Persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. None of the figures presented here are seasonally adjusted. Estimates for New York State, New York City and the balance of New York State for 1978 to the present are produced by using time-series regression models. The Current Employment Statistics program conducts a survey of employers which produces estimates of the total number of employees for a particular area. A detailed description of estimation procedures is available from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics upon request.
Unemployment is derived from unemployment insurance administrative data.
Employment is derived from the Current Employment Statistics survey. Changes in the method of estimating substate areas caused breaks in the continuity of the data series. Because of the changes in methodology, data for the period preceding each break is not comparable to data for the period following each break. Annual Revisions Labor force, employment and unemployment data shown for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the end of each year, usually with January estimates. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census and any revisions in the other data sources.