High Unemployment Area
Watertown, NY Current Unemployment - 4.5%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Watertown, NY Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2022
3.7%
5.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.2%
5.1%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.0%
4.7%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.7%
4.2%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.5%
4.1%
3.6%
6 / 2022
3.8%
4.3%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.2%
4.8%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.5%
4.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2021
7.3%
9.4%
6.3%
2 / 2021
8.7%
9.7%
6.2%
3 / 2021
7.8%
8.5%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.4%
7.7%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.0%
7.0%
5.8%
6 / 2021
5.9%
7.3%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.2%
7.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.0%
6.7%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.8%
5.7%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.2%
5.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.5%
4.9%
4.2%
12 / 2021
2.8%
4.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2020
6.8%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
6.0%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.9%
4.2%
4.4%
4 / 2020
19.9%
15.0%
14.7%
5 / 2020
14.8%
14.2%
13.3%
6 / 2020
14.1%
15.5%
11.1%
7 / 2020
15.4%
16.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
11.4%
12.5%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.8%
10.1%
7.9%
10 / 2020
6.8%
8.9%
6.9%
11 / 2020
5.9%
8.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.4%
8.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2019
5.6%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.5%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.2%
4.2%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.6%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.7%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.0%
3.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.5%
4.2%
3.7%
8 / 2019
6.0%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.9%
3.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.8%
3.7%
3.6%
11 / 2019
6.2%
3.6%
3.5%
12 / 2019
6.6%
3.7%
3.5%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2018
6.4%
5.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
6.6%
5.1%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.9%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.3%
4.1%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.8%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.1%
4.1%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.2%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.0%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.3%
3.7%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.1%
3.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.1%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.8%
4.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2017
6.5%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2017
6.7%
5.3%
4.7%
3 / 2017
6.1%
4.7%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.8%
4.4%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.7%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.8%
4.6%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.1%
4.9%
4.3%
8 / 2017
6.1%
5.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.5%
4.6%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.3%
4.4%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.8%
4.4%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.8%
4.4%
4.1%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2016
5.7%
5.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.8%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.8%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.4%
4.6%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.9%
4.3%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.0%
4.7%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.5%
5.1%
4.8%
8 / 2016
5.4%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.4%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.3%
4.8%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.1%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.7%
4.6%
4.7%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2015
6.3%
6.4%
5.7%
2 / 2015
6.5%
6.2%
5.5%
3 / 2015
6.0%
5.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.6%
5.2%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.0%
5.3%
5.6%
6 / 2015
6.0%
5.2%
5.3%
7 / 2015
6.3%
5.4%
5.2%
8 / 2015
5.9%
5.0%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.4%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.1%
4.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
5.0%
4.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.4%
4.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2014
7.3%
7.4%
6.6%
2 / 2014
7.2%
7.5%
6.7%
3 / 2014
6.7%
7.1%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.3%
6.1%
6.2%
5 / 2014
6.5%
6.2%
6.3%
6 / 2014
6.4%
6.2%
6.1%
7 / 2014
7.1%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
6.4%
6.2%
6.1%
9 / 2014
6.4%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
5.9%
5.6%
5.7%
11 / 2014
5.8%
5.8%
5.8%
12 / 2014
5.6%
5.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2013
9.3%
9.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
9.0%
8.7%
7.7%
3 / 2013
8.5%
8.0%
7.5%
4 / 2013
8.2%
7.4%
7.6%
5 / 2013
8.4%
7.5%
7.5%
6 / 2013
9.2%
7.8%
7.5%
7 / 2013
9.0%
7.8%
7.3%
8 / 2013
8.3%
7.6%
7.2%
9 / 2013
8.3%
7.4%
7.2%
10 / 2013
8.0%
7.4%
7.2%
11 / 2013
7.3%
7.0%
6.9%
12 / 2013
6.9%
6.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2012
9.6%
9.2%
8.3%
2 / 2012
