Unemployment rate down in Orleans compared to year ago
The unemployment rate in Orleans County was 4.0 in December, which is down from the 4.6 rate a year earlier in December 2023, according to the state Department of Labor.
The county had 100 more people employed at 16,400, while the number unemployed was at 700, down by 100 from December 2023.
Nationally the unemployment rate was at 3.8 percent (compared to 3.5 percent a year earlier) while the statewide rate was 4.1 percent (compared to 4.4 percent a year earlier).
Here are some of the local unemployment rates in December 2024:
- Orleans, 4.0 percent
- Niagara, 4.3 percent
- Genesee, 3.4 percent
- Wyoming, 4.3 percent
- Livingston, 3.6 percent
- Erie, 3.9 percent
- Monroe, 3.5 percent
Here are the unemployment rates for each month in Orleans County during 2024:
- January, 5.3 percent
- February, 5.2 percent
- March, 4.9 percent
- April, 4.0 percent
- May, 3.7 percent
- June, 3.8 percent
- July, 4.4 percent
- August, 4.4 percent
- September, 3.2 percent
- October, 3.3 percent
- November, 3.5 percent
- December, 4.0 percent
