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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New York–New Jersey > Table

Local Area Unemployment Statistics - New York City

Status of the Civilian Labor Force - New York City

Civilian Labor Force - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2013

 4,045,886 4,045,599 4,047,400 4,052,849 4,060,929 4,070,290 4,078,252 4,081,804 4,081,018 4,079,036 4,078,203 4,078,585  

2014

 4,080,570 4,083,624 4,086,615 4,088,313 4,088,604 4,088,525 4,089,108 4,091,325 4,094,623 4,097,501 4,099,323 4,101,133  

2015

 4,102,656 4,103,202 4,103,094 4,101,681 4,097,794 4,091,095 4,083,676 4,077,619 4,074,208 4,074,608 4,078,186 4,082,040  

2016

 4,083,880 4,082,937 4,079,641 4,076,666 4,076,588 4,079,683 4,084,913 4,091,011 4,096,603 4,100,450 4,102,813 4,105,250  

2017

 4,277,572 4,285,301 4,293,803 4,301,819 4,308,587 4,313,385 4,314,900 4,312,352 4,306,645 4,299,268 4,291,736 4,285,758  

2018

 (r)4,272,594 (r)4,271,328 (r)4,271,935 (r)4,271,853 (r)4,268,705 (r)4,262,878 (r)4,256,544 (r)4,252,479 (r)4,251,429 (r)4,253,352 (r)4,257,637 (r)4,262,800  

2019

 (r)4,267,363 (r)4,269,825 (r)4,269,425 (r)4,266,912 (r)4,264,013 (r)4,261,786 (r)4,260,487 (r)4,260,193 (r)4,262,622 (r)4,268,073 (r)4,274,975 (r)4,280,022  

2020

 (r)4,280,567 (r)4,276,190 (r)4,269,813 (r)3,720,286 (r)3,937,341 (r)4,061,283 (r)4,084,589 (r)4,047,232 (r)4,067,842 (r)4,045,350 (r)4,059,855 (r)4,065,914  

2021

 (r)4,070,174 (r)4,075,152 (r)4,076,465 (r)4,088,882 (r)4,086,988 (r)4,116,222 (r)4,106,555 (r)4,111,508 (r)4,091,212 (r)4,093,748 (r)4,093,657 (r)4,110,209  

2022

 (r)4,113,670 (r)4,104,375 (r)4,095,338 (r)4,099,568 (r)4,100,927 (r)4,099,680 (r)4,089,665 (r)4,074,030 (r)4,086,901 (r)4,097,792 (r)4,105,656 (r)4,112,579  

2023

 (p)4,125,892                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Employment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2013

 3,676,776 3,678,376 3,682,548 3,690,072 3,698,921 3,707,583 3,714,662 3,719,839 3,724,442 3,730,124 3,737,594 3,745,978  

2014

 3,755,435 3,765,329 3,774,372 3,782,023 3,789,417 3,797,541 3,806,182 3,815,153 3,823,550 3,830,840 3,836,889 3,842,353  

2015

 3,847,113 3,851,046 3,855,298 3,859,543 3,862,609 3,863,788 3,863,955 3,863,668 3,863,725 3,865,040 3,867,407 3,869,753  

2016

 3,871,169 3,871,026 3,869,320 3,867,577 3,867,127 3,868,262 3,871,190 3,875,960 3,881,935 3,888,678 3,896,596 3,905,682  

2017

 4,076,849 4,088,992 4,099,667 4,107,720 4,113,325 4,116,887 4,117,855 4,115,981 4,112,266 4,107,804 4,103,231 4,100,310  

2018

 (r)4,088,835 (r)4,089,884 (r)4,092,876 (r)4,095,568 (r)4,095,441 (r)4,092,322 (r)4,087,579 (r)4,083,074 (r)4,079,051 (r)4,076,414 (r)4,076,525 (r)4,079,204  

2019

 (r)4,083,608 (r)4,088,844 (r)4,093,336 (r)4,096,751 (r)4,099,198 (r)4,100,222 (r)4,099,835 (r)4,099,097 (r)4,101,341 (r)4,105,974 (r)4,110,148 (r)4,110,433  

