The city’s unemployment rate dipped slightly from 10.5 percent in December to 10.4 percent in January, according to the New York State Department of Labor.
The state’s unemployment rate also dropped slightly during this time period.
Unemployment is also down across the country, from 10 percent in December to 9.7 in January.
Source: NY1
New York State’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate climbed over the month from 8.6 percent in November to 9.0 percent in December 2009, matching a 26-year high, the State Labor Department reported today. The number of unemployed state residents increased from 832,200 to 868,600 over the same period.
In December 2009, New York State’s seasonally adjusted private [...]
New York’s unemployment rate was unchanged from August to September, remaining at 8.9 percent. That’s still lower than the national rate.
The state labor department released the latest figures Thursday, just as the national unemployment rate reached a 26-year high of 9.8 percent.
The rate in New York City rose slightly to 10.3 percent, up from 10.2 [...]
New York’s unemployment rate fell slightly in July, dropping to 8.6 percent from 8.7 in June. That’s the state’s first month-to-month decrease in a year.
The state labor department’s Peter Neenan says federal stimulus-funded projects helped boost employment in the construction sector. He says there was also an increase in the number of young people hired [...]
A new report released Monday by City Comptroller Bill Thompson predicts about 400,000 New Yorkers will be out of work by next year.
It’s the largest number in more than 15 years.
Thompson says by 2010 the unemployment rate will likely be 9.5 percent. He also says African Americans will be among the groups hardest hit, having [...]
