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Recent Labor Market Developments


Unemployment Rates for Utica-Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area

(not seasonally adjusted)

December 2024: 3.7%
November  2024: 3.5%
December  2023: 4.3%

The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome metro declined from 4.3% in December 2023 to 3.7% in December 2024. The unemployment rate was 3.5% in November.

Change in Nonfarm Jobs since December 2023

For the 12-month period ending December 2024, the nonfarm job count in the Utica-Rome metro increased 800, or 0.6%, to 125,100. Private sector employment grew 600, or 0.6%, to 94,800.

Job gains were posted in private education and health services (+1,000), government (+200), leisure and hospitality (+100), mining, logging, and construction (+100), leisure and hospitality, and other services (+100).

Job losses occurred in manufacturing (-300), trade, transportation, and warehousing (-200), financial activities (-100), and information (-100).

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New York State Department of Labor Significant Industries 2024

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