The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome MSA declined from 3.6% in November 2021 to 3% in November 2022, according to a report released Tuesday by the state Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The unemployment rate was 2.6% in October.

Change in non-farm jobs since November 2022

For the 12-month period ending November 2022, the non-farm job count in the Utica-Rome MSA increased 2,400, or 2%, to 123,900. Private sector employment rose 1,500, or 1.6 percent, to 93,100.

Job gains were posted in:

• Government, an increase (plus) 900;
• Leisure and hospitality, plus 400;
• Education and health services, plus 600;
• Natural resources, mining and construction, plus 100;
• Manufacturing, plus 100;
• Other services, plus 200;
• Professional and business services, plus 100.

County rankings

• Oneida County ranked at 32 of 62 counties in the state for its unemployment rate which was 2.9% in November, an increase from 2.6% in October.
• Madison County ranked at 19 with an unemployment rate of 2.6%, an increase from 2.3% in October.
• Herkimer County ranked 48 at 3.3%, an increase from 2.7% in October; and
• Lewis County ranked 42 at 3.2%, an increase from 2.3% in October, according to the state Bureau of Labor Statistics.