Recent Labor Market Developments
Unemployment Rates for Utica-Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area
(not seasonally adjusted)
January 2025: 4.6%
December 2024: 3.7%
January 2024: 4.5%
The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome metro increased from 4.5% in January 2024 to 4.6% in January 2025. The unemployment rate was 3.7% in December.
Change in Nonfarm Jobs since January 2024
For the 12-month period ending January 2025, the nonfarm job count in the Utica-Rome metro increased 300, or 0.2%, to 120,500. Private sector employment grew 100, or 0.1%, to 91,400.
Job gains were posted in private education and health services (400), leisure and hospitality (+300), government (+200), and mining, logging, and construction (+100).
Job losses occurred in manufacturing (-500), professional and business services (-100), and trade, transportation, and warehousing (-100).