Bureau of Labor Statistics
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JOB COUNT FOR THE NEW YORK AREA RISES BY 80,000 OVER THE YEAR;
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 4.3 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER 2007
Overview
Total nonfarm employment for the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long
Island Metropolitan Statistical Area rose by 80,000 or 0.9 percent from
November 2006 to November 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.1 Regional Commissioner Michael L.
Dolfman pointed out that pace of job growth in the area has slowed since
November 2006, when the 12-month increase was 97,900 or 1.2 percent.
Similarly, at the national level, the rate of job growth was down from 1.6
percent in November 2006 to 1.1 percent in November 2007. The unemployment
rate for the New York area stood at 4.3 percent in November 2007, compared
to 3.9 percent in November 2006. The unemployment rate for the nation in
November 2007 was 4.5 percent, 0.2 percentage point higher than one year
earlier.
New York City accounted for much of the metropolitan area's employment
growth in November 2007 with the addition of 54,500 jobs over the 12-month
period, an increase of 1.5 percent. November was the fifth consecutive
month in which the City's 12-month rate of job growth exceeded the national
rate. (See chart A.) The last time such a streak occurred was the five-
month period ending in March 2001. Despite the growth in payroll jobs in
New York City, the unemployment rate rose from 4.3 to 5.0 percent over the
year. (See chart B. Note: All data in this release are not seasonally
adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)
Employment in the New York area and its metropolitan divisions
New York area
Nine of the New York area's 10 industry supersectors gained employment
from November 2006 to November 2007, with 4 adding 10,000 or more jobs.
Educational and health services added the most jobs from November a year
ago, 24,700. In fact, this supersector has added about 20,000 jobs or more
over the year for 28 consecutive months. Still, the November 2007 increase
was below the previous November's gain. (See table 1.) Employment in
professional and business services rose by 23,600 through November 2007; in
18 of the past 22 months, this supersector has enjoyed growth of 20,000 or
more jobs over the year. Government and leisure and hospitality grew by
12,500 and 11,200, respectively, in November 2007. Three other
supersectors added 5,000 or more jobs in November 2007-financial activities
(7,000); other services (6,600); and natural resources, mining, and
construction (5,500). However, over-the-year job gains in two of these
industries, financial activities and natural resources, mining, and
construction, have slowed considerably since November 2006.
Even though the greater New York area added 80,000 jobs over the year in
November 2007, this was 17,900 fewer than in November 2006. The slowdowns
in financial activities; natural resources, mining, and construction; and
education and health accounted for much of the decrease in the size of the
area's 12-month job gain from November 2006 to November 2007. Another
supersector contributing to the slowdown was manufacturing, which lost
15,600 jobs over the year; this loss was larger than the 12,900 jobs shed
through November 2006.
Leisure and hospitality, other services, and professional and business
services tied for the strongest percentage growth in employment over the
year at 1.8 percent; education and health services followed closely behind
with job growth of 1.7 percent. In November 2006, natural resources,
mining, and construction had had largest percentage increase, 3.1 percent,
but 12 months later, the pace of job growth in this industry had slowed to
1.5 percent. Manufacturing was the only supersector to lose jobs over the
year, down 3.4 percent; this rate of job loss was faster than the 2.7-
percent decline that had occurred in 2006.
Nationally, natural resources and mining outpaced all other supersectors
in November 2007 with an employment gain of 4.4 percent over the year; it
was also the growth leader a year earlier, advancing 8.0 percent. The next
highest rates of job growth belonged to education and health services (3.1
percent), leisure and hospitality (2.9 percent), and professional and
business services (1.8 percent). These same four supersectors were also
the top four growth leaders in November 2006, though three of the four
(education and health services being the exception) saw a drop in their
rate of increase in November 2007. The steepest rate of job loss nationally
occurred in construction, down 1.8 percent; one year earlier, this
supersector had recorded a 1.5-percent increase in employment.
Metropolitan divisions
The New York area contains four metropolitan divisions, essentially
identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. All four
divisions added jobs from November 2006 to November 2007. Not unexpectedly,
the largest total gain (61,400) occurred in the largest metropolitan division
- New York-White Plains-Wayne. Five out of every six new jobs in the
division were added in New York City. (See table A.) The Edison Metropolitan
Division recorded an employment increase of 10,200. Nassau-Suffolk and Newark
added 5,100 and 3,300 jobs, respectively. Except for Edison, each division
had a smaller increase in November 2007 than in November 2006, indicating
that the slowdown was widespread.
Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
area and geographic components, not seasonally adjusted
Numeric change from
Nov. 2005 Nov. 2006
2005 2006 2007 to to
Nov. Nov. Nov. p Nov. 2006 Nov. 2007 p
ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment (in thousands)
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 8,471.3 8,569.2 8,649.2 97.9 80.0
Edison 1,023.6 1,032.9 1,043.1 9.3 10.2
Nassau-Suffolk 1,258.9 1,272.1 1,277.2 13.2 5.1
New York-White Plains-Wayne 5,154.3 5,219.7 5,281.1 65.4 61.4
Bergen-Hudson-Passaic 915.7 915.3 916.8 -0.4 1.5
New York City 3,665.0 3,726.7 3,781.2 61.7 54.5
Putnam-Rockland-Westchester 573.6 577.7 583.1 4.1 5.4
Newark-Union 1,034.5 1,044.5 1,047.8 10.0 3.3
HOUSEHOLD DATA Unemployment rates
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 4.9 3.9 4.1 -1.0 0.4
Edison 4.2 3.7 3.6 -0.5 -0.1
Nassau-Suffolk 4.0 3.3 3.7 -0.7 0.4
New York-White Plains-Wayne 5.4 4.1 4.6 -1.3 0.5
New York City 5.8 4.3 5.0 -1.5 0.7
Newark-Union 4.5 4.0 3.9 -0.5 -0.1
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p = preliminary.
NOTE: The Edison Metropolitan Division consists of Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Somerset
Counties in New Jersey. The Nassau-Suffolk Metropolitan Division consists of Nassau and Suffolk
Counties in New York. The New York-Wayne-White Plains Metropolitan Division consists of New York
City and Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam Counties in New York; and Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic
Counties in New Jersey. The Newark-Union Metropolitan Division consists of Essex, Hunterdon,
Morris, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.
The New York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division, with a 1.2-
percent over-the-year increase in employment, was little different from the
nation, which grew by 1.1 percent. Within the New York division, however,
employment growth was diverse with New York City adding jobs at a 1.5-
percent pace, followed by Putnam-Rockland-Westchester at 0.9 percent and
Bergen-Hudson-Passaic at 0.2 percent. Job growth in the Edison
Metropolitan Division, at 1.0 percent, was also close to the national
average. In the remaining two divisions of Nassau-Suffolk and Newark-
Union, employment grew by 0.4 and 0.3 percent, respectively. (See table 1
and chart A.)
The New York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division
In the New York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division, employment
growth was strongest in natural resources, mining, and construction, up 3.3
percent over the year. Most of the job growth in this supersector occurred
in New York City, where employment in natural resources, mining, and
construction increased by 5.0 percent over the year. Surprisingly, the
pace of job growth in this New York City supersector was virtually the same
as the 4.9 percent recorded in November 2006, in contrast to the national
slowdown in these industries.
Elsewhere in the division, employment in professional and business
services and leisure and hospitality increased by 2.1 and 2.0 percent,
respectively. In the City, the corresponding growth rates were 2.7 and 1.8
percent, respectively. The pace of job growth in professional and business
services in the City was virtually the same as in November 2006, while in
leisure and hospitality employment grew at a faster rate, 2.4 percent.
Within the City's leisure and hospitality industry, the slowing down of job
growth was particularly evident in food services and drinking places. In
November 2006, employment had expanded by 3.2 percent from the previous
year; by November 2007, the 12-month increase was only 1.3 percent.
The job count in the division's manufacturing supersector in November
2007 dropped 4.4 percent over the year, close to the 4.6-percent decline in
November 2006. Many of the 2007 job losses occurred in New York City and
in Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, where employment in manufacturing shrank by 5.1
and 4.4 percent, respectively, over the year.
The Edison Metropolitan Division
In the Edison Metropolitan Division, other services had the fastest rate
of job growth in November 2007 at 8.0 percent. Government employment
expanded by 2.3 percent over the year, reaching the highest level recorded
in November since the series began in 1990. Employment in education and
health services advanced 2.2 percent from November a year ago. All three
of these supersectors had stronger over-the-year employment growth in
November 2007 than in November 2006. On the other hand, trade,
transportation, and utilities and manufacturing shed 0.9 and 1.8 percent,
respectively, of their employment in November 2007. One year earlier,
trade, transportation, and utilities had had no growth over the year, and
manufacturing was still losing jobs, but at a slower rate.