9.8%
9.4%
8.3%
3 / 2012
9.0%
8.9%
8.2%
4 / 2012
8.8%
8.2%
8.2%
5 / 2012
9.0%
8.4%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.1%
8.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
9.6%
8.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.4%
8.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
9.3%
8.0%
7.8%
10 / 2012
8.4%
8.0%
7.8%
11 / 2012
7.8%
7.7%
7.7%
12 / 2012
8.3%
8.1%
7.9%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2011
10.0%
9.0%
9.1%
2 / 2011
9.9%
8.8%
9.0%
3 / 2011
9.8%
8.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
8.9%
7.8%
9.1%
5 / 2011
9.0%
7.8%
9.0%
6 / 2011
9.1%
8.2%
9.1%
7 / 2011
9.1%
8.4%
9.0%
8 / 2011
8.7%
8.2%
9.0%
9 / 2011
9.7%
8.3%
9.0%
10 / 2011
9.3%
8.2%
8.8%
11 / 2011
8.7%
8.2%
8.6%
12 / 2011
9.0%
8.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2010
9.0%
9.6%
9.8%
2 / 2010
9.3%
9.5%
9.8%
3 / 2010
8.9%
9.1%
9.9%
4 / 2010
8.2%
8.5%
9.9%
5 / 2010
8.3%
8.2%
9.6%
6 / 2010
8.4%
8.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
8.6%
8.6%
9.4%
8 / 2010
8.4%
8.4%
9.5%
9 / 2010
8.9%
8.2%
9.5%
10 / 2010
8.8%
8.2%
9.4%
11 / 2010
9.0%
8.4%
9.8%
12 / 2010
8.6%
8.2%
9.3%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2009
8.5%
7.8%
7.8%
2 / 2009
8.9%
8.3%
8.3%
3 / 2009
8.7%
8.2%
8.7%
4 / 2009
8.1%
7.7%
9.0%
5 / 2009
8.0%
8.0%
9.4%
6 / 2009
8.2%
8.4%
9.5%
7 / 2009
8.0%
8.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
8.0%
8.5%
9.6%
9 / 2009
8.6%
8.6%
9.8%
10 / 2009
8.4%
8.7%
10.0%
11 / 2009
8.2%
8.5%
9.9%
12 / 2009
8.5%
8.8%
9.9%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2008
5.9%
5.5%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.3%
5.4%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.0%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.4%
4.6%
5.0%
5 / 2008
5.8%
4.9%
5.4%
6 / 2008
5.8%
5.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.0%
5.4%
5.8%
8 / 2008
6.2%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2008
6.2%
5.5%
6.1%
10 / 2008
6.1%
5.6%
6.5%
11 / 2008
6.4%
5.9%
6.8%
12 / 2008
6.9%
6.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2007
5.1%
5.0%
4.6%
2 / 2007
5.3%
4.9%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.0%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
4.6%
4.2%
4.5%
5 / 2007
4.7%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.1%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.1%
4.9%
4.7%
8 / 2007
4.8%
4.5%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.8%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.5%
4.4%
4.7%
11 / 2007
4.7%
4.4%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.2%
4.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2006
5.2%
5.1%
4.7%
2 / 2006
5.5%
5.3%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.0%
5.0%
4.7%
4 / 2006
4.8%
4.6%
4.7%
5 / 2006
4.7%
4.5%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.1%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.2%
4.8%
4.7%
8 / 2006
4.6%
4.4%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.5%
4.2%
4.5%
10 / 2006
3.9%
3.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
4.3%
4.1%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.1%
4.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2005
6.4%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
6.2%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 2005
5.4%
5.0%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.2%
4.8%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.5%
4.8%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.1%
4.8%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.1%
5.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
4.5%
4.7%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.8%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.4%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
4.9%
5.1%
5.0%
12 / 2005
4.8%
4.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2004
7.5%
7.1%
5.7%
2 / 2004
7.5%
6.8%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.2%
6.7%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.4%
5.9%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.8%
5.6%
5.6%
6 / 2004
5.9%
5.8%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.3%
5.8%
5.5%
8 / 2004
5.7%
5.3%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.7%
5.2%
5.4%
10 / 2004
5.3%
5.1%
5.5%
11 / 2004
5.6%
5.1%
5.4%
12 / 2004
5.9%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2003
6.9%
7.0%
5.8%
2 / 2003
6.7%
6.9%
5.9%
3 / 2003
6.0%
6.4%
5.9%
4 / 2003
5.7%
6.1%
6.0%
5 / 2003
5.7%
6.0%
6.1%
6 / 2003
5.7%
6.4%
6.3%
7 / 2003
6.0%
6.4%
6.2%
8 / 2003
5.9%
6.2%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.2%
6.3%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.7%
6.2%
6.0%
11 / 2003
6.1%
6.3%
5.8%
12 / 2003
6.4%
6.1%
5.7%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2002
7.3%
6.8%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.4%
6.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.1%
6.6%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.0%
6.1%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.0%
5.9%
5.8%
6 / 2002
5.7%
6.0%
5.8%
7 / 2002
5.4%
6.1%
5.8%
8 / 2002
5.3%
5.8%
5.7%
9 / 2002
4.9%
5.6%
5.7%
10 / 2002
4.6%
5.8%
5.7%
11 / 2002
5.5%
6.1%
5.9%
12 / 2002
5.8%
6.3%
6.0%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2001
5.7%
4.8%
4.2%
2 / 2001
5.8%
4.7%
4.2%
3 / 2001
5.5%
4.5%
4.3%
4 / 2001
4.9%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2001
4.6%
4.0%
4.3%
6 / 2001
4.8%
4.3%
4.5%
7 / 2001
4.9%
4.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
5.3%
4.9%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.3%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.5%
5.4%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.5%
