Recent Labor Market Developments
Unemployment Rates for Utica-Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area
(not seasonally adjusted)
September 2025: 4.0%
August 2025: 4.1%
September 2024: 3.2%
The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome metro increased from 3.2% in September 2024 to 4.0% in September 2025. The unemployment rate was 4.1% in August.
Change in Nonfarm Jobs since September 2024
For the 12-month period ending September 2025, the nonfarm job count in the Utica-Rome metro increased +700, or +0.6%, to 123,000. Private sector employment grew +100, or +0.1%, to 92,700.
Job gains were posted in government (+600), private education and health services (+400), professional and business services (+200), leisure and hospitality (+100), and mining, logging, and construction (+100).
Job losses occurred in manufacturing (-400), and trade, transportation, and utilities (-300).