The Nassau-Suffolk Metropolitan Division
In the Nassau-Suffolk Metropolitan Division, employment growth was led
by education and health services, which grew 1.8 percent from November 2006
to November 2007; a year earlier, the over-the-year increase had been 2.8
percent. Professional and business services and leisure and hospitality
shared the next highest increase, 1.7 percent in November 2007. However,
job gains were tempered by job losses in two supersectors that declined
at a faster pace in November 2007 than in the previous 12-month period.
Financial activities suffered an employment decline of 3.4 percent in
November 2007 compared to 1.2 percent a year earlier and manufacturing
employment declined by 2.2 percent over the year versus 0.5 percent in
November 2006.
The Newark-Union Metropolitan Division
In the Newark-Union Metropolitan Division, the three supersectors with
the strongest over-the-year job growth in November 2007 also had stronger
job gains than in the previous 12-month period. Leisure and hospitality
posted the highest rate of job increase (2.5 percent), followed by
education and health services (2.0 percent) and professional and business
services (1.3 percent). In contrast, manufacturing employment dropped 3.3
percent and natural resources, mining, and construction was down 2.4
percent over the year. November a year ago, natural resources, mining, and
construction had expanded by 3.2 percent.
Unemployment in the New York area and its metropolitan divisions
As noted, the New York area unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in
November 2007, up from 3.9 percent one year earlier. This compared to the
U.S. average of 4.5 percent for November 2007 and 4.3 percent in November
2006.
Three of the four metropolitan divisions had unemployment rates below
the national average of 4.5 percent in November 2007: Edison (3.6
percent), Nassau-Suffolk (3.7 percent), and Newark-Union (3.9 percent).
(See chart B.) In both Edison and Newark-Union, the unemployment rate was
the lowest recorded for November since 2000, prior to the last recession.
In the New York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division, which
accounted for approximately 60 percent of the area's labor force, the
unemployment rate stood at 4.6 percent in November 2007, little different
from the national average. Jobless rates in this division ranged from 5.0
percent in New York City to 3.3 percent in Putnam County. (See table 2.)
Unemployment rates increased in the New York-White Plains-Wayne
Metropolitan Division and New York City by 0.5 and 0.7 percentage points,
respectively, from November 2006 to November 2007. In the other three
metropolitan divisions, the rates were little changed.
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1In this release, the metropolitan area data on employment and unemployment
pertain to the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which consists of New York City,
Nassau, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York;
Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean,
Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike
County, Pennsylvania. This area, reflecting the definitions published by
the Office of Management and Budget on December 18, 2006, is referred to as
the New York area throughout this release.
NYLS - 7314 Labor - New York
1/16/08
Technical Note
This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the
Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables A and 1) and
unemployment and labor force data from the Local Area Unemployment
Statistics (LAUS) program (tables A and 2), for the New York-Northern New
Jersey-Long Island metropolitan area. The CES and LAUS programs are both
Federal-State cooperative endeavors.
Employment from the CES program
Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment
payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period that includes the
12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place of work rather than
at their place of residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are
counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their
principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North
American Industry Classification System.
Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated using a "link
relative" technique in which a ratio (link relative) of current-month
employment to that of the previous month is computed from a sample of
establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for
the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates for the
previous month by these ratios. Small-domain models are used as the
official estimators for the approximately 10 percent of CES published
series which have sample based estimates.
Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a
complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax
reports that are submitted by employers who are covered under state
unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to
adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding
one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark
month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment,
and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level
for the subsequent months.
Labor force and unemployment from the LAUS program
Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are based on the
same concepts and definitions as those used for the official national
estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample
survey of households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau. The labor force includes both the
employed and the unemployed. Employed persons are those who did any work
at all for pay or profit in the survey reference week (the week including
the 12th of the month) or worked 15 hours or more without pay in a family
business or farm, plus those not working who had a job from which they were
temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as labor-
management dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons are those who
did not work at all (in the reference week), had actively looked for a job
(sometime in the 4-week period ending with the survey reference week), and
were currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need
not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed.
Method of estimation. Effective January 2005, estimates for all
census divisions, states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long
Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, and New York City were produced using
updated time-series models with real time benchmarking. Model-based
estimation was extended to include additional areas and the respective
balances-of-state. For all other substate areas, estimates are prepared
through indirect estimation procedures. Employment estimates, which are
based largely on ''place of work'' estimates from the CES program, are
adjusted to refer to place of residence as used in the CPS. Unemployment
estimates are aggregates of persons previously employed in industries
covered by state unemployment (UI) laws and entrants to the labor force
data from the CPS. The substate estimates of employment and unemployment
which geographically exhaust the entire state are adjusted proportionally
to ensure that they add to the independently estimated state or balance-of-
state totals. A detailed description of the estimation procedures is
available from BLS upon request.
Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data shown for the
prior year reflect adjustments made at the end of each year, usually
implemented with January estimates. The adjusted estimates reflect updated
population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other
data sources, and model reestimation at the state and selected area level.
All substate area estimates are adjusted to add to the revised model-based
estimates.
Reliability of the estimates
The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey and
administrative data and thus are subject to sampling and other types of
errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability--that is,
variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire
population is surveyed. Survey data are also subject to nonsampling
errors, such as those which can be introduced into the data collection and
processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys
are subject to additional errors resulting from the special estimation
processes used. Sums of individual items may not always equal totals shown
in the same tables because of rounding. With respect to the LAUS program,
unemployment rates are computed, in most instances, from unrounded data
rather than from data that may be displayed in the tables; differences,
however, are generally insignificant.
Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-based error measures,
including for over-the-month change, are available for states on the BLS
Web site at http: // www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling
error are not available, but additional information on the subject is
provided in the web-only publication, Employment & Earnings Online.
Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error are available for
state CES data at the NAICS supersector level and for metropolitan area CES
data at the total nonfarm level. Information on recent benchmark revisions
for states is available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/sae/.
Area definitions. Metropolitan Statistical Area definitions for the
data published in this release reflect the coverage established by the U.S.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), effective December 18, 2006. A
detailed list of the geographic definitions is published annually in the
May issue Employment & Earnings Online.
Additional information
More complete information on the technical procedures used to develop
these estimates and additional data appear in Employment & Earnings Online.
Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor force and
unemployment data for states, census regions and divisions, and eight areas
are available in the news release, Regional and State Employment and
Unemployment. Estimates of labor force and unemployment for all states,
metropolitan areas, labor market areas, counties, cities with a population
of 25,000 or more, and other areas used in the administration of various
federal economic assistance programs are available from the BLS Internet at
http://www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data from the CES program are
available at http://www.bls.gov/sae/.
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Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
and United States, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Change from
Nov. 2005 to Nov. 2006 to
2006 2007 Nov. 2006 p Nov. 2007 p
Area and industry Nov. Nov. p Number Percent Number Percent
United States
Total nonfarm 138,052.0 139,568.0 2,235.0 1.6 1,516.0 1.1
Natural resources and mining 703.0 734.0 52.0 8.0 31.0 4.4
Construction 7,768.0 7,631.0 118.0 1.5 -137.0 -1.8
Manufacturing 14,152.0 13,956.0 -66.0 -0.5 -196.0 -1.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 26,773.0 27,028.0 222.0 0.8 255.0 1.0
Information 3,065.0 3,089.0 4.0 0.1 24.0 0.8
Financial activities 8,416.0 8,410.0 185.0 2.2 -6.0 -0.1
Professional and business services 17,838.0 18,167.0 491.0 2.8 329.0 1.8
Education and health services 18,255.0 18,820.0 482.0 2.7 565.0 3.1
Leisure and hospitality 13,066.0 13,449.0 437.0 3.5 383.0 2.9
Other services 5,423.0 5,458.0 51.0 0.9 35.0 0.6
Government 22,593.0 22,826.0 259.0 1.2 233.0 1.0
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total nonfarm 8,569.2 8,649.2 97.9 1.2 80.0 0.9
Natural resources, mining, and construction 359.0 364.5 10.9 3.1 5.5 1.5
Manufacturing 464.4 448.8 -12.9 -2.7 -15.6 -3.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 1,629.7 1,632.8 7.6 0.5 3.1 0.2
Information 294.4 295.8 2.3 0.8 1.4 0.5
Financial activities 797.9 804.9 12.7 1.6 7.0 0.9
Professional and business services 1,285.6 1,309.2 23.2 1.8 23.6 1.8
Education and health services 1,438.9 1,463.6 28.0 2.0 24.7 1.7
Leisure and hospitality 626.7 637.9 12.2 2.0 11.2 1.8
