Unemployment in the Utica-Rome region declined from 5.6% in June 2021 to 3.5% in June 2022.

The unemployment rate rose from 3.3 percent in May.

Change in Non-farm Jobs since June 2022

For the 12-month period ending June 2022, the non-farm job count in the Utica-Rome region increased 2,400, or 2%, to 123,000. Private sector employment rose 2,000, or 2.2%, to 92,300.

Job gains were posted in: leisure and hospitality, plus 900; trade, transportation, and utilities, plus 500; financial activities, plus 400; government, plus 400; manufacturing, plus 300; and other services, plus 300. Job losses occurred primarily in education and health services, a decline of 400 jobs.

County rankings

Oneida County ranked at 40 of 62 counties in the state for its unemployment rate which was 3.5% in June, an increase from 3.2% in May.

Madison County ranked at 22 with an unemployment rate of 3.1%, an increase from 2.8% in May.

Herkimer County ranked 48 at 3.7%, increasing from 3.5% in May; and Lewis County ranked 28 at 3.2%, the same rate as May, according to the state Bureau of Labor Statistics.