Preliminary seasonally adjusted numbers provided Thursday by the state Department of Labor show that the number of private sector jobs in New York rose by 10,800, or 0.1%, over the month.

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In July, there were 8,401,600 private sector jobs in the state as a whole. The department said that the number of private sector jobs in the U.S. also increased by 0.1% in July.

In July 2024, vector jobs (not corrected for seasonality) rose by 159,900, or 1.9%, over the previous year. This was more than the 1.4% rise in private-sector jobs in the U.S.

Seasonally Adjusted Jobless Rate

The state's seasonally adjusted jobless rate went up from 4.2% to 4.3% in July, while the seasonally adjusted number of people working in the state went up by 700.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor conducts a payroll survey of New York businesses to determine the number of private sector jobs.

In July, the unemployment rate across the state went up from 4.2% to 4.3%. The unemployment number in New York City went up from 4.8% to 5.0%.