NYC job growth again in line with national pace; record NYC labor force participation; but a mixed picture for sectors where undocumented migrants tend to work

Strong January job gains and a surprisingly large array of annual benchmark employment revisions

New York City ended 2023 with slow job growth; Employment rates surpassed pre-pandemic levels for Black and white (but not Hispanic) workers

How the Rise in Care Work Intensifies New York’s Gender Income Inequality

While New York City’s economy is back to pre-pandemic job levels, rising public assistance demand highlights the need for State and City action to increase income for city residents

New York City’s labor force participation has largely recovered, but out-of-school/out-of-work rates are higher, particularly among young Black New Yorkers

Pandemic wage gains in New York City’s high-wage industries outpace gains for low- and middle-wage industry workers

Jobs in private sector close to pre-pandemic levels, alongside a shrunken public sector and shifts in the city’s industry composition

Cash Assistance rolls have risen sharply in New York City as a result of the uneven employment recovery and the end of various forms of pandemic economic assistance

Although unemployment has fallen in New York City, the last year has seen a sharp divergence in White and Black unemployment rates

NYC job growth slows and layoffs rise as national economic outlook weakens; NY’s unemployment safety net ill-prepared if unemployment rises

How Forced Arbitration & Non-Competes Tip Justice’s Scales Against Workers

New York City’s job growth shrinks further in January, but the annual employment revision reveals an overall increase and significant changes for several industries

Recent NYC job growth concentrated in low- and moderate-wage industries; long-term employment growth prediction suggests job quality should be a top policy priority

Twenty industries have added 113,000 jobs since February 2020, but there are also concerns about job quality; gig jobs are back to pre-pandemic levels

Rise in labor force participation pushes up the city’s unemployment rate; average weekly hours and real wages have fallen for many workers.

Essential and remote-working industry jobs surpass pre-pandemic levels, while employment in face-to-face industries lags by more than nine percent

Labor force participation and employment rates have recovered for the city's women workers, but not men.

Amidst Recession Concerns, Congress Funds Steps Toward Green Job Growth and Economic Recovery

New York City’s young adults are bearing the brunt of the pandemic jobs displacement; the employment rate for young men plunges to 34 percent.

Interest rate increases likely will slow the recovery in the state’s three regions; NYC’s tech industry has 6.4 percent more jobs than pre-pandemic, but lags the nation.

New York City has gained back 100,000 jobs during the first four months of this year but employment in face-to-face industries is still nearly 10 percent below pre-pandemic levels.

Considering recent economic turmoil, three problems are likely to beset the city’s job market for the next year or two.

Recovering industries continue to account for most of the city’s job gains; the number of households turning to public assistance is rising sharply

New York City has recovered 70% of its job loss; some industries are likely to continue lagging. And 15 industries have bucked the trend and increased jobs above pre-pandemic levels.

Even with sizable upward annual employment revisions, New York City’s pandemic jobs deficit remains more than three times the national average

Employment lags significantly in the city’s face-to-face industries, some remote-working industries also lag, and several industries with job gains pay low wages

Probing New York City’s pandemic-era differences in labor force participation and employment by gender, age, and race/ethnicity

New York City’s pandemic jobs deficit stood at 421,000 in December 2021; 15.2 percent Black unemployment in the fourth quarter

New York’s unemployment crisis stands out among all states; job opportunities evaporate for thousands of young city residents

New York State’s Unprecedented Covid-19 Unemployment Crisis Requires a Comprehensive, Immediate Active Labor Market Response

Strong October job growth when Covid-19 infection rates dropped; only a handful of low-paid industries see wage gains despite reports of higher wage offers

New York State’s 875,000 (8.9 percent) jobs deficit is tops in the nation

New Yorkers have received $272 billion in Federal Covid-19 relief funding, but most benefits have run out while a substantial jobs deficit persists.

It’s clear that most of the half-million unemployed New York City workers are not jobless by choice.