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