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Local Area Unemployment Statistics - New York City

Status of the Civilian Labor Force - New York City

Civilian Labor Force - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2014

(r)4,175,940 (r)4,181,152 (r)4,186,496 (r)4,190,397 (r)4,192,550 (r)4,193,915 (r)4,195,711 (r)4,199,182 (r)4,203,906 (r)4,208,558 (r)4,212,609 (r)4,217,127  

2015

(r)4,221,477 (r)4,224,546 (r)4,226,633 (r)4,227,158 (r)4,224,950 (r)4,219,740 (r)4,213,895 (r)4,209,664 (r)4,208,408 (r)4,211,234 (r)4,217,227 (r)4,223,211  

2016

(r)4,226,854 (r)4,227,460 (r)4,225,529 (r)4,224,022 (r)4,225,788 (r)4,231,168 (r)4,239,004 (r)4,247,851 (r)4,256,117 (r)4,262,389 (r)4,266,958 (r)4,271,659  

2017

(r)4,277,403 (r)4,285,025 (r)4,293,225 (r)4,300,688 (r)4,306,787 (r)4,310,982 (r)4,311,874 (r)4,308,685 (r)4,302,463 (r)4,294,641 (r)4,286,494 (r)4,279,505  

2018

(r)4,275,242 (r)4,274,105 (r)4,275,131 (r)4,275,914 (r)4,273,975 (r)4,269,500 (r)4,264,494 (r)4,261,571 (r)4,261,204 (r)4,263,381 (r)4,267,604 (r)4,272,437  

2019

(r)4,276,369 (r)4,278,118 (r)4,277,390 (r)4,275,257 (r)4,273,537 (r)4,273,017 (r)4,273,544 (r)4,274,813 (r)4,278,335 (r)4,284,293 (r)4,291,309 (r)4,296,341  

2020

(r)4,296,758 (r)4,291,856 (r)4,284,461 (r)3,708,237 (r)3,932,692 (r)4,054,858 (r)4,080,072 (r)4,043,596 (r)4,067,139 (r)4,046,861 (r)4,064,006 (r)4,074,007  

2021

(r)4,077,807 (r)4,081,273 (r)4,084,022 (r)4,096,100 (r)4,090,111 (r)4,119,737 (r)4,109,197 (r)4,114,083 (r)4,095,928 (r)4,101,571 (r)4,105,922 (r)4,127,741  

2022

(r)4,131,119 (r)4,120,296 (r)4,112,496 (r)4,116,891 (r)4,115,075 (r)4,115,575 (r)4,108,064 (r)4,096,653 (r)4,116,465 (r)4,134,661 (r)4,151,571 (r)4,165,132  

2023

(r)4,176,913 (r)4,186,575 (r)4,194,128 (r)4,199,927 (r)4,204,465 (r)4,208,074 (r)4,211,844 (r)4,215,542 (r)4,219,214 (r)4,223,433 (r)4,229,214 (r)4,237,646  

2024

(r)4,246,339 (r)4,256,078 (r)4,266,635 (r)4,278,019 (r)4,289,165 (r)4,297,658 (r)4,303,324 (r)4,307,033 (r)4,309,328 (r)4,311,362 (r)4,313,589 (r)4,315,822  

Footnotes
(r) Revised

Employment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2014

(r)3,841,209 (r)3,853,318 (r)3,864,627 (r)3,874,494 (r)3,884,091 (r)3,894,358 (r)3,905,057 (r)3,915,996 (r)3,926,210 (r)3,935,295 (r)3,943,283 (r)3,950,986  

2015

(r)3,958,208 (r)3,964,664 (r)3,971,508 (r)3,978,300 (r)3,983,706 (r)3,986,941 (r)3,989,005 (r)3,990,512 (r)3,992,331 (r)3,995,419 (r)3,999,468 (r)4,003,350  

2016

(r)4,006,230 (r)4,007,524 (r)4,007,237 (r)4,007,022 (r)4,008,273 (r)4,011,263 (r)4,016,231 (r)4,023,299 (r)4,031,774 (r)4,041,168 (r)4,051,841 (r)4,063,744  

2017

(r)4,075,857 (r)4,088,065 (r)4,098,525 (r)4,106,086 (r)4,111,095 (r)4,114,173 (r)4,114,651 (r)4,112,158 (r)4,107,776 (r)4,102,560 (r)4,096,940 (r)4,092,620  

2018

(r)4,090,897 (r)4,091,911 (r)4,095,144 (r)4,098,528 (r)4,099,468 (r)4,097,639 (r)4,094,265 (r)4,091,028 (r)4,087,876 (r)4,085,684 (r)4,085,822 (r)4,088,102  

