Employed, Unemployed, and Rate of Unemployment

By Place of Residence
For New York State and Major Labor Areas, May 2018
(Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)

EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (%)

AREA/COUNTY May May Net May May Net May May Net
2018 2017 Change 2018 2017 Change 2018 2017 Change

United States 156,009 153,407 +2,602 5,756 6,572 -816 3.6 4.1 -0.5
New York State 9,271.2 9,261.9 +9.3 356.3 428.6 -72.3 3.7 4.4 -0.7

Albany-Schenectady-Troy 431.9 433.3 -1.4 16.0 18.3 -2.3 3.6 4.1 -0.5
Albany 153.0 153.5 -0.5 5.5 6.4 -0.9 3.5 4.0 -0.5
Rensselaer 78.5 78.8 -0.3 2.9 3.4 -0.4 3.6 4.1 -0.5
Saratoga 113.5 113.9 -0.4 3.9 4.5 -0.6 3.3 3.8 -0.5
Schenectady 73.0 73.2 -0.2 3.0 3.3 -0.3 3.9 4.3 -0.4
Schoharie 13.8 13.9 -0.1 0.6 0.7 -0.1 4.4 5.0 -0.6

Binghamton 102.9 104.4 -1.5 4.7 5.6 -0.9 4.4 5.1 -0.7
Broome 81.2 82.3 -1.1 3.8 4.5 -0.7 4.5 5.2 -0.7
Tioga 21.7 22.1 -0.3 0.9 1.1 -0.2 4.0 4.7 -0.7

Buffalo-Niagara Falls 523.4 521.3 +2.1 23.4 27.7 -4.3 4.3 5.0 -0.7
Erie 428.1 426.3 +1.8 18.5 21.9 -3.4 4.2 4.9 -0.7
Niagara 95.3 94.9 +0.3 4.9 5.8 -0.9 4.9 5.7 -0.8

Dutchess-Putnam 189.0 187.9 +1.1 7.0 8.0 -1.0 3.6 4.1 -0.5
Dutchess 139.4 138.6 +0.8 5.2 6.0 -0.8 3.6 4.1 -0.5
Putnam 49.6 49.3 +0.3 1.8 2.0 -0.2 3.5 4.0 -0.5

Elmira (Chemung) 33.4 33.9 -0.5 1.6 1.9 -0.3 4.7 5.4 -0.7

Glens Falls 57.2 57.5 -0.3 2.4 2.7 -0.3 4.0 4.4 -0.4
Warren 30.4 30.5 -0.1 1.3 1.5 -0.2 4.2 4.7 -0.5
Washington 26.8 27.0 -0.2 1.0 1.2 -0.1 3.8 4.2 -0.4

Ithaca (Tompkins) 49.5 48.8 +0.7 1.7 2.0 -0.3 3.3 4.0 -0.7

Kingston (Ulster) 85.3 85.4 -0.1 3.3 3.9 -0.6 3.7 4.3 -0.6

Nassau-Suffolk 1,434.6 1,434.1 +0.5 52.4 60.6 -8.2 3.5 4.1 -0.6
Nassau 683.3 682.9 +0.4 24.4 27.9 -3.6 3.4 3.9 -0.5
Suffolk 751.3 751.2 +0.1 28.0 32.7 -4.7 3.6 4.2 -0.6

New York City 4,044.5 4,028.8 +15.7 144.5 182.8 -38.3 3.4 4.3 -0.9
Bronx 584.4 582.3 +2.1 29.0 36.1 -7.1 4.7 5.8 -1.1
Kings 1,191.9 1,187.2 +4.7 43.7 55.2 -11.5 3.5 4.4 -0.9
New York 904.8 901.1 +3.7 29.0 36.7 -7.7 3.1 3.9 -0.8
Queens 1,146.3 1,141.9 +4.4 35.1 45.0 -9.9 3.0 3.8 -0.8
Richmond 217.0 216.3 +0.8 7.7 9.8 -2.1 3.4 4.3 -0.9

Orange-Rockland-Westchester 785.7 786.6 -0.9 30.9 35.2 -4.3 3.8 4.3 -0.5
Orange 173.1 173.6 -0.5 7.1 8.0 -0.9 3.9 4.4 -0.5
Rockland 148.3 148.5 -0.1 5.6 6.4 -0.8 3.6 4.1 -0.5
Westchester 464.3 464.6 -0.3 18.3 20.9 -2.6 3.8 4.3 -0.5

