New York County, NY Unemployment Rate Report

New York County, NY Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in New York County, New York has ranged from 2.8% in December 2019 to 16.0% in June 2020. The current unemployment rate for New York County is 5.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

New York County, NY Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

New York County, NY Current Unemployment - 5.4%

New York County, NY Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2022	5.6%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.1%	5.1%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.7%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.4%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.4%	4.1%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.8%	4.3%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.2%	4.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.4%	4.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2021	10.1%	9.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	10.2%	9.7%	6.2%
3 / 2021	8.6%	8.5%	6.0%
4 / 2021	8.4%	7.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.8%	7.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	8.2%	7.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.8%	7.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	7.3%	6.7%	5.2%
9 / 2021	6.3%	5.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.9%	5.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.3%	4.9%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.1%	4.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2020	3.2%	4.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.4%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.6%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.9%	15.0%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.7%	14.2%	13.3%
6 / 2020	16.0%	15.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	16.0%	16.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	12.9%	12.5%	8.4%
9 / 2020	10.8%	10.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	10.1%	8.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	9.3%	8.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.7%	8.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2019	4.4%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.0%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.8%	4.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.3%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.4%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.5%	3.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.7%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.6%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.1%	3.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.3%	3.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.0%	3.6%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.8%	3.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2018	4.1%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.2%	5.1%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.9%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.5%	4.1%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.3%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.8%	4.1%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.8%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.8%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.5%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.4%	3.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.7%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2017	4.6%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.5%	5.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.0%	4.7%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.8%	4.4%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.0%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.1%	4.6%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.4%	4.9%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.6%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.1%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.0%	4.4%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.7%	4.4%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.6%	4.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2016	4.9%	5.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.8%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.7%	5.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.2%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.1%	4.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.5%	4.7%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.9%	5.1%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.9%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.8%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.7%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.2%	4.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.0%	4.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2015	5.8%	6.4%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.6%	6.2%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.1%	5.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.8%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.0%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.8%	5.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.9%	5.4%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.7%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.3%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.5%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.5%	4.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.4%	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2014	7.0%	7.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.1%	7.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.7%	7.1%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.9%	6.1%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.1%	6.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.1%	6.2%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.3%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.0%	6.2%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.5%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.5%	5.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.5%	5.8%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.2%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2013	8.5%	9.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.0%	8.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.4%	8.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.0%	7.4%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.3%	7.5%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.8%	7.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.7%	7.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.6%	7.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.4%	7.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.6%	7.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.0%	7.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.5%	6.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2012	8.6%	9.2%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.8%	9.4%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.3%	8.9%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.6%	8.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.0%	8.4%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.4%	8.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.4%	8.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.1%	8.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.5%	8.0%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.8%	8.0%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.2%	7.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.7%	8.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2011	8.2%	9.0%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.0%	8.8%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.4%	8.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.1%	7.8%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.4%	7.8%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.8%	8.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.8%	8.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.9%	8.2%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.9%	8.3%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.2%	8.2%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.0%	8.2%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.1%	8.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2010	9.8%	9.6%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.5%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.2%	9.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	8.6%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.4%	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	8.2%	8.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.1%	8.2%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.1%	8.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.7%	8.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2009	7.3%	7.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.9%	8.3%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.0%	8.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.5%	7.7%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.4%	8.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.8%	8.4%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.0%	8.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	8.9%	8.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.0%	8.6%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.2%	8.7%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.7%	8.5%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.6%	8.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2008	4.9%	5.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.7%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.3%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.9%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.3%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.5%	5.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.8%	5.4%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.0%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.2%	5.5%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.4%	5.6%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.6%	5.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.2%	6.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2007	4.7%	5.0%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.4%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.9%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.9%	4.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.1%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.4%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.9%	4.9%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.4%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.4%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.4%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.2%	4.4%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.5%	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2006	4.8%	5.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.0%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.5%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.4%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.3%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.3%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.6%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.2%	4.4%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.0%	4.2%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.8%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.9%	4.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.8%	4.0%	4.4%

