New York, NY Unemployment Rate Report

New York, NY Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in New-York, New York has ranged from 3.1% in December 2019 to 20.2% in May 2020. The current unemployment rate for New-York is 6.8% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

New York, NY Unemployment Rate by Month

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New York, NY Current Unemployment - 6.8%

New York, NY Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2022	7.3%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	6.6%	5.1%	3.8%
3 / 2022	6.1%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	5.8%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.7%	4.1%	3.6%
6 / 2022	6.0%	4.3%	3.6%
7 / 2022	6.6%	4.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	6.8%	4.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2021	13.3%	9.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	13.2%	9.7%	6.2%
3 / 2021	11.2%	8.5%	6.0%
4 / 2021	10.8%	7.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	9.9%	7.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	10.1%	7.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	10.1%	7.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	9.5%	6.7%	5.2%
9 / 2021	8.2%	5.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	7.7%	5.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	7.0%	4.9%	4.2%
12 / 2021	6.7%	4.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2020	3.5%	4.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.4%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.0%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.6%	15.0%	14.7%
5 / 2020	20.2%	14.2%	13.3%
6 / 2020	18.7%	15.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	18.8%	16.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	14.9%	12.5%	8.4%
9 / 2020	14.7%	10.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	11.7%	8.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	11.7%	8.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	11.6%	8.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2019	4.9%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.6%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.3%	4.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.7%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.8%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.9%	3.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.3%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.2%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.5%	3.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.7%	3.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.4%	3.6%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.1%	3.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2018	4.7%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.7%	5.1%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.4%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.9%	4.1%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.7%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.3%	4.1%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.4%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.4%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.9%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.1%	3.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.9%	3.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.1%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2017	5.1%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.0%	5.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.5%	4.7%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.3%	4.4%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.4%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.6%	4.6%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.1%	4.9%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.2%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.6%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.5%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.2%	4.4%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.1%	4.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2016	5.6%	5.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.5%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.4%	5.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.9%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.7%	4.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.2%	4.7%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.6%	5.1%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.6%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.4%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.3%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.7%	4.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.5%	4.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2015	6.9%	6.4%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.6%	6.2%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.0%	5.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.7%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.8%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.6%	5.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.8%	5.4%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.5%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.0%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.2%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.2%	4.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.1%	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2014	8.2%	7.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.5%	7.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.0%	7.1%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.0%	6.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.2%	6.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.2%	6.2%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.5%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.1%	6.2%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.4%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.5%	5.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.6%	5.8%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.2%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2013	9.8%	9.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.4%	8.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.6%	8.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.2%	7.4%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.6%	7.5%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.1%	7.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.1%	7.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.0%	7.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.7%	7.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.9%	7.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	8.3%	7.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.8%	6.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2012	9.9%	9.2%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.1%	9.4%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.6%	8.9%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.9%	8.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.2%	8.4%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.7%	8.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.9%	8.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.4%	8.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.7%	8.0%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.0%	8.0%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.5%	7.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.0%	8.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2011	9.4%	9.0%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.2%	8.8%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.6%	8.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.3%	7.8%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.5%	7.8%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.1%	8.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.3%	8.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.3%	8.2%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.2%	8.3%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.5%	8.2%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.3%	8.2%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.3%	8.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2010	10.5%	9.6%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.3%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.0%	9.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.5%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.2%	8.2%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.4%	8.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.7%	8.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.5%	8.4%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.2%	8.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.2%	8.2%	9.4%
11 / 2010	9.2%	8.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.8%	8.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2009	7.9%	7.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.6%	8.3%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.7%	8.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.3%	7.7%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.9%	8.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.5%	8.4%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.9%	8.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.0%	8.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.0%	8.6%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.3%	8.7%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.9%	8.5%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.9%	8.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2008	5.6%	5.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.4%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.0%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.5%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.0%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.2%	5.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.7%	5.4%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.9%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.8%	5.5%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.2%	5.6%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.3%	5.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.9%	6.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2007	5.3%	5.0%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.0%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.5%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.5%	4.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.7%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.1%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.7%	4.9%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.3%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.0%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.1%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.9%	4.4%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.1%	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2006	5.5%	5.