2020

 (r)4,104,862 (r)4,093,110 (r)4,079,042 (r)3,248,594 (r)3,093,828 (r)3,365,560 (r)3,411,805 (r)3,448,352 (r)3,486,351 (r)3,511,295 (r)3,535,136 (r)3,554,297  

2021

 (r)3,570,953 (r)3,588,738 (r)3,611,200 (r)3,636,464 (r)3,661,866 (r)3,685,527 (r)3,702,934 (r)3,718,097 (r)3,731,079 (r)3,747,174 (r)3,763,483 (r)3,781,438  

2022

 (r)3,800,369 (r)3,820,294 (r)3,839,193 (r)3,858,830 (r)3,874,414 (r)3,885,409 (r)3,889,446 (r)3,888,351 (r)3,885,439 (r)3,885,847 (r)3,893,473 (r)3,902,643  

2023

 (p)3,908,203                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2013

 369,110 367,223 364,852 362,777 362,008 362,707 363,590 361,965 356,576 348,912 340,609 332,607  

2014

 325,135 318,295 312,243 306,290 299,187 290,984 282,926 276,172 271,073 266,661 262,434 258,780  

2015

 255,543 252,156 247,796 242,138 235,185 227,307 219,721 213,951 210,483 209,568 210,779 212,287  

2016

 212,711 211,911 210,321 209,089 209,461 211,421 213,723 215,051 214,668 211,772 206,217 199,568  

2017

 200,723 196,309 194,136 194,099 195,262 196,498 197,045 196,371 194,379 191,464 188,505 185,448  

2018

 (r)183,759 (r)181,444 (r)179,059 (r)176,285 (r)173,264 (r)170,556 (r)168,965 (r)169,405 (r)172,378 (r)176,938 (r)181,112 (r)183,596  

2019

 (r)183,755 (r)180,981 (r)176,089 (r)170,161 (r)164,815 (r)161,564 (r)160,652 (r)161,096 (r)161,281 (r)162,099 (r)164,827 (r)169,589  

2020

 (r)175,705 (r)183,080 (r)190,771 (r)471,692 (r)843,513 (r)695,723 (r)672,784 (r)598,880 (r)581,491 (r)534,055 (r)524,719 (r)511,617  

2021

 (r)499,221 (r)486,414 (r)465,265 (r)452,418 (r)425,122 (r)430,695 (r)403,621 (r)393,411 (r)360,133 (r)346,574 (r)330,174 (r)328,771  

2022

 (r)313,301 (r)284,081 (r)256,145 (r)240,738 (r)226,513 (r)214,271 (r)200,219 (r)185,679 (r)201,462 (r)211,945 (r)212,183 (r)209,936  

2023

 (p)217,689                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2013

 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.2  

2014

 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.3  

2015

 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.2  

2016

 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.9  

2017

 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3  

2018

 (r)4.3 (r)4.2 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)4.1 (r)4.2 (r)4.3 (r)4.3  

2019

 (r)4.3 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)3.9 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 (r)3.9 (r)4.0  

2020

 (r)4.1 (r)4.3 (r)4.5 (r)12.7 (r)21.4 (r)17.1 (r)16.5 (r)14.8 (r)14.3 (r)13.2 (r)12.9 (r)12.6  

2021

 (r)12.3 (r)11.9 (r)11.4 (r)11.1 (r)10.4 (r)10.5 (r)9.8 (r)9.6 (r)8.8 (r)8.5 (r)8.1 (r)8.0  

2022

 (r)7.6 (r)6.9 (r)6.3 (r)5.9 (r)5.5 (r)5.2 (r)4.9 (r)4.6 (r)4.9 (r)5.2 (r)5.2 (r)5.1  

2023

 (p)5.3                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Civilian Labor Force - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2013

 4,052,335 4,060,225 4,037,902 4,038,537 4,052,254 4,077,096 4,113,334 4,092,475 4,064,725 4,077,369 4,065,804 4,050,764 4,065,235

2014

 4,078,202 4,111,823 4,113,307 4,060,289 4,075,161 4,102,543 4,112,690 4,094,263 4,066,890 4,108,693 4,086,151 4,082,915 4,091,078

