LOCAL LABOR CONDITIONS — NYC & Long Island
Spring 2017
Table 1: Number of Nonfarm Jobs (in thousands) by Place of Work: New York City, Long Island & All U.S., March 2010–March 2017 (in thousands, not seasonally adjusted) March 2017
U.S. NY State NYC Long Island
144,949 9,403 4,367 1,320
March 2016 142,814 9,283 4,309 1,301
March 2010 129,089 8,428 3,697 1,205
% Change 2010‐2017 2016‐2017 12.29 1.49 11.56 1.29 18.12 1.34 9.56 1.52
Table 1 Source: Establishment survey data from US Department of Labor. Note that data reflect regular revisions by Dept. of Labor.
Table 2: Civilian Labor Force, Employment & Unemployment (in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)
Labor Force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemp. Rate
March 2017
March 2016
March 2017
March 2016
March 2017
March 2016
March 2017
March 2016
AREA U.S.
159,912
158,854
152,628
150,738
7,284
8,116
4.6%
5.1%
NYC Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island
4,223.7 619.4 1,247.2 939.5 1,192.2 225.4
4,175.8 615.6 1,234.0 926.8 1,176.7 222.7
4,050.4 584.3 1,195.4 905.3 1,149.3 216.1
3,951.3 570.0 1,166.2 883.2 1,121.2 210.7
173.3 35.1 51.8 34.2 42.9 9.3
224.5 45.6 67.8 43.6 55.5 12.0
4.1 5.7 4.2 3.6 3.6 4.1
5.4 7.4 5.5 4.7 4.7 5.4
LONG ISLAND Nassau Co. Suffolk Co.
1,464.6 673.0 771.6
1,477.6 669.0 778.8
1,406.0 647.3 738.7
1,414.9 641.6 743.4
58.6 25.7 32.9
62.7 27.4 35.4
4.0 3.7 4.3
4.2 3.9 4.5
Table 2 Source: CPS household survey data from NYS Dept. of Labor. Data reflect regular revisions by Dept. of Labor