Buffalo, NY Unemployment Rate Report

Buffalo, NY Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Buffalo, New York has ranged from 4.1% in December 2021 to 21.2% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Buffalo is 6.0% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Buffalo, NY Unemployment Rate by Month

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Buffalo, NY Current Unemployment - 6.0%

Buffalo, NY Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2022	5.3%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.7%	5.1%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.2%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	5.0%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.9%	4.1%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.2%	4.3%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.8%	4.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	6.0%	4.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2021	10.9%	9.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	10.5%	9.7%	6.2%
3 / 2021	9.5%	8.5%	6.0%
4 / 2021	8.3%	7.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.7%	7.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	8.1%	7.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	8.7%	7.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	8.3%	6.7%	5.2%
9 / 2021	7.2%	5.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	6.7%	5.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.9%	4.9%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.1%	4.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2020	5.8%	4.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.4%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.7%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	21.2%	15.0%	14.7%
5 / 2020	17.3%	14.2%	13.3%
6 / 2020	18.0%	15.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	20.2%	16.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	16.3%	12.5%	8.4%
9 / 2020	10.6%	10.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	10.9%	8.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	9.3%	8.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	10.6%	8.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2019	6.0%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.7%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.3%	4.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.8%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.0%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.3%	3.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.3%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.1%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.2%	3.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.2%	3.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	5.3%	3.6%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.5%	3.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2018	6.9%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	7.0%	5.1%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.3%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.8%	4.1%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.4%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.8%	4.1%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.1%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.7%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.8%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.6%	3.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.6%	3.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.0%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2017	7.1%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	7.2%	5.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	6.4%	4.7%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.4%	4.4%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.5%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	6.7%	4.6%	4.3%
7 / 2017	7.3%	4.9%	4.3%
8 / 2017	7.3%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.3%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.1%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.2%	4.4%	4.2%
12 / 2017	6.3%	4.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2016	6.5%	5.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.5%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.3%	5.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.2%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.7%	4.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.3%	4.7%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.9%	5.1%	4.8%
8 / 2016	7.0%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.6%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.4%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.1%	4.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.3%	4.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2015	7.8%	6.4%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.5%	6.2%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.1%	5.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.9%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	7.1%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.2%	5.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.7%	5.4%	5.2%
8 / 2015	7.3%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.5%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.2%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.1%	4.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.0%	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2014	9.0%	7.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.8%	7.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.2%	7.1%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.5%	6.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.8%	6.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.1%	6.2%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.7%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.4%	6.2%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.7%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.0%	5.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.1%	5.8%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.7%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2013	10.9%	9.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.3%	8.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.8%	8.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.5%	7.4%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.7%	7.5%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.3%	7.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.5%	7.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.9%	7.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.6%	7.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.0%	7.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	8.5%	7.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	8.1%	6.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2012	11.3%	9.2%	8.3%
2 / 2012	11.2%	9.4%	8.3%
3 / 2012	10.8%	8.9%	8.2%
4 / 2012	10.7%	8.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	10.8%	8.4%	8.2%
6 / 2012	11.5%	8.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	12.1%	8.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	11.4%	8.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	11.0%	8.0%	7.8%
10 / 2012	10.4%	8.0%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.6%	7.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.8%	8.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2011	10.9%	9.0%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.6%	8.8%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.2%	8.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.9%	7.8%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.2%	7.8%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.8%	8.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	11.2%	8.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.9%	8.2%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.9%	8.3%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.4%	8.2%	8.8%
11 / 2011	10.2%	8.2%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.4%	8.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2010	11.5%	9.6%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.2%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.8%	9.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.5%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	10.4%	8.2%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.8%	8.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.2%	8.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.9%	8.4%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.8%	8.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.4%	8.2%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.6%	8.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	10.3%	8.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2009	9.7%	7.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.9%	8.3%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.8%	8.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.8%	7.7%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.8%	8.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.1%	8.4%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.0%	8.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.0%	8.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.4%	8.6%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.9%	8.7%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.7%	8.5%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.0%	8.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2008	6.9%	5.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.0%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.6%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.2%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.9%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.9%	5.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.3%	5.4%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.4%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.3%	5.5%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.0%	5.6%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.2%	5.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.8%	6.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2007	6.3%	5.0%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.0%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.4%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.8%	4.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.6%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.0%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.4%	4.9%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.0%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.9%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.5%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.6%	4.4%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.1%	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2006	6.5%	5.