Jobless trend

The Syracuse area unemployment rate has remained consistently above the national jobless rate since November 2016.

Syracuse

Syracuse

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (UNADJUSTED)

CHANGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

OVER SAME MONTH PREVIOUS YEAR

U.S.

U.S.

7%

+0.4%

6

+0.2

5

0.0

4

–0.2

3

–0.4

2

–0.6

1

0

–0.8

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

J

F

M

A

M

J

M

M

J

S

N

J

M

M

J

S

N

J

M

M

F

J

A

O

D

F

A

J

D

F

A

A

O

A

2016

2017

2018

2017

2018

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (UNADJUSTED)

CHANGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

OVER SAME MONTH PREVIOUS YEAR

U.S.

U.S.

Syracuse

Syracuse

7%

+0.4%

6

+0.2

5

0.0

4

–0.2

3

–0.4

2

–0.6

1

0

–0.8

M

J

S

M

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

J

F

M

A

M

J

M

M

J

S

N

J

M

N

J

M

F

J

A

O

D

F

A

J

O

D

F

A

A

A

2017

2017

2016

2018

2018

Syracuse

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (UNADJUSTED)

U.S.

7%

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

M

J

S

M

J

M

M

J

S

N

J

M

N

J

M

F

A

J

A

O

D

F

A

J

A

O

D

F

A

2017

2016

2018

Syracuse

CHANGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

OVER SAME MONTH PREVIOUS YEAR

U.S.

+0.4%

+0.2

0.0

–0.2

–0.4

–0.6

–0.8

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

J

F

M

A

M

2017

2018

Sources: U.S. Dept. of Labor, N.Y. State Dept. of Labor Michael Dupras | mdupras@syracuse.com