9,509,659	(r)9,517,357	(r)9,522,427	(r)9,526,402	(r)9,529,565	(r)9,533,035	(r)9,538,060	(r)9,544,836
2025	(r)9,552,383	(r)9,558,366	(r)9,560,425	(r)9,557,556	(r)9,550,397	(r)9,543,139	(r)9,545,360	(r)9,558,784	(r)9,580,968	(1)-	(r)9,614,116	(r)9,615,453
2026	(p)9,639,310
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

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	(r)815,222	(r)798,201	(r)775,117	(r)757,935	(r)716,844	(r)717,987	(r)675,798	(r)648,894	(r)595,430	(r)563,864	(r)531,511	(r)522,873
2022	(r)499,772	(r)466,276	(r)442,132	(r)431,640	(r)416,635	(r)405,232	(r)386,487	(r)366,456	(r)378,570	(r)387,558	(r)392,582	(r)393,959
2023	(r)393,489	(r)391,698	(r)388,402	(r)384,565	(r)383,157	(r)385,090	(r)390,185	(r)397,136	(r)403,851	(r)408,942	(r)411,779	(r)411,962
2024	(r)409,750	(r)407,980	(r)409,468	(r)413,526	(r)417,626	(r)419,942	(r)420,134	(r)418,379	(r)415,476	(r)411,790	(r)408,512	(r)406,528
2025	(r)405,642	(r)405,570	(r)405,966	(r)408,865	(r)416,201	(r)427,495	(r)441,020	(r)453,847	(r)463,613	(1)-	(r)466,985	(r)464,828
2026	(p)465,373
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

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	(r)8.5	(r)8.3	(r)8.1	(r)7.9	(r)7.5	(r)7.5	(r)7.0	(r)6.8	(r)6.2	(r)5.9	(r)5.5	(r)5.4
2022	(r)5.2	(r)4.8	(r)4.6	(r)4.5	(r)4.3	(r)4.2	(r)4.0	(r)3.8	(r)3.9	(r)4.0	(r)4.0	(r)4.0
2023	(r)4.0	(r)4.0	(r)4.0	(r)3.9	(r)3.9	(r)3.9	(r)4.0	(r)4.0	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.2	(r)4.2
2024	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.2	(r)4.2	(r)4.2	(r)4.2	(r)4.2	(r)4.2	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1
2025	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.2	(r)4.3	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.6	(1)-	(r)4.6	(r)4.6
2026	(p)4.6
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

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	(r)9,494,150	(r)9,549,518	(r)9,584,292	(r)9,573,700	(r)9,535,930	(r)9,683,022	(r)9,709,071	(r)9,651,679	(r)9,588,006	(r)9,592,994	(r)9,584,675	(r)9,556,985	(r)9,592,002
2022	(r)9,620,283	(r)9,658,495	(r)9,677,899	(r)9,615,257	(r)9,664,655	(r)9,746,255	(r)9,761,302	(r)9,730,639	(r)9,680,682	(r)9,702,521	(r)9,668,562	(r)9,659,482	(r)9,682,170
2023	(r)9,695,602	(r)9,778,885	(r)9,812,816	(r)9,778,422	(r)9,824,168	(r)9,932,441	(r)9,968,161	(r)9,939,312	(r)9,885,529	(r)9,893,843	(r)9,901,171	(r)9,788,745	(r)9,849,925
2024	(r)9,817,588	(r)9,881,194	(r)9,912,681	(r)9,882,927	(r)9,890,951	(r)10,018,905	(r)10,063,967	(r)9,997,637	(r)9,952,834	(r)9,943,897	(r)9,910,666	(r)9,864,024	(r)9,928,106
2025	(r)9,898,290	(r)9,942,201	(r)9,973,350	(r)9,960,724	(r)9,925,507	(r)10,044,602	(r)10,079,290	(r)10,047,012	(r)10,058,624	(1)-	(r)10,109,358	(r)10,059,779	(2)(r)10,008,976
2026	(p)10,051,807
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 (r) Revised

