The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome area declined from 3.4% in April 2022 to 2.8% in April 2023. The unemployment rate was 3.6% in March.

Change in non-farm jobs since March

For the 12-month period ending April 2023, the non-farm job count in the Utica-Rome metro increased 1,600, or 1.3%, to 121,900. Private sector employment rose 1,400, or 1.5%, to 92,000.

Job gains were posted in: private education and health services, plus 900; leisure and hospitality, plus 700; government, plus 200; financial activities, plus 100; manufacturing, plus 100; and other services, plus 100.

Professional and business services, minus 300; natural resources, mining, and construction, minus 100; and trade, transportation, and utilities, minus 100; declined over the year.

County rankings

• Oneida County ranked at 29 of 62 counties in the state for its unemployment rate which was 2.7% in April.

• Madison County ranked at 27 with an unemployment rate of 2.6%.

• Herkimer County ranked 46 with an unemployment rate of 3.2%.

• Lewis County ranked 56 with an unemployment rate of 3.7%, according to the state Bureau of Labor Statistics.