New York State Facts | Employment Statistics

Employment

Civilian labor force
(August 2006):
United States: 151,698,000
New York State: 9,476,500

Unemployment rate
(September 2006):
United States: 4.6%
New York State: 4.7%

These and other employment data can be found on the website for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Employment Distribution in New York State

By major industry classification, December 2000:

Mining -- 0.05%
Construction -- 3.80%
Manufacturing -- 9.96%
Transportation -- 4.93%
Wholesale trade -- 5.18%
Retail trade -- 15.53%
Finance & insurance -- 8.60%
Service industries -- 35.30%
Government -- 16.66%

Employment by industry class, along with other data, can be found on the Web site of the New York Department of Labor.

Nonfarm Employment by Industry data for New York State is available from the Department of Labor's Workforce New York