New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New York rose 0.1 percentage points in February 2021 to 9.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the New York rate. The unemployment rate in New York peaked in June 2020 at 17.2% and is now 8.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 8.4% in December 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.6 percentage points. You can also compare New York unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 6.2% | -0.1 | +2.7 |
| New York | 8.9% | +0.1 | +5.0 |
| New York | 9.0% | +0.1 | +5.5 |
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 June 2020 at 1,689,025. There are now 824,071 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 800,642 in December 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 64,312. New York employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in New York, New York) is also available.
| Unemployed Persons | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 864,954 | +14,064 | +511,421 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
| February 2021 |
6.2% | 8.9% | 9.0% | 864,954 |
| January 2021 |
6.3% | 8.8% | 8.9% | 850,890 |
| December 2020 |
6.7% | 8.7% | 8.4% | 800,642 |
| November 2020 |
6.7% | 8.7% | 9.5% | 913,304 |
| October 2020 |
6.9% | 8.7% | 9.5% | 904,301 |
| September 2020 |
7.8% | 10.0% | 9.5% | 903,246 |
| August 2020 |
8.4% | 11.7% | 12.9% | 1,280,876 |
| July 2020 |
10.2% | 14.7% | 16.3% | 1,628,296 |
| June 2020 |
11.1% | 15.0% | 17.2% | 1,689,025 |
| May 2020 |
13.3% | 15.7% | 15.7% | 1,486,816 |
| April 2020 |
14.8% | 16.2% | 15.8% | 1,492,869 |
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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