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	(r)8,632,223	(r)8,692,494	(r)8,786,982	(r)8,834,278	(r)8,863,701	(r)8,947,536	(r)8,992,162	(r)8,971,782	(r)9,015,612	(r)9,056,363	(r)9,092,753	(r)9,085,111	(r)8,914,250
2022	(r)9,082,881	(r)9,141,807	(r)9,217,438	(r)9,212,612	(r)9,282,034	(r)9,337,636	(r)9,334,242	(r)9,309,306	(r)9,332,253	(r)9,344,855	(r)9,305,932	(r)9,291,742	(r)9,266,062
2023	(r)9,270,323	(r)9,343,557	(r)9,416,601	(r)9,435,637	(r)9,460,402	(r)9,541,077	(r)9,557,987	(r)9,501,594	(r)9,496,450	(r)9,486,743	(r)9,522,372	(r)9,397,096	(r)9,452,487
2024	(r)9,392,934	(r)9,434,223	(r)9,495,444	(r)9,509,072	(r)9,508,642	(r)9,600,728	(r)9,589,464	(r)9,531,135	(r)9,567,874	(r)9,548,946	(r)9,516,647	(r)9,479,423	(r)9,514,544
2025	(r)9,470,875	(r)9,506,386	(r)9,559,552	(r)9,585,776	(r)9,548,745	(r)9,628,413	(r)9,598,633	(r)9,556,372	(r)9,588,726	(1)-	(r)9,660,301	(r)9,623,428	(2)(r)9,575,201
2026	(p)9,575,890
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 (r) Revised

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	(r)861,927	(r)857,024	(r)797,310	(r)739,422	(r)672,229	(r)735,486	(r)716,909	(r)679,897	(r)572,394	(r)536,631	(r)491,922	(r)471,874	(r)677,752
2022	(r)537,402	(r)516,688	(r)460,461	(r)402,645	(r)382,621	(r)408,619	(r)427,060	(r)421,333	(r)348,429	(r)357,666	(r)362,630	(r)367,740	(r)416,108
2023	(r)425,279	(r)435,328	(r)396,215	(r)342,785	(r)363,766	(r)391,364	(r)410,174	(r)437,718	(r)389,079	(r)407,100	(r)378,799	(r)391,649	(r)397,438
2024	(r)424,654	(r)446,971	(r)417,237	(r)373,855	(r)382,309	(r)418,177	(r)474,503	(r)466,502	(r)384,960	(r)394,951	(r)394,019	(r)384,601	(r)413,562
2025	(r)427,415	(r)435,815	(r)413,798	(r)374,948	(r)376,762	(r)416,189	(r)480,657	(r)490,640	(r)469,898	(1)-	(r)449,057	(r)436,351	(2)(r)433,775
2026	(p)475,917
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 (r) Revised

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	(r)9.1	(r)9.0	(r)8.3	(r)7.7	(r)7.0	(r)7.6	(r)7.4	(r)7.0	(r)6.0	(r)5.6	(r)5.1	(r)4.9	(r)7.1
2022	(r)5.6	(r)5.3	(r)4.8	(r)4.2	(r)4.0	(r)4.2	(r)4.4	(r)4.3	(r)3.6	(r)3.7	(r)3.8	(r)3.8	(r)4.3
2023	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.0	(r)3.5	(r)3.7	(r)3.9	(r)4.1	(r)4.4	(r)3.9	(r)4.1	(r)3.8	(r)4.0	(r)4.0
2024	(r)4.3	(r)4.5	(r)4.2	(r)3.8	(r)3.9	(r)4.2	(r)4.7	(r)4.7	(r)3.9	(r)4.0	(r)4.0	(r)3.9	(r)4.2
2025	(r)4.3	(r)4.4	(r)4.1	(r)3.8	(r)3.8	(r)4.1	(r)4.8	(r)4.9	(r)4.7	(1)-	(r)4.4	(r)4.3	(2)(r)4.3
2026	(p)4.7
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 (r) Revised
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).