Rockland Among NY Counties with Lowest Unemployment Rate

Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties have some of the lowest unemployment rates in New York State.

The tri-county unemployment rate last month was 4.7 percent—down from 5.3 percent a year ago. The state’s unemployment rate as of November was 5.9 percent, according to the New York State Labor Department.

The counties in New York State with the lowest unemployment rates include:

• Tompkins County (3.8%)
• Putnam County (4.3%)
• Columbia County (4.4%)
• Nassau County (4.4%)
• Saratoga County (4.4%)
• Albany County (4.7%)
• Rockland County (4.7%)
• Suffolk County (4.8%)
• Westchester County (4.8%)

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Rates are calculated following procedures prescribed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The state’s unemployment rate relies in part on the results of the Current Population Survey, which contacts approximately 3,100 households in New York State each month.

The state’s private sector job count increased by 97,700 from November 2013 to November 2014. In November 2014, the number of private sector jobs in the state was 7,608,700. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 6.0 percent to 5.9 percent in November 2014, its lowest level since September 2008. See County Unemployment rates for current unemployment rates for all 62 counties in New York State.