West New York, NJ Unemployment Rate Report

West New York, NJ Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West-New-York, New Jersey has ranged from 2.5% in April 2019 to 18.9% in June 2020. The current unemployment rate for West-New-York is 3.8% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

West New York, NJ Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

West New York, NJ Current Unemployment - 3.8%

West New York, NJ Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2022	5.2%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.8%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.5%	4.2%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.7%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.6%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.5%	3.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.9%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.8%	3.7%	3.7%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2021	9.6%	8.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	9.3%	8.2%	6.2%
3 / 2021	8.8%	7.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.7%	6.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.4%	7.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	8.3%	7.8%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.9%	6.9%	5.4%
8 / 2021	7.3%	6.4%	5.2%
9 / 2021	7.2%	5.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.9%	5.0%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.6%	4.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.4%	4.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2020	4.0%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.9%	4.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.6%	3.7%	4.4%
4 / 2020	17.9%	15.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	17.0%	15.1%	13.3%
6 / 2020	18.9%	16.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	16.7%	14.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	13.1%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.8%	6.5%	7.9%
10 / 2020	8.0%	7.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	8.3%	9.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.3%	7.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2019	4.2%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.8%	4.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.5%	3.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.5%	2.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.8%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.1%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.7%	3.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.5%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.0%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.0%	3.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.0%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.1%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2018	4.6%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.7%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.8%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.8%	3.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.0%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.4%	4.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.8%	4.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.3%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.2%	3.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.9%	3.2%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.3%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2017	4.8%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.9%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.3%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.9%	4.3%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.9%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.0%	4.6%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.5%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.7%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.6%	4.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.7%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.7%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.7%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2016	4.8%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.1%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.3%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.7%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.7%	4.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.9%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.3%	5.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.0%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.9%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.5%	4.6%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.0%	4.2%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.8%	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2015	6.7%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.8%	6.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.5%	6.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.7%	5.8%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.0%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.8%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.4%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.6%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.2%	5.2%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.7%	4.9%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.4%	4.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.3%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2014	7.4%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.5%	7.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.4%	7.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.1%	6.4%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.3%	6.5%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.4%	6.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.9%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.7%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.4%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.9%	6.2%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.9%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.8%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2013	9.5%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.4%	9.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.9%	8.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.1%	8.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.1%	8.3%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.9%	8.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	8.2%	8.6%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.5%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.4%	7.8%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.2%	7.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.5%	7.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.3%	6.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2012	9.9%	9.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.9%	9.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.5%	9.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.7%	9.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.1%	9.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.1%	9.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.6%	9.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.1%	9.3%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.6%	8.9%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.6%	8.9%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.4%	9.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.4%	8.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2011	10.0%	10.0%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.8%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.5%	9.7%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.6%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.9%	9.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.2%	9.5%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.6%	9.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.0%	9.2%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.2%	9.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.8%	9.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.7%	8.8%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.8%	8.9%	8.5%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2010	10.3%	10.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.4%	10.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.3%	10.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.3%	9.4%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.0%	9.2%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.8%	9.3%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.4%	9.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.9%	9.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.0%	9.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.8%	9.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	9.0%	9.2%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.8%	9.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2009	10.3%	8.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	11.5%	8.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	11.4%	8.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	11.2%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	11.7%	8.8%	9.4%
6 / 2009	12.4%	9.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.9%	9.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	12.3%	9.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	12.7%	9.5%	9.8%
10 / 2009	12.1%	9.4%	10.0%
