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
Figure 2 NYC Job Growth by Industry: March 2016 – March 2017 (in thousands of jobs, and percent change) 70 2.5% 60
Services
1.3 TOTAL
50 40 Jobs 30 20
0.2%
2.5%
GOVT
Constcn. Constcn
-3.8% Wh. Trade
-1.7%
-2.7%
0.4%
0.4%
TWU
Manf.
Retail
FIRE Information
2.2%
10 0 -10
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Figure 3 Long Island Job Growth by Industry: March 2016 – March 2017 (in thousands of jobs, and percent change) 25 TOTAL 1.5% 20
1.9%
15
Services 10 Jobs
5
1.7%
-0.7%
GOVT
Constcn.
3.9%
4.5%
-1.4%
Wholesale Trade
TWU
Manf.
2.0%
Retail
-1.5%
FIRE
-1.0%
Information
0
-5
Figs. 2–3 Source: NYS Dept. of Labor: nonfarm payroll job data from CES establishment survey in Nassau & Suffolk counties. Year-to-year changes, not seasonally adjusted. Note: FIRE = Finance, Insurance & Real Estate; TW U= Transport, Warehousing & Utilities.
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Table 3: Rising Dependence of Net Job Growth on Health Care Expansion in US, NYC & Long Island, March 2007‐‐March 2017 (payroll jobs in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)
Total Health Care Jobs
U.S. NYC Long Island
2007 15,460.0 545.5 175.0
2017 19,323.3 703.7 225.1
Changes in Health Care Jobs (12‐month March‐to‐March)
U.S. NYC Long Island
Health Care Jobs as % All Jobs 2007 11.3 14.7 14.1
2017 13.3 16.1 17.8
Changes in Health Care Jobs as % of Total Changes in All Jobs
2006‐07 2016‐17 436,400.0 430,500.0 9,600.0 29,200.0 5,400.0 10,200.0
2006‐07 25.7 11.7 28.1
2016‐17 20.2 50.4 51.5
Note: Health Care job category includes Social Assistance. Source: Establishment survey payroll data from US Dept. of Labor.
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