Recent Labor Market Developments
Unemployment Rates for Utica-Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area
(not seasonally adjusted)
January 2024: 4.7%
December 2023: 4.3%
January 2023: 4.4%
The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome metro rose from 4.4% in January 2023 to 4.7% in January 2024. The unemployment rate was 4.3% in December.
Change in Nonfarm Jobs since January 2023
For the 12-month period ending January 2024, the nonfarm job count in the Utica-Rome metro increased 1,800, or 1.5%, to 122,400. Private sector employment grew 1,300, or 1.4%, to 92,900.
Job gains were posted in private education and health services (+600), government (+500), mining, logging, and construction (+300), professional and business services (+300), financial activities (+100), and other services (+100). Trade, transportation, and utilities (-100) declined over the year.