2019

(r)4,091,622 (r)4,095,709 (r)4,099,323 (r)4,102,577 (r)4,105,815 (r)4,108,430 (r)4,110,084 (r)4,111,355 (r)4,115,220 (r)4,120,762 (r)4,125,174 (r)4,125,178  

2020

(r)4,118,889 (r)4,105,878 (r)4,090,065 (r)3,237,428 (r)3,085,800 (r)3,356,065 (r)3,404,773 (r)3,443,541 (r)3,485,521 (r)3,513,375 (r)3,539,933 (r)3,560,502  

2021

(r)3,577,206 (r)3,593,789 (r)3,614,580 (r)3,637,239 (r)3,660,024 (r)3,681,834 (r)3,699,877 (r)3,717,291 (r)3,734,594 (r)3,755,472 (r)3,775,818 (r)3,796,045  

2022

(r)3,815,035 (r)3,833,284 (r)3,849,545 (r)3,866,233 (r)3,880,562 (r)3,893,618 (r)3,904,408 (r)3,912,256 (r)3,918,728 (r)3,926,471 (r)3,936,346 (r)3,946,206  

2023

(r)3,956,710 (r)3,967,149 (r)3,977,601 (r)3,987,657 (r)3,995,860 (r)4,001,786 (r)4,006,278 (r)4,009,467 (r)4,012,253 (r)4,015,857 (r)4,021,493 (r)4,030,305  

2024

(r)4,039,697 (r)4,048,936 (r)4,056,337 (r)4,062,301 (r)4,067,310 (r)4,069,992 (r)4,070,497 (r)4,070,383 (r)4,070,225 (r)4,070,948 (r)4,073,437 (r)4,076,067  

Footnotes
(r) Revised

Unemployment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2014

(r)334,731 (r)327,834 (r)321,869 (r)315,903 (r)308,459 (r)299,557 (r)290,654 (r)283,186 (r)277,696 (r)273,263 (r)269,326 (r)266,141  

2015

(r)263,269 (r)259,882 (r)255,125 (r)248,858 (r)241,244 (r)232,799 (r)224,890 (r)219,152 (r)216,077 (r)215,815 (r)217,759 (r)219,861  

2016

(r)220,624 (r)219,936 (r)218,292 (r)217,000 (r)217,515 (r)219,905 (r)222,773 (r)224,552 (r)224,343 (r)221,221 (r)215,117 (r)207,915  

2017

(r)201,546 (r)196,960 (r)194,700 (r)194,602 (r)195,692 (r)196,809 (r)197,223 (r)196,527 (r)194,687 (r)192,081 (r)189,554 (r)186,885  

2018

(r)184,345 (r)182,194 (r)179,987 (r)177,386 (r)174,507 (r)171,861 (r)170,229 (r)170,543 (r)173,328 (r)177,697 (r)181,782 (r)184,335  

2019

(r)184,747 (r)182,409 (r)178,067 (r)172,680 (r)167,722 (r)164,587 (r)163,460 (r)163,458 (r)163,115 (r)163,531 (r)166,135 (r)171,163  

2020

(r)177,869 (r)185,978 (r)194,396 (r)470,809 (r)846,892 (r)698,793 (r)675,299 (r)600,055 (r)581,618 (r)533,486 (r)524,073 (r)513,505  

2021

(r)500,601 (r)487,484 (r)469,442 (r)458,861 (r)430,087 (r)437,903 (r)409,320 (r)396,792 (r)361,334 (r)346,099 (r)330,104 (r)331,696  

2022

(r)316,084 (r)287,012 (r)262,951 (r)250,658 (r)234,513 (r)221,957 (r)203,656 (r)184,397 (r)197,737 (r)208,190 (r)215,225 (r)218,926  

2023

(r)220,203 (r)219,426 (r)216,527 (r)212,270 (r)208,605 (r)206,288 (r)205,566 (r)206,075 (r)206,961 (r)207,576 (r)207,721 (r)207,341  

2024

(r)206,642 (r)207,142 (r)210,298 (r)215,718 (r)221,855 (r)227,666 (r)232,827 (r)236,650 (r)239,103 (r)240,414 (r)240,152 (r)239,755  

Footnotes
(r) Revised

Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2014

(r)8.0 (r)7.8 (r)7.7 (r)7.5 (r)7.4 (r)7.1 (r)6.9 (r)6.7 (r)6.6 (r)6.5 (r)6.4 (r)6.3  

