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).