2015

 4,101,838 4,125,207 4,113,967 4,095,893 4,097,712 4,087,605 4,108,503 4,083,965 4,040,138 4,073,342 4,066,094 4,074,367 4,089,053

2016

 4,075,349 4,114,599 4,114,382 4,064,296 4,048,212 4,072,837 4,107,522 4,099,613 4,089,711 4,097,777 4,083,100 4,083,277 4,087,556

2017

 4,274,446 4,317,178 4,329,153 4,292,091 4,280,591 4,300,703 4,342,922 4,299,717 4,315,408 4,300,745 4,275,451 4,258,690 4,298,924

2018

 (r)4,268,675 (r)4,314,218 (r)4,296,528 (r)4,263,492 (r)4,240,020 (r)4,272,100 (r)4,271,649 (r)4,246,840 (r)4,227,069 (r)4,268,433 (r)4,240,258 (r)4,261,564 (r)4,264,237

2019

 (r)4,263,086 (r)4,294,436 (r)4,295,177 (r)4,259,837 (r)4,239,995 (r)4,260,268 (r)4,261,656 (r)4,255,597 (r)4,262,328 (r)4,288,927 (r)4,256,705 (r)4,254,770 (r)4,266,066

2020

 (r)4,284,614 (r)4,322,118 (r)4,295,476 (r)3,707,014 (r)3,883,338 (r)4,048,998 (r)4,091,546 (r)4,079,151 (r)4,050,538 (r)4,079,074 (r)4,059,251 (r)4,041,568 (r)4,078,557

2021

 (r)4,054,066 (r)4,088,725 (r)4,102,683 (r)4,094,591 (r)4,047,792 (r)4,102,547 (r)4,131,533 (r)4,122,588 (r)4,081,882 (r)4,104,302 (r)4,087,800 (r)4,085,159 (r)4,091,972

2022

 (r)4,116,127 (r)4,128,094 (r)4,119,649 (r)4,072,173 (r)4,076,313 (r)4,082,472 (r)4,113,936 (r)4,109,763 (r)4,069,726 (r)4,100,446 (r)4,095,236 (r)4,113,259 (r)4,099,766

2023

 (p)4,130,154                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Employment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2013

 3,652,488 3,679,300 3,684,429 3,704,940 3,699,475 3,705,238 3,735,102 3,722,167 3,711,697 3,716,759 3,734,515 3,741,320 3,707,286

2014

 3,744,626 3,773,062 3,792,183 3,782,583 3,786,244 3,812,645 3,808,953 3,805,036 3,806,558 3,845,073 3,824,449 3,840,866 3,801,857

2015

 3,828,551 3,859,582 3,873,617 3,869,280 3,866,447 3,859,628 3,874,026 3,861,434 3,839,840 3,865,906 3,857,925 3,871,957 3,860,683

2016

 3,850,010 3,892,137 3,898,822 3,870,629 3,859,358 3,861,955 3,877,324 3,872,944 3,872,323 3,881,708 3,888,735 3,902,678 3,877,385

2017

 4,059,668 4,105,105 4,138,623 4,112,994 4,095,668 4,108,299 4,129,607 4,088,548 4,120,726 4,113,556 4,101,028 4,086,986 4,105,067

2018

 (r)4,072,159 (r)4,121,320 (r)4,114,359 (r)4,097,537 (r)4,087,112 (r)4,091,124 (r)4,083,644 (r)4,062,864 (r)4,060,810 (r)4,099,005 (r)4,076,332 (r)4,090,453 (r)4,088,060

2019

 (r)4,060,036 (r)4,104,420 (r)4,120,663 (r)4,105,921 (r)4,077,638 (r)4,095,333 (r)4,082,061 (r)4,079,727 (r)4,108,585 (r)4,123,498 (r)4,104,412 (r)4,114,073 (r)4,098,031

2020

 (r)4,109,342 (r)4,141,201 (r)4,069,746 (r)3,252,041 (r)3,046,955 (r)3,355,196 (r)3,385,947 (r)3,469,727 (r)3,470,584 (r)3,548,976 (r)3,558,115 (r)3,563,344 (r)3,580,931