5.7%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.7%
5.9%
5.7%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2000
6.2%
5.3%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.2%
5.3%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.6%
5.0%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.0%
4.3%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.0%
4.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.7%
4.3%
4.0%
7 / 2000
4.9%
4.6%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.8%
4.5%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.8%
4.3%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.5%
4.2%
3.9%
11 / 2000
4.9%
4.3%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.9%
4.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1999
12.3%
5.9%
4.3%
2 / 1999
12.7%
6.1%
4.4%
3 / 1999
12.1%
5.5%
4.2%
4 / 1999
11.0%
5.1%
4.3%
5 / 1999
8.5%
4.9%
4.2%
6 / 1999
8.5%
5.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
7.9%
5.4%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.8%
5.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
7.2%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
8.1%
4.8%
4.1%
11 / 1999
9.6%
4.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
9.9%
4.5%
4.0%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1998
17.1%
6.7%
4.6%
2 / 1998
12.9%
6.6%
4.6%
3 / 1998
12.4%
6.4%
4.7%
4 / 1998
9.5%
5.4%
4.3%
5 / 1998
8.0%
5.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
7.5%
5.3%
4.5%
7 / 1998
6.9%
5.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
6.9%
5.2%
4.5%
9 / 1998
6.9%
5.3%
4.6%
10 / 1998
8.4%
5.3%
4.5%
11 / 1998
9.8%
5.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
10.7%
5.1%
4.4%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1997
11.7%
7.3%
5.3%
2 / 1997
11.8%
7.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
11.4%
7.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
10.3%
6.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
8.2%
6.3%
4.9%
6 / 1997
7.6%
6.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.2%
6.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
6.6%
6.3%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.0%
6.2%
4.9%
10 / 1997
8.4%
5.9%
4.7%
11 / 1997
10.1%
5.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
11.1%
5.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1996
12.1%
6.9%
5.6%
2 / 1996
12.1%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 1996
11.7%
6.8%
5.5%
4 / 1996
10.0%
6.4%
5.6%
5 / 1996
8.2%
6.3%
5.6%
6 / 1996
7.4%
6.0%
5.3%
7 / 1996
7.0%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 1996
5.9%
5.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
6.3%
5.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
6.8%
5.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
9.3%
6.0%
5.4%
12 / 1996
9.7%
6.1%
5.4%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1995
13.1%
7.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
12.6%
6.7%
5.4%
3 / 1995
12.2%
6.6%
5.4%
4 / 1995
10.7%
6.4%
5.8%
5 / 1995
9.1%
6.2%
5.6%
6 / 1995
7.8%
6.2%
5.6%
7 / 1995
7.3%
6.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
6.7%
6.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
6.5%
6.2%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.2%
6.0%
5.5%
11 / 1995
9.7%
6.0%
5.6%
12 / 1995
10.3%
6.0%
5.6%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1994
14.9%
8.4%
6.6%
2 / 1994
14.9%
8.3%
6.6%
3 / 1994
14.2%
7.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
12.6%
7.3%
6.4%
5 / 1994
9.8%
6.8%
6.1%
6 / 1994
8.5%
6.9%
6.1%
7 / 1994
8.1%
7.0%
6.1%
8 / 1994
7.4%
6.6%
6.0%
9 / 1994
7.5%
6.3%
5.9%
10 / 1994
8.6%
6.2%
5.8%
11 / 1994
10.4%
6.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
10.7%
5.8%
5.5%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1993
15.0%
9.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
14.8%
9.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
14.0%
8.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
12.9%
7.7%
7.1%
5 / 1993
11.2%
7.7%
7.1%
6 / 1993
10.5%
7.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
9.1%
7.8%
6.9%
8 / 1993
9.0%
7.5%
6.8%
9 / 1993
8.9%
7.4%
6.7%
10 / 1993
10.2%
7.6%
6.8%
11 / 1993
11.6%
7.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
12.7%
7.4%
6.5%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1992
16.8%
9.0%
7.3%
2 / 1992
17.0%
9.3%
7.4%
3 / 1992
16.1%
8.8%
7.4%
4 / 1992
14.0%
8.2%
7.4%
5 / 1992
11.6%
8.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
10.9%
8.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.8%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.3%
8.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
9.3%
8.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
11.0%
8.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
12.7%
8.3%
7.4%
12 / 1992
13.1%
8.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1991
13.4%
7.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
14.2%
7.4%
6.6%
3 / 1991
13.8%
7.4%
6.8%
4 / 1991
11.8%
6.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
11.5%
7.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.4%
7.2%
6.9%
7 / 1991
8.6%
7.3%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.2%
7.1%
6.9%
9 / 1991
8.5%
7.1%
6.9%
10 / 1991
10.3%
7.1%
7.0%
11 / 1991
13.8%
7.3%
7.0%
12 / 1991
14.7%
7.8%
7.3%
Month/Year
Watertown, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1990
12.4%
5.8%
5.4%
2 / 1990
12.7%
5.8%
5.3%
3 / 1990
11.5%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 1990
10.0%
5.0%
5.4%
5 / 1990
8.1%
4.9%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.0%
4.7%
5.2%
7 / 1990
6.6%
5.2%
5.5%
8 / 1990
6.1%
5.0%
5.7%
9 / 1990
6.4%
5.3%
5.9%
10 / 1990
7.7%
5.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
10.1%
5.6%
6.2%
12 / 1990
11.3%
5.8%
6.3%