2015

(r)6.2 (r)6.2 (r)6.0 (r)5.9 (r)5.7 (r)5.5 (r)5.3 (r)5.2 (r)5.1 (r)5.1 (r)5.2 (r)5.2  

2016

(r)5.2 (r)5.2 (r)5.2 (r)5.1 (r)5.1 (r)5.2 (r)5.3 (r)5.3 (r)5.3 (r)5.2 (r)5.0 (r)4.9  

2017

(r)4.7 (r)4.6 (r)4.5 (r)4.5 (r)4.5 (r)4.6 (r)4.6 (r)4.6 (r)4.5 (r)4.5 (r)4.4 (r)4.4  

2018

(r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)4.1 (r)4.2 (r)4.3 (r)4.3  

2019

(r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)4.2 (r)4.0 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.9 (r)4.0  

2020

(r)4.1 (r)4.3 (r)4.5 (r)12.7 (r)21.5 (r)17.2 (r)16.6 (r)14.8 (r)14.3 (r)13.2 (r)12.9 (r)12.6  

2021

(r)12.3 (r)11.9 (r)11.5 (r)11.2 (r)10.5 (r)10.6 (r)10.0 (r)9.6 (r)8.8 (r)8.4 (r)8.0 (r)8.0  

2022

(r)7.7 (r)7.0 (r)6.4 (r)6.1 (r)5.7 (r)5.4 (r)5.0 (r)4.5 (r)4.8 (r)5.0 (r)5.2 (r)5.3  

2023

(r)5.3 (r)5.2 (r)5.2 (r)5.1 (r)5.0 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.9  

2024

(r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)5.0 (r)5.2 (r)5.3 (r)5.4 (r)5.5 (r)5.5 (r)5.6 (r)5.6 (r)5.6  

Footnotes
(r) Revised

Civilian Labor Force - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2014

(r)4,170,604 (r)4,205,224 (r)4,210,935 (r)4,164,254 (r)4,183,556 (r)4,217,458 (r)4,219,210 (r)4,204,096 (r)4,172,052 (r)4,219,129 (r)4,199,649 (r)4,196,024 (r)4,196,850

2015

(r)4,215,903 (r)4,241,978 (r)4,236,672 (r)4,225,311 (r)4,230,354 (r)4,220,583 (r)4,238,136 (r)4,220,021 (r)4,171,418 (r)4,207,188 (r)4,206,669 (r)4,212,956 (r)4,218,932

2016

(r)4,213,802 (r)4,255,392 (r)4,260,592 (r)4,212,623 (r)4,201,619 (r)4,230,438 (r)4,259,977 (r)4,259,550 (r)4,248,485 (r)4,257,479 (r)4,249,352 (r)4,245,758 (r)4,241,256

2017

(r)4,269,808 (r)4,312,259 (r)4,328,640 (r)4,294,516 (r)4,285,614 (r)4,305,433 (r)4,345,127 (r)4,296,576 (r)4,308,777 (r)4,293,161 (r)4,267,223 (r)4,243,422 (r)4,295,879

2018

(r)4,272,247 (r)4,318,121 (r)4,297,577 (r)4,267,774 (r)4,246,899 (r)4,282,728 (r)4,284,521 (r)4,261,836 (r)4,229,059 (r)4,273,447 (r)4,248,110 (r)4,270,216 (r)4,271,044

2019

(r)4,271,247 (r)4,303,667 (r)4,303,478 (r)4,268,770 (r)4,250,058 (r)4,274,995 (r)4,281,838 (r)4,275,741 (r)4,268,571 (r)4,299,853 (r)4,270,128 (r)4,268,412 (r)4,278,064

2020

(r)4,299,598 (r)4,339,120 (r)4,310,881 (r)3,698,973 (r)3,881,915 (r)4,049,031 (r)4,088,537 (r)4,079,881 (r)4,041,181 (r)4,073,012 (r)4,060,723 (r)4,046,337 (r)4,080,766

2021

(r)4,058,414 (r)4,096,032 (r)4,111,774 (r)4,105,809 (r)4,060,111 (r)4,120,309 (r)4,131,462 (r)4,123,067 (r)4,077,727 (r)4,106,061 (r)4,097,713 (r)4,095,788 (r)4,098,689

2022

(r)4,130,672 (r)4,141,513 (r)4,136,095 (r)4,100,358 (r)4,103,165 (r)4,113,655 (r)4,127,969 (r)4,126,321 (r)4,096,743 (r)4,137,956 (r)4,133,439 (r)4,141,873 (r)4,124,146

