New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New York rose 0.1 percentage points in January 2019 to 4.0%. 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 October 2009 at 9.3% and is now 5.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.6% in November 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.4 percentage points. You can also compare New York unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	January 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.0%	+0.1	-0.1
New York	3.9%	0.0	-0.6
New York	4.0%	+0.1	-0.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with January 2019 data as February 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 January 2010 at 905,101. There are now 501,142 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 364,906 in November 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 39,053. New York employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in New York, New York) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	January 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
New York	403,959	+12,653	-29,796

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
February 2019	3.8%	3.9%	—	—
January 2019	4.0%	3.9%	4.0%	403,959
December 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.9%	391,306
November 2018	3.7%	3.9%	3.6%	364,906
October 2018	3.8%	3.8%	3.8%	379,965
September 2018	3.7%	3.8%	3.9%	397,057
August 2018	3.8%	3.9%	4.0%	402,042
July 2018	3.9%	4.0%	4.0%	402,907
June 2018	4.0%	4.1%	4.0%	406,526
May 2018	3.8%	4.2%	3.9%	391,036
April 2018	3.9%	4.3%	4.4%	440,635
March 2018	4.0%	4.4%	4.3%	433,778