The Long Island unemployment rate ticked higher in November, after dropping to an all-time low in October.
The not-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for Long Island in November was 2.5 percent, up from the 2.2 percent rate from October, according to preliminary numbers from the New York State Department of Labor.
The October rate of 2.2 percent was the lowest Long Island unemployment rate in the more than 32 years on record.
The November not-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for Nassau County was 2.3 percent and the rate for Suffolk County was 2.5 percent, the DOL reports.
November’s unemployment rate for Long Island was well below the 3.1 percent unemployment rate recorded a year ago.
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 4.3 percent in November.
New York City had the highest unemployment rates in the state in November, led by the Bronx (7.4 percent); Brooklyn (5.5 percent); Staten Island (4.9 percent) and Queens (4.8 percent).
Saratoga County led the state with the lowest unemployment rate in November at 2.1 percent, followed by Columbia County at 2.2 percent.
David Winzelberg
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