Recent Labor Market Developments
Unemployment Rates for Utica-Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area
(not seasonally adjusted)
April 2026: 3.9%
March 2026: 4.4%
April 2025: 3.4%
The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome metro rose from 3.4% in April 2025 to 3.9% in April 2026. The unemployment rate was 4.4% in March.
Change in Nonfarm Jobs since April 2025
For the 12-month period ending April 2026, the nonfarm job count in the Utica-Rome metro decreased -600, or -0.5%, to 123,500. Private sector employment grew +200, or +0.2%, to 93,400.
Job gains were posted in private education and health services (+400), leisure and hospitality (+200), financial activities (+100), mining, logging, and construction (+100), and trade, transportation, and utilities (+100).
Job losses occurred in government (-800), professional and business services (-500), and manufacturing (-200).