Recent Labor Market Developments
Unemployment Rates for Utica-Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area
(not seasonally adjusted)
September 2024: 3.3%
August 2024: 4.1%
September 2023: 3.6%
The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome metro declined from 3.6% in September 2023 to 3.3% in September 2024. The unemployment rate was 4.1% in August.
Change in Nonfarm Jobs since September 2023
For the 12-month period ending September 2024, the nonfarm job count in the Utica-Rome metro increased 1,700, or 1.4%, to 124,000. Private sector employment grew 1,200, or 1.3%, to 94,400.
Job gains were posted in private education and health services (+1,400), government (+500), mining, logging, and construction (+100), trade, transportation, and utilities (+100).
Job losses occurred in manufacturing (-300) and information (-100).