Recent Labor Market Developments
Unemployment Rates for Utica-Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area
(not seasonally adjusted)
November 2025: 3.9%
October 2025: n/a
November 2024: 3.5%
The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome metro increased from 3.5% in November 2024 to 3.9% in November 2025. Due to the Federal Government shutdown no data is available for October 2025.
Change in Nonfarm Jobs since November 2024
For the 12-month period ending November 2025, the nonfarm job count in the Utica-Rome metro increased +1,500, or +1.2%, to 124,400. Private sector employment grew +500, or +0.5%, to 93,400.
Job gains were posted in government (+1,000), private education and health services (+500), professional and business services (+200), leisure and hospitality (+100), and mining, logging, and construction (+100).
Job losses occurred in manufacturing (-400).