Rochester 503.3 499.9 +3.4 21.1 24.5 -3.4 4.0 4.7 -0.7
Livingston 29.5 29.4 +0.1 1.3 1.5 -0.2 4.2 4.7 -0.5
Monroe 351.2 348.4 +2.8 15.0 17.3 -2.3 4.1 4.7 -0.6
Ontario 53.1 52.8 +0.3 2.0 2.3 -0.3 3.6 4.1 -0.5
Orleans 16.7 16.6 0.0 0.8 1.0 -0.2 4.4 5.4 -1.0
Wayne 41.8 41.7 +0.2 1.7 2.1 -0.4 3.8 4.7 -0.9
Yates 11.0 11.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 -0.1 3.4 3.9 -0.5

Syracuse 291.3 291.7 -0.4 12.4 14.7 -2.3 4.1 4.8 -0.7
Madison 30.6 30.8 -0.1 1.4 1.6 -0.2 4.4 4.9 -0.5
Onondaga 211.0 211.2 -0.2 8.4 9.9 -1.5 3.8 4.5 -0.7
Oswego 49.7 49.8 -0.1 2.6 3.2 -0.6 5.0 6.1 -1.1

Utica-Rome 121.4 123.8 -2.4 5.5 6.3 -0.8 4.3 4.9 -0.6
Herkimer 26.1 26.6 -0.5 1.2 1.5 -0.3 4.5 5.3 -0.8
Oneida 95.3 97.1 -1.8 4.2 4.8 -0.6 4.3 4.7 -0.4

Watertown-Fort Drum (Jefferson) 42.6 42.7 -0.2 2.2 2.7 -0.5 5.0 6.0 -1.0

Note: Data are subject to revision. Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: New York State Department of Labor, Division of Research and Statistics, 518-457-3800.
 Employed, Unemployed, and Rate of Unemployment
By Place of Residence
For Counties Not Within Major Labor Areas, May 2018
(Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)

EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (%)

AREA/COUNTY May May Net May May Net May May Net
2018 2017 Change 2018 2017 Change 2018 2017 Change

Allegany 17.6 18.4 -0.8 1.0 1.2 -0.3 5.3 6.3 -1.0
Cattaraugus 31.2 32.1 -1.0 1.7 2.0 -0.3 5.2 5.9 -0.7
Cayuga 33.5 34.1 -0.7 1.5 1.6 -0.1 4.3 4.5 -0.2

Chautauqua 51.0 52.3 -1.3 2.6 3.1 -0.6 4.8 5.7 -0.9
Chenango 21.1 21.4 -0.3 0.9 1.1 -0.2 4.3 4.9 -0.6
Clinton 33.9 34.4 -0.4 1.5 1.8 -0.4 4.2 5.1 -0.9

Columbia 29.8 30.1 -0.2 1.0 1.1 -0.1 3.2 3.6 -0.4
Cortland 21.4 21.9 -0.5 1.0 1.2 -0.1 4.5 5.0 -0.5
Delaware 17.7 17.9 -0.2 0.8 1.0 -0.1 4.5 5.1 -0.6

Essex 15.7 15.5 +0.2 0.8 0.9 -0.1 4.6 5.4 -0.8
Franklin 18.3 18.5 -0.2 1.0 1.1 -0.2 5.1 5.8 -0.7
Fulton 21.8 22.1 -0.3 1.1 1.3 -0.2 4.6 5.4 -0.8

Genesee 28.4 28.6 -0.2 1.1 1.3 -0.2 3.8 4.4 -0.6
Greene 19.3 19.3 0.0 0.9 1.0 -0.1 4.4 4.9 -0.5
Hamilton 2.1 2.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 7.0 7.0 0.0

Lewis 10.6 10.8 -0.2 0.6 0.7 -0.2 5.0 6.2 -1.2
Montgomery 21.1 21.2 -0.1 1.1 1.2 -0.1 4.9 5.3 -0.4
Otsego 26.6 26.9 -0.3 1.1 1.3 -0.2 4.0 4.4 -0.4

St. Lawrence 40.1 40.8 -0.7 2.3 2.7 -0.4 5.3 6.2 -0.9
Schuyler 7.8 7.9 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 4.6 5.0 -0.4
Seneca 15.7 15.5 +0.2 0.6 0.7 -0.1 3.6 4.2 -0.6

Steuben 39.9 40.5 -0.6 2.1 2.3 -0.2 5.0 5.4 -0.4
Sullivan 34.0 32.6 +1.4 1.4 1.5 -0.2 3.9 4.5 -0.6
Wyoming 16.6 16.9 -0.3 0.7 0.8 -0.1 4.1 4.7 -0.6

Note: Data are subject to revision. Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: New York State Department of Labor, Division of Research and Statistics, 518-457-3800.