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Rochester

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Rochester, NY, Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jul 2025
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — June 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jul 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Rochester — May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2021

Rochester, NY Economy at a Glance:

Rochester, NY

Data Series	Back Data	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025	June 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		509.2	513.7	516.9	515.0	512.9	(p)517.5
Employment(1)		488.2	491.1	496.9	499.4	497.5	(p)500.6
Unemployment(1)		21.0	22.6	20.0	15.5	15.4	(p)16.9
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.1	4.4	3.9	3.0	3.0	(p)3.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		510.7	515.6	518.2	519.8	520.7	(p)522.5
12-month % change		1.4	1.3	1.3	1.1	0.5	(p)0.2
Mining and Logging(3)		0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	(p)0.7
12-month % change		0.0	16.7	16.7	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		22.0	22.0	22.6	23.4	24.4	(p)25.1
12-month % change		2.8	3.8	4.6	5.9	3.8	(p)2.9
Manufacturing(3)		50.3	50.2	50.1	50.0	50.0	(p)50.3
12-month % change		-0.6	-0.2	-0.8	-0.6	-0.4	(p)-0.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		82.6	82.0	82.0	81.7	82.0	(p)82.7
12-month % change		-0.4	0.5	0.4	-0.2	-0.7	(p)-0.7
Information(3)		5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.5	(p)5.5
12-month % change		-8.3	-6.8	-6.8	-6.9	-3.5	(p)-5.2
Financial Activities(3)		22.4	22.3	22.2	22.2	22.2	(p)22.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.5	-0.4	(p)-1.3
Professional and Business Services(3)		62.4	63.0	63.7	65.1	65.2	(p)66.1
12-month % change		0.8	0.8	1.9	2.2	1.6	(p)1.4
Education and Health Services(3)		127.0	130.4	131.2	130.4	127.4	(p)124.8
12-month % change		3.8	2.1	2.0	1.5	0.6	(p)0.1
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		44.1	43.3	44.2	44.7	47.2	(p)49.3
12-month % change		4.8	1.9	2.3	0.7	0.2	(p)0.4
Other Services(3)		17.7	17.8	17.9	17.8	17.8	(p)17.7
12-month % change		-1.1	0.0	0.0	-0.6	-1.1	(p)-2.2
Government(3)		76.1	78.4	78.1	78.4	78.3	(p)77.9
12-month % change		0.8	2.2	1.7	2.2	1.2	(p)1.3
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