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.7%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.3%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.1%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.9%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.9%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.5%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.0%	4.4%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.5%	4.2%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.4%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.5%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.4%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2005	6.2%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.3%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.6%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.5%	4.8%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.4%	4.8%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.5%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.9%	5.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.5%	4.7%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.0%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.9%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.1%	5.1%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.5%	4.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2004	8.6%	7.1%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.1%	6.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.0%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.1%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.9%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.2%	5.8%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.3%	5.8%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.6%	5.3%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.4%	5.2%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.4%	5.1%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.1%	5.1%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.0%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2003	9.1%	7.0%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.8%	6.9%	5.9%
3 / 2003	8.3%	6.4%	5.9%
4 / 2003	8.1%	6.1%	6.0%
5 / 2003	8.0%	6.0%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.5%	6.4%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.5%	6.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	8.3%	6.2%	6.1%
9 / 2003	8.3%	6.3%	6.1%
10 / 2003	8.3%	6.2%	6.0%
11 / 2003	8.2%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.7%	6.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2002	8.3%	6.8%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.2%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	8.2%	6.6%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.9%	6.1%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.6%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.7%	6.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	8.0%	6.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	7.8%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.5%	5.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	8.1%	5.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	8.4%	6.1%	5.9%
12 / 2002	8.5%	6.3%	6.0%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2001	5.6%	4.8%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.5%	4.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.3%	4.5%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.0%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.8%	4.0%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.2%	4.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.6%	4.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.1%	4.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.3%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	7.0%	5.4%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.3%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	7.5%	5.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2000	6.5%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2000	6.4%	5.3%	4.1%
3 / 2000	6.3%	5.0%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.6%	4.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.7%	4.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.5%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.9%	4.6%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.8%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.4%	4.3%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.5%	4.2%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.4%	4.3%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.0%	4.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1999	7.6%	5.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	7.7%	6.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	6.9%	5.5%	4.2%
4 / 1999	6.7%	5.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	6.4%	4.9%	4.2%
6 / 1999	6.8%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	7.3%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 1999	6.8%	5.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	6.7%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	6.5%	4.8%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.1%	4.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.8%	4.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1998	9.1%	6.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	9.0%	6.6%	4.6%
3 / 1998	8.9%	6.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	7.7%	5.4%	4.3%
5 / 1998	7.6%	5.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	7.6%	5.3%	4.5%
7 / 1998	7.9%	5.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	7.6%	5.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	7.6%	5.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.8%	5.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.5%	5.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	7.2%	5.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1997	10.3%	7.3%	5.3%
2 / 1997	10.3%	7.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	10.3%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	9.7%	6.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	9.5%	6.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.7%	6.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	9.8%	6.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	9.3%	6.3%	4.8%
9 / 1997	9.0%	6.2%	4.9%
10 / 1997	8.8%	5.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	8.3%	5.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	8.1%	5.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1996	8.9%	6.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	8.8%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	9.1%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	8.7%	6.4%	5.6%
5 / 1996	8.8%	6.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	8.4%	6.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.1%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	8.5%	5.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	8.3%	5.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	8.7%	5.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	9.0%	6.0%	5.4%
12 / 1996	9.2%	6.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1995	8.3%	7.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.1%	6.7%	5.4%
3 / 1995	8.1%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 1995	8.2%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.0%	6.2%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.0%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 1995	8.5%	6.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	8.4%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	8.2%	6.2%	5.6%
10 / 1995	8.2%	6.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	8.0%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1995	8.0%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1994	10.6%	8.4%	6.6%
2 / 1994	10.2%	8.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	9.8%	7.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	9.2%	7.3%	6.4%
5 / 1994	8.6%	6.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	8.7%	6.9%	6.1%
7 / 1994	9.0%	7.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	8.6%	6.6%	6.0%
9 / 1994	7.9%	6.3%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.0%	6.2%	5.8%
11 / 1994	7.6%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.1%	5.8%	5.5%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1993	12.3%	9.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	11.9%	9.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	10.8%	8.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	10.1%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	10.0%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	10.1%	7.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	10.2%	7.8%	6.9%
8 / 1993	9.9%	7.5%	6.8%
9 / 1993	9.7%	7.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	10.2%	7.6%	6.8%
11 / 1993	9.9%	7.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.8%	7.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1992	10.7%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	11.0%	9.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	10.6%	8.8%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.1%	8.2%	7.4%
5 / 1992	10.7%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	11.5%	8.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	11.8%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	11.5%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	11.3%	8.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	11.2%	8.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	11.2%	8.3%	7.4%
12 / 1992	11.3%	8.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1991	8.1%	7.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.3%	7.4%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.4%	7.4%	6.8%
4 / 1991	8.2%	6.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	8.7%	7.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	8.7%	7.2%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.9%	7.3%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.8%	7.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.6%	7.1%	6.9%
10 / 1991	9.0%	7.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	9.2%	7.3%	7.0%
12 / 1991	9.5%	7.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	New York, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1990	7.2%	5.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.2%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.7%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.4%	5.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	6.5%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 1990	6.1%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.9%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.7%	5.0%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.0%	5.3%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.3%	5.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.2%	5.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.1%	5.8%	6.3%