2023

(r)4,162,526 (r)4,215,279 (r)4,222,057 (r)4,178,857 (r)4,193,654 (r)4,214,250 (r)4,231,806 (r)4,238,592 (r)4,194,399 (r)4,227,677 (r)4,227,876 (r)4,197,201 (r)4,208,681

2024

(r)4,227,829 (r)4,278,415 (r)4,296,808 (r)4,276,661 (r)4,262,435 (r)4,303,004 (r)4,331,842 (r)4,336,789 (r)4,289,035 (r)4,306,712 (r)4,292,173 (r)4,289,830 (r)4,290,961

Footnotes
(r) Revised

Employment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2014

(r)3,829,854 (r)3,858,359 (r)3,882,023 (r)3,877,152 (r)3,886,177 (r)3,915,826 (r)3,902,804 (r)3,905,645 (r)3,906,377 (r)3,950,498 (r)3,932,290 (r)3,945,911 (r)3,899,410

2015

(r)3,936,592 (r)3,970,520 (r)3,991,168 (r)3,991,728 (r)3,993,817 (r)3,985,646 (r)3,994,100 (r)3,988,882 (r)3,965,282 (r)3,995,839 (r)3,992,565 (r)4,002,450 (r)3,984,049

2016

(r)3,982,111 (r)4,027,508 (r)4,039,071 (r)4,011,580 (r)4,006,402 (r)4,008,442 (r)4,015,908 (r)4,020,068 (r)4,019,873 (r)4,032,831 (r)4,047,476 (r)4,057,649 (r)4,022,410

2017

(r)4,058,676 (r)4,103,199 (r)4,139,635 (r)4,112,797 (r)4,099,807 (r)4,109,995 (r)4,125,945 (r)4,080,933 (r)4,112,813 (r)4,105,669 (r)4,096,346 (r)4,071,829 (r)4,101,470

2018

(r)4,076,587 (r)4,125,951 (r)4,115,558 (r)4,099,846 (r)4,093,611 (r)4,098,873 (r)4,093,933 (r)4,076,202 (r)4,061,452 (r)4,103,014 (r)4,083,830 (r)4,097,117 (r)4,093,831

2019

(r)4,068,716 (r)4,114,144 (r)4,128,281 (r)4,111,754 (r)4,086,648 (r)4,105,659 (r)4,098,034 (r)4,096,872 (r)4,112,168 (r)4,132,165 (r)4,116,060 (r)4,124,113 (r)4,107,885

2020

(r)4,123,298 (r)4,157,560 (r)4,083,234 (r)3,246,116 (r)3,043,676 (r)3,352,771 (r)3,379,710 (r)3,467,947 (r)3,459,178 (r)3,540,667 (r)3,558,619 (r)3,563,787 (r)3,581,380

2021

(r)3,543,108 (r)3,594,841 (r)3,645,819 (r)3,650,938 (r)3,645,267 (r)3,672,559 (r)3,695,783 (r)3,708,018 (r)3,721,790 (r)3,767,144 (r)3,784,156 (r)3,787,228 (r)3,684,721

2022

(r)3,806,055 (r)3,845,537 (r)3,874,997 (r)3,862,497 (r)3,881,233 (r)3,884,841 (r)3,899,317 (r)3,909,915 (r)3,911,499 (r)3,933,500 (r)3,929,354 (r)3,939,555 (r)3,889,858

2023

(r)3,939,617 (r)3,984,823 (r)4,010,143 (r)3,983,900 (r)3,990,912 (r)3,997,810 (r)4,012,526 (r)4,010,808 (r)3,990,478 (r)4,013,233 (r)4,035,820 (r)4,004,371 (r)3,997,870

2024

(r)4,024,462 (r)4,062,092 (r)4,090,269 (r)4,078,244 (r)4,053,126 (r)4,069,138 (r)4,066,797 (r)4,073,409 (r)4,063,185 (r)4,070,828 (r)4,056,104 (r)4,065,287 (r)4,064,412

Footnotes
(r) Revised

Unemployment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2014

(r)340,750 (r)346,865 (r)328,912 (r)287,102 (r)297,379 (r)301,632 (r)316,406 (r)298,451 (r)265,675 (r)268,631 (r)267,359 (r)250,113 (r)297,440

2015

(r)279,311 (r)271,458 (r)245,504 (r)233,583 (r)236,537 (r)234,937 (r)244,036 (r)231,139 (r)206,136 (r)211,349 (r)214,104 (r)210,506 (r)234,883

2016

(r)231,691 (r)227,884 (r)221,521 (r)201,043 (r)195,217 (r)221,996 (r)244,069 (r)239,482 (r)228,612 (r)224,648 (r)201,876 (r)188,109 (r)218,846