Other services 370.3 376.9 6.8 1.9 6.6 1.8
Government 1,302.3 1,314.8 7.1 0.5 12.5 1.0
Edison Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 1,032.9 1,043.1 9.3 0.9 10.2 1.0
Natural resources, mining, and construction 49.4 49.1 0.6 1.2 -0.3 -0.6
Manufacturing 76.2 74.8 -0.6 -0.8 -1.4 -1.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities 229.7 227.7 0.0 0.0 -2.0 -0.9
Information 31.0 31.1 0.8 2.6 0.1 0.3
Financial activities 64.2 65.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.2
Professional and business services 171.1 173.5 4.0 2.4 2.4 1.4
Education and health services 134.5 137.5 0.6 0.4 3.0 2.2
Leisure and hospitality 76.0 76.2 2.5 3.4 0.2 0.3
Other services 48.5 52.4 1.0 2.1 3.9 8.0
Government 152.3 155.8 0.4 0.3 3.5 2.3
Nassau-Suffolk Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 1,272.1 1,277.2 13.2 1.0 5.1 0.4
Natural resources, mining, and construction 71.5 72.1 2.1 3.0 0.6 0.8
Manufacturing 86.3 84.4 -0.4 -0.5 -1.9 -2.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities 278.3 278.9 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.2
Information 30.0 30.2 0.5 1.7 0.2 0.7
Financial activities 80.1 77.4 -1.0 -1.2 -2.7 -3.4
Professional and business services 166.9 169.7 4.0 2.5 2.8 1.7
Education and health services 208.0 211.8 5.6 2.8 3.8 1.8
Leisure and hospitality 94.6 96.2 0.7 0.7 1.6 1.7
Other services 52.7 52.8 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.2
Government 203.7 203.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0
New York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 5,219.7 5,281.1 65.4 1.3 61.4 1.2
Natural resources, mining, and construction 192.5 198.8 6.8 3.7 6.3 3.3
Manufacturing 211.9 202.6 -10.3 -4.6 -9.3 -4.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 903.1 907.3 5.6 0.6 4.2 0.5
Information 208.3 209.5 -0.6 -0.3 1.2 0.6
Financial activities 575.9 585.2 14.2 2.5 9.3 1.6
Professional and business services 784.5 800.7 13.6 1.8 16.2 2.1
Education and health services 953.8 968.9 19.7 2.1 15.1 1.6
Leisure and hospitality 391.9 399.7 9.6 2.5 7.8 2.0
Other services 220.0 223.1 2.9 1.3 3.1 1.4
Government 777.8 785.3 3.9 0.5 7.5 1.0
Bergen-Hudson-Passaic
Total nonfarm 915.3 916.8 -0.4 -0.0 1.5 0.2
Natural resources, mining, and construction 32.9 32.1 -0.4 -1.2 -0.8 -2.4
Manufacturing 74.8 71.5 -3.1 -4.0 -3.3 -4.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 220.4 218.3 0.4 0.2 -2.1 -1.0
Information 25.0 24.9 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.4
Financial activities 74.4 74.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Professional and business services 132.4 130.8 -1.6 -1.2 -1.6 -1.2
Education and health services 130.0 132.3 1.3 1.0 2.3 1.8
Leisure and hospitality 62.6 64.7 2.3 3.8 2.1 3.4
Other services 38.9 41.4 0.1 0.3 2.5 6.4
Government 123.9 126.3 0.5 0.4 2.4 1.9
New York City
Total nonfarm 3,726.7 3,781.2 61.7 1.7 54.5 1.5
Natural resources, mining, and construction 122.8 129.0 5.7 4.9 6.2 5.0
Manufacturing 105.5 100.1 -6.6 -5.9 -5.4 -5.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities 570.2 575.7 5.8 1.0 5.5 1.0
Information 166.5 168.1 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.0
Financial activities 463.9 474.2 14.7 3.3 10.3 2.2
Professional and business services 580.1 595.9 14.5 2.6 15.8 2.7
Education and health services 713.9 724.3 16.4 2.4 10.4 1.5
Leisure and hospitality 290.0 295.2 6.9 2.4 5.2 1.8
Other services 156.8 157.4 2.4 1.6 0.6 0.4
Government 557.0 561.3 1.9 0.3 4.3 0.8
Putnam-Rockland-Westchester
Total nonfarm 577.7 583.1 4.1 0.7 5.4 0.9
Natural resources, mining, and construction 36.8 37.7 1.5 4.2 0.9 2.4
Manufacturing 31.6 31.0 -0.6 -1.9 -0.6 -1.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities 112.5 113.3 -0.6 -0.5 0.8 0.7
Information 16.8 16.5 -0.6 -3.4 -0.3 -1.8
Financial activities 37.6 36.5 -0.6 -1.6 -1.1 -2.9
Professional and business services 72.0 74.0 0.7 1.0 2.0 2.8
Education and health services 109.9 112.3 2.0 1.9 2.4 2.2
Leisure and hospitality 39.3 39.8 0.4 1.0 0.5 1.3
Other services 24.3 24.3 0.4 1.7 0.0 0.0
Government 96.9 97.7 1.5 1.6 0.8 0.8
Newark-Union Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 1,044.5 1,047.8 10.0 1.0 3.3 0.3
Natural resources, mining, and construction 45.6 44.5 1.4 3.2 -1.1 -2.4
Manufacturing 90.0 87.0 -1.6 -1.7 -3.0 -3.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities 218.6 218.9 1.4 0.6 0.3 0.1
Information 25.1 25.0 1.6 6.8 -0.1 -0.4
Financial activities 77.7 77.3 -0.5 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5
Professional and business services 163.1 165.3 1.6 1.0 2.2 1.3
Education and health services 142.6 145.4 2.1 1.5 2.8 2.0
Leisure and hospitality 64.2 65.8 -0.6 -0.9 1.6 2.5
Other services 49.1 48.6 2.5 5.4 -0.5 -1.0
Government 168.5 170.0 2.1 1.3 1.5 0.9
p =preliminary.
