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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in New York

1976 – 2025 · 50 data points Updated Nov 13, 2026
Economy & jobs · New York New York

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1976 – 2025

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Latest value · 2025 4,399,248 +1.1% since 2024
First value · 1976 3,074,365
since 2015 +4.3% +0.7% a year on average
share of New York 44.0% New York: 10,008,976 · 2025
Labour force, 1976 – 2025 people
+4.3% since 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1976 – 2025

Compared with Labour force · people
New York 4.4M
New York 10M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics

The series at a glance New York · 1976 – 2025
Latest value 4,399,248 · 2025
First value 3,074,365 · 1976
Highest 4,399,248 · 2025
Lowest 3,057,016 · 1978
Average change +0.7% a year on average
Data points 50

By year

All years · 1976 – 2025

YearNew YorkChange New York
2025 4,399,248 +1.1% 10M
2024 4,349,940 +2.1% 9.9M
2023 4,260,154 +2.3% 9.8M
2022 4,166,275 +0.7% 9.7M
2021 4,135,749 +1.3% 9.6M
2020 4,080,766 −4.6% 9.6M
2019 4,278,064 +0.2% 9.9M
2018 4,271,044 −0.6% 9.8M
2017 4,295,879 +1.3% 9.8M
2016 4,241,256 +0.5% 9.8M
2015 4,218,932 +0.5% 9.7M
2014 4,196,850 +1.2% 9.7M
2013 4,146,636 +1.8% 9.8M
2012 4,072,607 +1.8% 9.7M
2011 4,001,394 +0.6% 9.6M
2010 3,979,356 +0.7% 9.6M
2009 3,953,638 +1.0% 9.6M
2008 3,914,543 +2.3% 9.6M
2007 3,826,881 +0.7% 9.5M
2006 3,798,521 +0.6% 9.5M
2005 3,774,940 +0.9% 9.4M
2004 3,741,386 +1.3% 9.3M
2003 3,692,263 −0.5% 9.3M
2002 3,712,030 +1.9% 9.3M
2001 3,643,793 −0.4% 9.1M
2000 3,657,922 +1.8% 9.1M
1999 3,592,240 +0.9% 9.1M
1998 3,558,480 +1.0% 9.1M
1997 3,521,741 +3.8% 9M
1996 3,392,615 +3.0% 8.8M
1995 3,293,679 +0.3% 8.7M
1994 3,282,918 −0.6% 8.7M
1993 3,303,622 −0.5% 8.7M
1992 3,318,901 +1.1% 8.8M
1991 3,284,009 −1.6% 8.8M
1990 3,336,729 +0.4% 8.8M
1989 3,324,103 +3.0% 8.8M
1988 3,226,271 −0.1% 8.6M
1987 3,229,032 −0.0% 8.6M
1986 3,230,008 +0.8% 8.5M
1985 3,203,566 +3.7% 8.4M
1984 3,088,964 +0.7% 8.2M
1983 3,067,214 −0.6% 8.1M
1982 3,084,507 −0.2% 8M
1981 3,089,289 +1.0% 8M
1980 3,058,795 −0.2% 8M
1979 3,064,722 +0.3% 8M
1978 3,057,016 −0.1% 7.8M
1977 3,060,116 −0.5% 7.7M
1976 3,074,365 7.7M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1976 – 2025

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.