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.8%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.4%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.3%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.2%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.2%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.7%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.2%	4.4%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.0%	4.2%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.6%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.4%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.2%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2005	7.4%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.0%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.1%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.3%	4.8%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.5%	4.8%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.6%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	7.0%	5.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.3%	4.7%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.5%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.9%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.3%	5.1%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.6%	4.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2004	8.5%	7.1%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.9%	6.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.8%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.7%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 2004	7.1%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.3%	5.8%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.4%	5.8%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.8%	5.3%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.7%	5.2%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.5%	5.1%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.7%	5.1%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.6%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2003	7.1%	7.0%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.9%	6.9%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.6%	6.4%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.4%	6.1%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.9%	6.0%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.4%	6.4%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.8%	6.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.7%	6.2%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.5%	6.3%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.2%	6.2%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.3%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.0%	6.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2002	7.6%	6.8%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.6%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.1%	6.6%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.8%	6.1%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.5%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.7%	6.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.9%	6.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.5%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.2%	5.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.8%	5.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.1%	6.1%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.3%	6.3%	6.0%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2001	5.7%	4.8%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.5%	4.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.2%	4.5%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.1%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.1%	4.0%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.5%	4.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.0%	4.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.1%	4.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.9%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.1%	5.4%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.2%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.5%	5.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2000	5.9%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.7%	5.3%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.5%	5.0%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.8%	4.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.9%	4.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.0%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.3%	4.6%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.2%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.0%	4.3%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.7%	4.2%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.8%	4.3%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.7%	4.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1999	10.0%	5.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	10.0%	6.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	9.5%	5.5%	4.2%
4 / 1999	8.6%	5.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	8.2%	4.9%	4.2%
6 / 1999	8.9%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	9.3%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 1999	8.5%	5.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	8.1%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	7.4%	4.8%	4.1%
11 / 1999	7.5%	4.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	7.5%	4.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1998	9.8%	6.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	9.8%	6.6%	4.6%
3 / 1998	9.4%	6.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	8.4%	5.4%	4.3%
5 / 1998	8.1%	5.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	8.4%	5.3%	4.5%
7 / 1998	10.8%	5.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	8.1%	5.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	7.9%	5.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.1%	5.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.4%	5.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	7.5%	5.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1997	9.3%	7.3%	5.3%
2 / 1997	9.3%	7.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	8.9%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	7.9%	6.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.8%	6.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	8.5%	6.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	8.8%	6.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	8.5%	6.3%	4.8%
9 / 1997	8.4%	6.2%	4.9%
10 / 1997	7.8%	5.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.9%	5.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	8.1%	5.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1996	9.5%	6.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.4%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	9.0%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	8.8%	6.4%	5.6%
5 / 1996	8.2%	6.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	8.0%	6.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	8.6%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.7%	5.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	7.1%	5.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	6.9%	5.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	7.3%	6.0%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.2%	6.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1995	10.2%	7.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	9.9%	6.7%	5.4%
3 / 1995	9.2%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 1995	9.1%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.5%	6.2%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.7%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 1995	9.1%	6.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	8.9%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	8.4%	6.2%	5.6%
10 / 1995	7.5%	6.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.7%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.9%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1994	11.8%	8.4%	6.6%
2 / 1994	11.5%	8.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	11.0%	7.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	10.1%	7.3%	6.4%
5 / 1994	9.6%	6.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	10.0%	6.9%	6.1%
7 / 1994	10.4%	7.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	9.7%	6.6%	6.0%
9 / 1994	8.7%	6.3%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.3%	6.2%	5.8%
11 / 1994	8.4%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	8.4%	5.8%	5.5%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1993	12.5%	9.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	12.4%	9.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	11.4%	8.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	10.8%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	10.6%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	11.0%	7.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	11.9%	7.8%	6.9%
8 / 1993	10.8%	7.5%	6.8%
9 / 1993	10.3%	7.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	10.1%	7.6%	6.8%
11 / 1993	9.9%	7.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.9%	7.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1992	13.7%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	14.0%	9.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	13.1%	8.8%	7.4%
4 / 1992	12.2%	8.2%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.7%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	12.1%	8.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	12.4%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	12.0%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	11.4%	8.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	10.4%	8.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.8%	8.3%	7.4%
12 / 1992	10.7%	8.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1991	11.8%	7.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	12.9%	7.4%	6.6%
3 / 1991	12.5%	7.4%	6.8%
4 / 1991	11.4%	6.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	11.6%	7.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	11.5%	7.2%	6.9%
7 / 1991	11.6%	7.3%	6.8%
8 / 1991	11.2%	7.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	10.5%	7.1%	6.9%
10 / 1991	10.3%	7.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	11.0%	7.3%	7.0%
12 / 1991	11.8%	7.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	Buffalo, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1990	10.6%	5.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	9.9%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	8.9%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	8.6%	5.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	8.0%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 1990	8.0%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	8.7%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.4%	5.0%	5.7%
9 / 1990	8.3%	5.3%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.1%	5.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	8.7%	5.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	9.4%	5.8%	6.3%