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A1US GDP 2025 $30.86T│A2Real growth +2.3%│A3CPI, 12 mo to Sep 2026 +3.7%│A4Unemployment 2025 4.3%BEA · BLS · Census — updated October 29, 2026
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New York: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in New York from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20264.3%#36 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20254.3%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 202510.01M+0.8% on a year earlier
Employed, 20259.58M433,775 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%20%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
8.5M9M9.5M10M10.5M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20254.3%10,008,9769,575,201433,775
20244.2%9,928,1069,514,544413,562
20234.0%9,849,9259,452,487397,438
20224.3%9,682,1709,266,062416,108
20217.1%9,592,0028,914,250677,752
20209.8%9,569,4798,631,409938,070
20193.9%9,862,8159,479,771383,044
20184.1%9,828,6129,425,796402,816
20174.6%9,834,1819,378,155456,026
20164.9%9,768,0259,291,888476,137
20155.2%9,736,9769,227,736509,240
20146.3%9,684,5949,075,725608,869
20137.8%9,759,6818,994,843764,838
20128.6%9,685,0808,847,527837,553
20118.4%9,579,4588,778,550800,908
20108.7%9,633,2088,790,756842,452
20098.4%9,648,5868,836,990811,596
20085.4%9,611,6539,094,555517,098
20074.4%9,478,8049,059,704419,100
20064.5%9,492,4669,067,631424,835
20055.0%9,432,5638,964,859467,704
20045.8%9,345,8038,801,006544,797
20036.4%9,271,1738,678,321592,852
20026.2%9,289,1548,712,544576,610
20014.9%9,119,7048,675,316444,388
20004.5%9,137,0578,725,460411,597
19995.2%9,106,1568,635,000471,156
19985.6%9,065,8198,558,387507,432
19976.4%9,022,8028,443,449579,353
19966.2%8,786,0458,237,872548,173
19956.3%8,666,5178,116,919549,598
19946.9%8,686,2618,084,425601,836
19938.0%8,733,1408,038,114695,026
19928.7%8,754,4567,990,352764,104
19917.3%8,752,8018,112,231640,570
19905.3%8,842,2198,372,838469,381
19894.9%8,785,9128,359,792426,120
19884.2%8,646,5378,282,518364,019
19874.8%8,577,0708,165,320411,750
19866.2%8,508,3407,980,511527,829
19856.6%8,369,9797,814,579555,400
19847.3%8,160,9177,568,472592,445
19838.9%8,110,5937,386,874723,719
19828.7%8,032,5777,333,550699,027
19817.6%8,031,6077,421,093610,514
19807.4%7,981,7297,389,881591,848
19797.1%7,994,4797,428,372566,107
19787.7%7,845,4377,241,610603,827
19779.2%7,731,8217,023,829707,992
197610.2%7,675,9316,890,638785,293

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.