NY State's Unemployment Rate Remained at 8% in September

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State's Unemployment Rate Remained at 8% in September

ALBANY, NY.-- New York State's unemployment rate was 8.0% in September 2011, unchanged from August 2011, the State Labor Department reported today. The number of unemployed New Yorkers inched up over the month – increasing from 755,900 in August to 759,000 in September 2011.

New York State's private sector job count increased by 14,700, or 0.2%, in September 2011. This figure reflects the end of a strike at Verizon that brought 16,000 people back to work in New York State. Since the state's economic recovery began in November 2009, New York has recouped 180,900, or 54%, of the private sector jobs lost during the 2008-2009 recession.

"Over the past year, New York State has added nearly 100,000 private sector jobs. Our statewide unemployment rate held steady at 8.0% over the month, remaining below the U.S. rate of 9.1%," said Bohdan M. Wynnyk, Deputy Director of the Division of Research and Statistics.

Note: The data above are seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data provide the most valid month-to-month comparison. Non-seasonally adjusted data are valuable in year-to-year comparisons of the same month; for example, September 2010 versus September 2011.

1) Unemployment rates (seasonally adjusted):

In September 2011, New York State's unemployment rate was 8.0%, unchanged from August 2011. The U.S. unemployment rate remained unchanged -- at 9.1% -- in September 2011.

Unemployment Rates (%)*

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