June 2025 | Released July 18, 2025

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United States

Employment snapshot

• In June, among the 50 states and the District of Columbia unemployment fell in 11, rose in 7, and remained unchanged in 33.

• The highest unemployment rate was 5.9 percent in District of Columbia, and the lowest was 1.8 percent in South Dakota. Nationally, the unemployment rate fell by 0.1 percentage point to 4.1 percent.

• In June, payroll jobs rose in 27 states and fell in 24. The largest payroll job percent increase was 0.9 percent in Alaska. The largest payroll job percent decline was 0.5 percent in Rhode Island.

New York

Employment snapshot

• In June, New York added 8,200 net payroll jobs and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4 percent. In the prior month, New York lost 1,100 net payroll jobs.

• Over the past 12 months, New York added 100,100 net payroll jobs and the unemployment rate fell by 0.3 percentage points from 4.3 percent.

• Nationally, nonfarm payrolls rose by 147,000 in June, or 0.1 percent. New York is tied for 20th in the nation for percentage gain in nonfarm payroll employment over the past 12 months.

• In June, New York’s private sector added 6,500 net private payroll jobs, and over the past 12 months it added 86,800 private payroll jobs. In the prior month, New York added 1,700 net private payroll jobs.

• In June, employment in New York rose by 7,194, and over the past 12 months it rose by 68,076.

• New York’s labor force participation rate fell to 60.9 percent in June from 61 percent and ranks 36th in the nation. In the past 12 months, the labor force participation rate has remained unchanged.

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New York

Payroll employment

• New York added 8,200 net payroll jobs, or 0.1 percent, on a seasonally adjusted basis during June. In the prior month, New York lost 1,100 jobs. New York nonfarm payroll employment has increased in 8 of the past 12 months.

• Nationally, nonfarm payrolls rose by 147,000 in June, or 0.1 percent. New York is tied for 20th in the nation for percentage gain in nonfarm payroll employment over the past 12 months.

• New York added 6,500 private sector jobs, or 0.1 percent, on a seasonally adjusted basis during June. In the prior month, New York added 1,700 jobs. New York private sector payroll employment has increased in 8 of the past 12 months.

• Nationally, private sector payroll jobs rose by 74,000 jobs in June, or 0.1 percent. New York is tied for 19th in the nation for percentage gain in private sector payroll employment over the past 12 months.

From May 2025 to June 2025:

• The best performing sectors were Private Education and Health Services (+8,400) and Leisure and Hospitality (+5,700).
• The worst performing sectors were Professional and Business Services (-6,200) and Other Services (-3,200).

From June 2024 to June 2025:

• The best performing sectors were Private Education and Health Services (+93,100) and Leisure and Hospitality (+19,900).
• The worst performing sectors were Construction (-8,500) and Other Services (-6,100).

New York

Labor force

The labor force participation rate is the percentage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population age 16 and older who are employed or actively looking for work.

• The labor force participation rate in New York fell to 60.9 percent in June from 61 percent in the prior month.

• New York ranks 36th in the nation.

• The 10-year high for the labor force participation rate in New York was 61.1 percent occurring in October 2023, and the 10-year low was 56.1 percent in April 2020.

• The national labor force participation rate fell by 0.1 percentage points to 62.3 percent in June.