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

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2004	7.5%	7.1%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.1%	6.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.1%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.2%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.1%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.4%	5.8%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.2%	5.8%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.8%	5.3%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.7%	5.2%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.7%	5.1%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.4%	5.1%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.2%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2003	8.3%	7.0%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.0%	6.9%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.5%	6.4%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.2%	6.1%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.2%	6.0%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.8%	6.4%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.5%	6.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.4%	6.2%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.5%	6.3%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.4%	6.2%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.4%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.9%	6.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2002	8.0%	6.8%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.8%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.8%	6.6%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.5%	6.1%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.2%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.5%	6.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.5%	6.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	7.2%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.2%	5.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	7.7%	5.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	8.0%	6.1%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.9%	6.3%	6.0%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2001	5.0%	4.8%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.0%	4.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.9%	4.5%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.5%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.6%	4.0%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.0%	4.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.3%	4.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.8%	4.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.1%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.9%	5.4%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.1%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	7.3%	5.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 2000	5.6%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.5%	5.3%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.4%	5.0%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.8%	4.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.9%	4.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.8%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.1%	4.6%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.1%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.8%	4.3%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.0%	4.2%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.9%	4.3%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.6%	4.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1999	6.6%	5.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	6.5%	6.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.8%	5.5%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.7%	5.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.6%	4.9%	4.2%
6 / 1999	6.1%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	6.2%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.7%	5.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.9%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	5.7%	4.8%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.3%	4.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.9%	4.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1998	7.6%	6.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	7.5%	6.6%	4.6%
3 / 1998	7.2%	6.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.9%	5.4%	4.3%
5 / 1998	6.5%	5.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	6.8%	5.3%	4.5%
7 / 1998	6.7%	5.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.4%	5.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	6.6%	5.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	6.8%	5.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	6.5%	5.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	6.3%	5.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1997	8.6%	7.3%	5.3%
2 / 1997	8.3%	7.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	8.3%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	7.8%	6.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.8%	6.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	8.2%	6.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	8.0%	6.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	7.7%	6.3%	4.8%
9 / 1997	7.9%	6.2%	4.9%
10 / 1997	7.5%	5.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.1%	5.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	7.1%	5.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1996	7.3%	6.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.2%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	7.4%	6.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	6.7%	6.4%	5.6%
5 / 1996	7.4%	6.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	7.3%	6.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	7.7%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.2%	5.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	7.4%	5.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.5%	5.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	7.8%	6.0%	5.4%
12 / 1996	8.0%	6.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1995	7.1%	7.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.7%	6.7%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.7%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.8%	6.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.8%	6.2%	5.6%
6 / 1995	7.1%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.3%	6.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	7.1%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	7.1%	6.2%	5.6%
10 / 1995	7.0%	6.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.7%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.8%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1994	9.4%	8.4%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.8%	8.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.3%	7.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.8%	7.3%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.3%	6.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.4%	6.9%	6.1%
7 / 1994	7.7%	7.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.4%	6.6%	6.0%
9 / 1994	7.1%	6.3%	5.9%
10 / 1994	7.1%	6.2%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.7%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.2%	5.8%	5.5%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1993	10.8%	9.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	10.4%	9.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	9.2%	8.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.2%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.3%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.6%	7.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.8%	7.8%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.7%	7.5%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.3%	7.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	9.1%	7.6%	6.8%
11 / 1993	8.9%	7.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.0%	7.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1992	9.5%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.6%	9.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.9%	8.8%	7.4%
4 / 1992	8.4%	8.2%	7.4%
5 / 1992	8.9%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	9.7%	8.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	9.8%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	9.6%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	9.7%	8.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	9.5%	8.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	9.7%	8.3%	7.4%
12 / 1992	10.0%	8.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1991	7.5%	7.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.5%	7.4%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.3%	7.4%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.0%	6.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.6%	7.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	7.6%	7.2%	6.9%
7 / 1991	7.6%	7.3%	6.8%
8 / 1991	7.6%	7.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.5%	7.1%	6.9%
10 / 1991	7.8%	7.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.3%	7.3%	7.0%
12 / 1991	8.5%	7.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	New York County, NY%	New-York%	National %
1 / 1990	6.6%	5.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.2%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.6%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.2%	5.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.4%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.2%	4.7%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.8%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.7%	5.0%	5.7%
9 / 1990	6.3%	5.3%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.5%	5.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.6%	5.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.6%	5.8%	6.3%