2021

 (r)3,538,962 (r)3,586,043 (r)3,637,489 (r)3,644,521 (r)3,634,232 (r)3,661,443 (r)3,701,852 (r)3,712,627 (r)3,730,193 (r)3,769,123 (r)3,777,505 (r)3,782,405 (r)3,681,366

2022

 (r)3,793,738 (r)3,832,306 (r)3,860,497 (r)3,840,513 (r)3,856,501 (r)3,859,855 (r)3,890,725 (r)3,897,289 (r)3,886,152 (r)3,896,257 (r)3,888,791 (r)3,907,975 (r)3,867,550

2023

 (p)3,901,310                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2013

 399,847 380,925 353,473 333,597 352,779 371,858 378,232 370,308 353,028 360,610 331,289 309,444 357,949

2014

 333,576 338,761 321,124 277,706 288,917 289,898 303,737 289,227 260,332 263,620 261,702 242,049 289,221

2015

 273,287 265,625 240,350 226,613 231,265 227,977 234,477 222,531 200,298 207,436 208,169 202,410 228,370

2016

 225,339 222,462 215,560 193,667 188,854 210,882 230,198 226,669 217,388 216,069 194,365 180,599 210,171

2017

 214,778 212,073 190,530 179,097 184,923 192,404 213,315 211,169 194,682 187,189 174,423 171,704 193,857

2018

 (r)196,516 (r)192,898 (r)182,169 (r)165,955 (r)152,908 (r)180,976 (r)188,005 (r)183,976 (r)166,259 (r)169,428 (r)163,926 (r)171,111 (r)176,177

2019

 (r)203,050 (r)190,016 (r)174,514 (r)153,916 (r)162,357 (r)164,935 (r)179,595 (r)175,870 (r)153,743 (r)165,429 (r)152,293 (r)140,697 (r)168,035

2020

 (r)175,272 (r)180,917 (r)225,730 (r)454,973 (r)836,383 (r)693,802 (r)705,599 (r)609,424 (r)579,954 (r)530,098 (r)501,136 (r)478,224 (r)497,626

2021

 (r)515,104 (r)502,682 (r)465,194 (r)450,070 (r)413,560 (r)441,104 (r)429,681 (r)409,961 (r)351,689 (r)335,179 (r)310,295 (r)302,754 (r)410,606

2022

 (r)322,389 (r)295,788 (r)259,152 (r)231,660 (r)219,812 (r)222,617 (r)223,211 (r)212,474 (r)183,574 (r)204,189 (r)206,445 (r)205,284 (r)232,216

2023

 (p)228,844                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Rate - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2013

 9.9 9.4 8.8 8.3 8.7 9.1 9.2 9.0 8.7 8.8 8.1 7.6 8.8

2014

 8.2 8.2 7.8 6.8 7.1 7.1 7.4 7.1 6.4 6.4 6.4 5.9 7.1

2015

 6.7 6.4 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.6

2016

 5.5 5.4 5.2 4.8 4.7 5.2 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.3 4.8 4.4 5.1

2017

 5.0 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.5

2018

 (r)4.6 (r)4.5 (r)4.2 (r)3.9 (r)3.6 (r)4.2 (r)4.4 (r)4.3 (r)3.9 (r)4.0 (r)3.9 (r)4.0 (r)4.1

2019

 (r)4.8 (r)4.4 (r)4.1 (r)3.6 (r)3.8 (r)3.9 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)3.6 (r)3.9 (r)3.6 (r)3.3 (r)3.9

2020

 (r)4.1 (r)4.2 (r)5.3 (r)12.3 (r)21.5 (r)17.1 (r)17.2 (r)14.9 (r)14.3 (r)13.0 (r)12.3 (r)11.8 (r)12.2

2021

 (r)12.7 (r)12.3 (r)11.3 (r)11.0 (r)10.2 (r)10.8 (r)10.4 (r)9.9 (r)8.6 (r)8.2 (r)7.6 (r)7.4 (r)10.0

2022

 (r)7.8 (r)7.2 (r)6.3 (r)5.7 (r)5.4 (r)5.5 (r)5.4 (r)5.2 (r)4.5 (r)5.0 (r)5.0 (r)5.0 (r)5.7

2023

 (p)5.5                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).