# Unemployment: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Unemployment: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 25.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with 8.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 460,731 thousands.
That is the highest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −54.7% (May 2021) to 398.5% (May 2020), averaging 10.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-35620.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/unemployment-new-york-newark-jersey-city-ny-nj-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 460,731 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 491,982 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 451,249 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 469,410 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 443,573 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 431,589 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 469,713 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 551,247 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 497,270 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 468,687 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 492,743 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 546,808 thousands | 25.8 |
| August 2025 | 563,949 thousands | 8.1 |
| July 2025 | 561,049 thousands | 4.2 |
| June 2025 | 493,149 thousands | 3.8 |
| May 2025 | 447,832 thousands | 4.5 |
| April 2025 | 438,457 thousands | 7.3 |
| March 2025 | 469,461 thousands | 4.8 |
| February 2025 | 480,372 thousands | 2.1 |
| January 2025 | 469,704 thousands | 4.5 |
| December 2024 | 425,652 thousands | 2.8 |
| November 2024 | 444,013 thousands | 8.4 |
| October 2024 | 446,811 thousands | 0.09 |
| September 2024 | 434,683 thousands | −0.04 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-35620.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-35620.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```