Recent Labor Market Developments
Unemployment Rates for Utica-Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area
(not seasonally adjusted)
August 2025: 4.1%
July 2025: 3.9%
August 2024: 3.9%
The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome metro increased from 3.9% in August 2024 to 4.1% in August 2025. The unemployment rate was 3.9% in July.
Change in Nonfarm Jobs since August 2024
For the 12-month period ending August 2025, the nonfarm job count in the Utica-Rome metro increased +1,300, or +1.1%, to 123,400. Private sector employment grew +1,000, or +1.1%, to 93,700.
Job gains were posted in private education and health services (+1,500), government (+300), mining, logging, and construction (+200), and trade, transportation, and utilities (+100).
Job losses occurred in manufacturing (-500), financial activities (-100), leisure and hospitality (-100) and professional and business services (-100).