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Ithaca, New York Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Ithaca fell 0.0 percentage points in April 2022 to 2.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.8 percentage points lower than the New York rate. The unemployment rate in Ithaca peaked in April 2020 at 12.0% and is now 9.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.7% in March 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Ithaca unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2022 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.6% 0.0 -2.4
New York 4.5% -0.1 -3.3
Ithaca 2.7% 0.0 -1.5
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2022 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Ithaca, New York, National

Ithaca, New York monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Ithaca, New York Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Ithaca peaked in April 2020 at 5,737. There are now 4,441 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Ithaca employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Ithaca, New York) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2022 Month/Month Year/Year
Ithaca 1,296 -17 -765

Number of Unemployed Persons

Ithaca, New York Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 New York
Unemployment Rate		 Ithaca
Unemployment Rate		 Ithaca
Unemployed
May
2022		 3.6% — — —
April
2022		 3.6% 4.5% 2.7% 1,296
March
2022		 3.6% 4.6% 2.7% 1,313
February
2022		 3.8% 4.9% 2.8% 1,338
January
2022		 4.0% 5.3% 2.9% 1,404
December
2021		 3.9% 5.4% 3.1% 1,513
November
2021		 4.2% 5.4% 3.1% 1,510
October
2021		 4.6% 5.7% 3.2% 1,531
September
2021		 4.7% 6.0% 3.3% 1,608
August
2021		 5.2% 6.6% 3.5% 1,699
July
2021		 5.4% 6.9% 3.7% 1,795
June
2021		 5.9% 7.4% 3.8% 1,888

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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