2017

(r)211,132 (r)209,060 (r)189,005 (r)181,719 (r)185,807 (r)195,438 (r)219,182 (r)215,643 (r)195,964 (r)187,492 (r)170,877 (r)171,593 (r)194,409

2018

(r)195,660 (r)192,170 (r)182,019 (r)167,928 (r)153,288 (r)183,855 (r)190,588 (r)185,634 (r)167,607 (r)170,433 (r)164,280 (r)173,099 (r)177,213

2019

(r)202,531 (r)189,523 (r)175,197 (r)157,016 (r)163,410 (r)169,336 (r)183,804 (r)178,869 (r)156,403 (r)167,688 (r)154,068 (r)144,299 (r)170,179

2020

(r)176,300 (r)181,560 (r)227,647 (r)452,857 (r)838,239 (r)696,260 (r)708,827 (r)611,934 (r)582,003 (r)532,345 (r)502,104 (r)482,550 (r)499,386

2021

(r)515,306 (r)501,191 (r)465,955 (r)454,871 (r)414,844 (r)447,750 (r)435,679 (r)415,049 (r)355,937 (r)338,917 (r)313,557 (r)308,560 (r)413,968

2022

(r)324,617 (r)295,976 (r)261,098 (r)237,861 (r)221,932 (r)228,814 (r)228,652 (r)216,406 (r)185,244 (r)204,456 (r)204,085 (r)202,318 (r)234,288

2023

(r)222,909 (r)230,456 (r)211,914 (r)194,957 (r)202,742 (r)216,440 (r)219,280 (r)227,784 (r)203,921 (r)214,444 (r)192,056 (r)192,830 (r)210,811

2024

(r)203,367 (r)216,323 (r)206,539 (r)198,417 (r)209,309 (r)233,866 (r)265,045 (r)263,380 (r)225,850 (r)235,884 (r)236,069 (r)224,543 (r)226,549

Footnotes
(r) Revised

Unemployment Rate - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2014

(r)8.2 (r)8.2 (r)7.8 (r)6.9 (r)7.1 (r)7.2 (r)7.5 (r)7.1 (r)6.4 (r)6.4 (r)6.4 (r)6.0 (r)7.1

2015

(r)6.6 (r)6.4 (r)5.8 (r)5.5 (r)5.6 (r)5.6 (r)5.8 (r)5.5 (r)4.9 (r)5.0 (r)5.1 (r)5.0 (r)5.6

2016

(r)5.5 (r)5.4 (r)5.2 (r)4.8 (r)4.6 (r)5.2 (r)5.7 (r)5.6 (r)5.4 (r)5.3 (r)4.8 (r)4.4 (r)5.2

2017

(r)4.9 (r)4.8 (r)4.4 (r)4.2 (r)4.3 (r)4.5 (r)5.0 (r)5.0 (r)4.5 (r)4.4 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)4.5

2018

(r)4.6 (r)4.5 (r)4.2 (r)3.9 (r)3.6 (r)4.3 (r)4.4 (r)4.4 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)3.9 (r)4.1 (r)4.1

2019

(r)4.7 (r)4.4 (r)4.1 (r)3.7 (r)3.8 (r)4.0 (r)4.3 (r)4.2 (r)3.7 (r)3.9 (r)3.6 (r)3.4 (r)4.0

2020

(r)4.1 (r)4.2 (r)5.3 (r)12.2 (r)21.6 (r)17.2 (r)17.3 (r)15.0 (r)14.4 (r)13.1 (r)12.4 (r)11.9 (r)12.2

2021

(r)12.7 (r)12.2 (r)11.3 (r)11.1 (r)10.2 (r)10.9 (r)10.5 (r)10.1 (r)8.7 (r)8.3 (r)7.7 (r)7.5 (r)10.1

2022

(r)7.9 (r)7.1 (r)6.3 (r)5.8 (r)5.4 (r)5.6 (r)5.5 (r)5.2 (r)4.5 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)5.7

2023

(r)5.4 (r)5.5 (r)5.0 (r)4.7 (r)4.8 (r)5.1 (r)5.2 (r)5.4 (r)4.9 (r)5.1 (r)4.5 (r)4.6 (r)5.0

2024

(r)4.8 (r)5.1 (r)4.8 (r)4.6 (r)4.9 (r)5.4 (r)6.1 (r)6.1 (r)5.3 (r)5.5 (r)5.5 (r)5.2 (r)5.3

Footnotes
(r) Revised

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