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently projected from March
2006 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are provisional and
will be revised when new information becomes available.
Table 2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, New York-Northern New
Jersey-Long Island and United States, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Numeric change
from Nov.
2005 2006 2007 2005 2006
Area and employment status Nov. Nov. Nov. p to 2006 to 2007 p
United States
Civilian labor force 150,239.0 152,590.0 154,035.0 2,351.0 1,445.0
Unemployment 7,271.0 6,576.0 6,917.0 -695.0 341.0
Unemployment rate 4.8 4.3 4.5 -0.5 0.2
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metropolitan Statistical Area
Civilian labor force 9,260.6 9,297.3 9,332.9 36.7 35.6
Unemployment 452.7 364.9 397.7 -87.8 32.8
Unemployment rate 4.9 3.9 4.3 -1.0 0.4
Edison Metropolitan Division
Civilian labor force 1,188.5 1,197.6 1,197.2 9.2 -0.4
Unemployment 50.0 44.3 43.1 -5.8 -1.1
Unemployment rate 4.2 3.7 3.6 -0.5 -0.1
Nassau-Suffolk Metropolitan Division
Civilian labor force 1,473.3 1,482.0 1,476.9 8.7 -5.1
Unemployment 58.5 49.5 54.0 -9.0 4.5
Unemployment rate 4.0 3.3 3.7 -0.7 0.4
New York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division
Civilian labor force 5,503.8 5,513.8 5,560.9 10.0 47.1
Unemployment 295.0 226.7 257.7 -68.3 31.0
Unemployment rate 5.4 4.1 4.6 -1.3 0.5
Bergen-Hudson-Passaic
Civilian labor force 1,013.0 1,015.3 1,010.5 2.4 -4.8
Unemployment 46.1 40.9 40.6 -5.1 -0.3
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.0 4.0 -0.5 0.0
New York City
Civilian labor force 3,799.1 3,803.7 3,856.3 4.5 52.7
Unemployment 221.7 163.1 192.5 -58.6 29.4
Unemployment rate 5.8 4.3 5.0 -1.5 0.7
Putnam County
Civilian labor force 56.3 56.5 56.4 0.2 0.0
Unemployment 2.1 1.7 1.8 -0.4 0.2
Unemployment rate 3.8 3.0 3.3 -0.8 0.3
Rockland County
Civilian labor force 151.6 152.5 152.2 0.9 -0.3
Unemployment 5.9 5.1 5.4 -0.8 0.3
Unemployment rate 3.9 3.4 3.6 -0.5 0.2
Westchester County
Civilian labor force 483.8 485.9 485.5 2.1 -0.4
Unemployment 19.1 15.8 17.3 -3.3 1.5
Unemployment rate 4.0 3.3 3.6 -0.7 0.3
Newark-Union Metropolitan Division
Civilian labor force 1,095.1 1,103.9 1,097.8 8.8 -6.1
Unemployment 49.2 44.5 43.0 -4.7 -1.5
Unemployment rate 4.5 4.0 3.9 -0.5 -0.1
p =preliminary.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and
Budget Bulletin No. 07-01, dated December 18, 2006, and are available at
http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings. Data for 2006
have been revised to incorporate updated inputs and adjustments to new state controls.
Last Modified Date: January 18, 2008
