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Unemployed people in Schenectady, NY

Unemployed people in Schenectady, NY was 1,462 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 2.7% from 2024. That is the 9th highest of 39 cities in 2025.

2025, persons1,462
Change on 2024+2.7%
Rank9th of 39Cities in New York ranked
Series high3,2402020
Series low1,1322000

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Unemployed people in Schenectady, NY, 1990 to 2025

1,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,50019901996200220082014202020251990: 1,811 persons1991: 2,792 persons1992: 2,998 persons1993: 2,441 persons1994: 2,291 persons1995: 2,405 persons1996: 2,138 persons1997: 2,063 persons1998: 1,847 persons1999: 1,578 persons2000: 1,132 persons2001: 1,140 persons2002: 1,428 persons2003: 1,553 persons2004: 1,644 persons2005: 1,500 persons2006: 1,448 persons2007: 1,477 persons2008: 1,847 persons2009: 2,772 persons2010: 3,072 persons2011: 2,878 persons2012: 3,079 persons2013: 2,640 persons2014: 2,011 persons2015: 1,761 persons2016: 1,635 persons2017: 1,637 persons2018: 1,437 persons2019: 1,370 persons2020: 3,240 persons2021: 2,052 persons2022: 1,319 persons2023: 1,351 persons2024: 1,424 persons2025: 1,462 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20251,462
20241,424
20231,351
20221,319
20212,052
20203,240
20191,370
20181,437
20171,637
20161,635
20151,761
20142,011
20132,640
20123,079
20112,878
20103,072
20092,772
20081,847
20071,477
20061,448
20051,500
20041,644
20031,553
20021,428
20011,140
20001,132
19991,578
19981,847
19972,063
19962,138
19952,405
19942,291
19932,441
19922,998
19912,792
19901,811

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Schenectady, NY, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Schenectady, NY, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/schenectady-ny. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Schenectady, NY, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/schenectady-ny.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Schenectady, NY, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/schenectady-ny (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Schenectady, NY?

Unemployed people in Schenectady, NY was 1,462 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 2.7% from 2024. That is the 9th highest of 39 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Schenectady, NY?

3,240 in 2020, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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