11 / 2009	11.9%	9.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	12.3%	9.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2008	6.5%	5.1%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.4%	5.1%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.3%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.6%	4.5%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.4%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.8%	5.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.2%	5.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.0%	5.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.9%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.0%	5.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.1%	5.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.5%	6.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2007	6.2%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.1%	4.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.9%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.8%	4.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.5%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.6%	4.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.1%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.1%	4.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.4%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.1%	3.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.9%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.4%	4.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2006	6.8%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.4%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	7.1%	5.1%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.8%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.7%	4.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.5%	4.8%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.8%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.1%	4.7%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.9%	4.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.1%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.0%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.9%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2005	6.7%	4.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.2%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.7%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.7%	4.0%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.7%	4.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.0%	4.3%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.4%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.5%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.9%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.5%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.3%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.1%	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2004	8.4%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.9%	5.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.1%	5.6%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.7%	5.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	7.3%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.8%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.9%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.9%	4.5%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.9%	4.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.4%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.2%	4.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.9%	3.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2003	9.4%	6.4%	5.8%
2 / 2003	9.2%	6.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.1%	6.2%	5.9%
4 / 2003	8.8%	5.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	9.1%	5.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	9.8%	6.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	9.7%	6.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	8.7%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	8.8%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	8.2%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	8.0%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.4%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2002	9.5%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	9.4%	6.0%	5.7%
3 / 2002	9.7%	6.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	9.4%	5.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	9.3%	5.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	9.5%	5.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	9.5%	6.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	8.7%	5.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	8.7%	5.5%	5.7%
10 / 2002	8.8%	5.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	8.9%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	8.8%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2001	6.2%	4.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.0%	4.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.0%	4.0%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.6%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.9%	3.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.6%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.8%	4.4%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.8%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	7.0%	4.3%	5.0%
10 / 2001	7.5%	4.5%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.7%	4.8%	5.5%
12 / 2001	8.2%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 2000	6.4%	4.2%	4.0%
2 / 2000	6.4%	4.3%	4.1%
3 / 2000	6.1%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.4%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.7%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.8%	3.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	6.4%	4.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	6.0%	3.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.8%	3.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.5%	3.4%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.5%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.3%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1999	7.1%	4.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	7.3%	5.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	7.4%	4.9%	4.2%
4 / 1999	7.4%	4.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	7.6%	4.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	8.2%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	8.2%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	6.9%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	6.8%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	6.0%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.5%	3.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.2%	3.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1998	8.0%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	7.9%	5.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	8.0%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	6.9%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	7.3%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	7.6%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	7.4%	4.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.4%	4.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	6.6%	4.2%	4.6%
10 / 1998	6.3%	4.0%	4.5%
11 / 1998	6.0%	3.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	6.2%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1997	9.2%	6.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	8.6%	6.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	8.4%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	7.7%	5.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.9%	5.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	8.4%	5.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	8.3%	5.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	7.4%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	7.5%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.8%	4.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	6.5%	4.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.9%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1996	9.7%	7.1%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.3%	6.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	9.5%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	9.3%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	9.5%	6.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	9.1%	5.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.7%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	8.4%	5.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	8.4%	5.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	8.2%	5.5%	5.2%
11 / 1996	8.2%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	8.2%	5.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1995	9.7%	7.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	9.1%	6.8%	5.4%
3 / 1995	9.0%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 1995	9.3%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	9.6%	6.5%	5.6%
6 / 1995	9.7%	6.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	9.8%	6.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	8.9%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	8.7%	6.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	8.3%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	8.4%	5.9%	5.6%
12 / 1995	8.6%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1994	10.1%	7.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.9%	7.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	9.9%	7.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	9.5%	7.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	9.2%	6.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	9.4%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	9.5%	7.2%	6.1%
8 / 1994	8.6%	6.6%	6.0%
9 / 1994	8.6%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.4%	6.2%	5.8%
11 / 1994	8.2%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	8.2%	5.8%	5.5%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1993	11.7%	8.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	11.4%	8.7%	7.1%
3 / 1993	10.9%	8.4%	7.0%
4 / 1993	10.5%	7.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	10.4%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	10.1%	7.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	10.1%	7.8%	6.9%
8 / 1993	9.1%	7.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	9.1%	7.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	8.8%	6.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	8.5%	6.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	8.7%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1992	10.4%	8.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	10.5%	8.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	10.4%	8.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.3%	7.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.2%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	11.8%	8.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	12.2%	9.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	11.0%	8.5%	7.6%
9 / 1992	11.0%	8.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	10.5%	8.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.4%	8.1%	7.4%
12 / 1992	10.5%	8.0%	7.4%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1991	8.9%	6.8%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.9%	7.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.9%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	8.4%	6.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	8.7%	6.6%	6.9%
6 / 1991	8.5%	6.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.7%	6.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	7.9%	6.4%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.9%	6.4%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.1%	6.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.2%	6.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	8.5%	7.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	West New York, NJ%	New-Jersey%	National %
1 / 1990	7.5%	5.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.3%	5.0%	5.3%
3 / 1990	7.0%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.9%	4.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.1%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	6.7%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.3%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.5%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	6.9%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.0%	5.2%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.2%	5.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.6%	5.7%	6.3%