BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Labor released preliminary local area unemployment rates for September 2020 on Tuesday.
The latest data from the New York State Department of Labor shows that the state's unemployment rate is continuing to decline. However, the area of Buffalo and Niagara Falls still continues to have one of the highest unemployment rates in New York State.
According to the Department of Labor, the area of Buffalo and Niagara Falls had the third highest unemployment rate in New York during the month of September. New York City once again had the highest unemployment rate, while the area of Orange-Rockland-Westchester had the second highest.
However, the unemployment rate is trending in the right direction.
The New York State Department of Labor reports Buffalo and Niagara Falls had a 6.7 percent unemployment rate in September. This time last year, the unemployment rate was 4 percent.
Back in April, Buffalo and Niagara Falls had the highest unemployment rate in the state during that month with an unemployment rate of 19.2 percent. The unemployment rate then decreased in May to 14.3 percent and decreased again in June to 13.7 percent.
That number then increased slightly in July to 14.1 percent, but once again began a downward trend in August dropping to 10.8 percent.
