New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New York fell 0.0 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the New York rate. The unemployment rate in New York peaked in October 2009 at 9.3% and is now 0.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 8.3% in April 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare New York unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
New York	8.0%	0.0	-0.2
New York	8.5%	0.0	0.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: New York, New York, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

New York, New York Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in New York peaked in December 2009 at 882,343. There are now 75,406 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 784,655 in April 2011, the number of unemployed has now grown by 22,282. New York employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in New York, New York) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
New York	806,937	+4,660	+3,647

Number of Unemployed Persons

New York, New York Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	New York Unemployment Rate	New York Unemployment Rate	New York Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.0%	8.5%	806,937
November 2011	8.7%	8.0%	8.5%	802,277
October 2011	8.9%	7.9%	8.4%	793,483
September 2011	9.0%	8.0%	8.3%	787,949
August 2011	9.1%	8.0%	8.4%	786,592
July 2011	9.1%	8.0%	8.4%	790,939
June 2011	9.1%	8.0%	8.5%	797,911
May 2011	9.0%	7.8%	8.4%	788,642
April 2011	9.0%	7.9%	8.3%	784,655
March 2011	8.9%	8.0%	8.4%	789,987
February 2011	9.0%	8.2%	8.5%	801,941
January 2011	9.1%	8.2%	8.5%	801,896