Recent Labor Market Developments
Unemployment Rates for Utica-Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area
(not seasonally adjusted)
May 2026: 4.0%
April 2026: 4.0%
May 2025: 3.3%
The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome metro rose from 3.3% in May 2025 to 4.0% in May 2026. The unemployment rate was 4.0% in April.
Change in Nonfarm Jobs since May 2025
For the 12-month period ending May 2026, the nonfarm job count in the Utica-Rome metro decreased -1,000, or -0.8%, to 124,000. Private sector employment fell -200, or -0.2%, to 93,800.
Job gains were posted in private education and health services (+400) and leisure and hospitality (+200).
Job losses occurred in government (-800), professional and business services (-500), manufacturing (-100), mining, logging, and construction (-100), and other services (-100).