New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New York fell 0.1 percentage points in September 2018 to 3.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the New York rate. The unemployment rate in New York peaked in October 2009 at 9.3% and is now 5.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.9% in May 2018, 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	September 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	-0.2	-0.5
New York	4.1%	-0.1	-0.6
New York	3.9%	-0.1	-0.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with September 2018 data as October 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 507,345 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 391,036 in May 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 6,720. New York employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in New York, New York) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	September 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
New York	397,756	-4,286	-65,466

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
October 2018	3.7%	4.0%	—	—
September 2018	3.7%	4.1%	3.9%	397,756
August 2018	3.9%	4.2%	4.0%	402,042
July 2018	3.9%	4.3%	4.0%	402,907
June 2018	4.0%	4.5%	4.0%	406,526
May 2018	3.8%	4.5%	3.9%	391,036
April 2018	3.9%	4.6%	4.4%	440,635
March 2018	4.1%	4.6%	4.3%	433,778
February 2018	4.1%	4.6%	4.2%	428,292
January 2018	4.1%	4.7%	4.3%	433,755
December 2017	4.1%	4.7%	4.4%	442,356
November 2017	4.1%	4.7%	4.4%	446,369