Recent Labor Market Developments
Unemployment Rates for Utica-Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area
(not seasonally adjusted)
July 2026: 4.2%
June 2026: 4.0%
July 2025: 4.1%
The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome metro rose from 4.1% in July 2025 to 4.2% in July 2026. The unemployment rate was 4.0% in June.
Change in Nonfarm Jobs since July 2025
For the 12-month period ending July 2026, the nonfarm job count in the Utica-Rome metro decreased -200, or -0.2%, to 123,100. Private sector employment grew +100, or +0.1%, to 93,400.
Job gains were posted in private education and health services (+500), trade, transportation, and utilities (+300), and manufacturing (+100).
Job losses occurred in government (-300), leisure and hospitality (-300), professional and business services (-300), financial activities (-100), and mining, logging, and construction (-100).