New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New York fell 0.0 percentage points in July 2019 to 3.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the New York rate. The unemployment rate in New York peaked in November 2009 at 9.3% and is now 5.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.7% in June 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare New York unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.2
New York	4.0%	0.0	0.0
New York	3.7%	0.0	-0.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2019 data as August 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 906,811. There are now 543,310 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. New York employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in New York, New York) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
New York	363,501	-7,632	-23,249

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
August 2019	3.7%	—	—	—
July 2019	3.7%	4.0%	3.7%	363,501
June 2019	3.7%	4.0%	3.7%	371,133
May 2019	3.6%	4.0%	3.8%	380,541
April 2019	3.6%	3.9%	3.8%	382,982
March 2019	3.8%	3.9%	3.9%	388,106
February 2019	3.8%	3.9%	3.9%	387,149
January 2019	4.0%	3.9%	3.9%	385,378
December 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.8%	380,687
November 2018	3.7%	3.9%	3.8%	379,738
October 2018	3.8%	3.8%	3.8%	377,921
September 2018	3.7%	3.8%	3.8%	378,456