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New York jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

New York’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. 29,053 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 174 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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New York economy

  • 4.3%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 10,027,909

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 19,872,319

    people in New York

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $84,578

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 45%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

New York outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 5.8% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 0.6% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.5%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+254,194 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+84,778 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−21,582 jobs), manufacturing (−19,878 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in New York. Each link goes to the publisher.

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New York layoffs

  • 174

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 13,352

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 122

    employers

Layoff notices filed in New York, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Old NavyTakes effect Jan 22, 2027New York44ClosureState record
CPS 5 LLCTakes effect Jan 18, 2027New York80ClosureState record
Cayuga Home for ChildrenTakes effect Jan 4, 2027New York34ClosureState record
Cayuga Home for ChildrenTakes effect Jan 4, 2027Cayuga4ClosureState record
SYPartners, LLCTakes effect Dec 31, 2026New York31LayoffState record
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber CompanyTakes effect Dec 30, 2026Niagara51ClosureState record
Altera Digital HealthTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Suffolk133LayoffState record
Children's Home of PoughkeepsieTakes effect Dec 28, 2026Dutchess39LayoffState record
Bowery F&B, LLCTakes effect Dec 21, 2026New York28ClosureState record
Acme Markets, Inc.Takes effect Dec 10, 2026Westchester38ClosureState record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in New York

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Amazon579 open roles
  2. Publicis Groupe291 open roles
  3. Confidential158 open roles
  4. New York Life158 open roles
  5. JPMorgan Chase134 open roles
  6. ScrumAID130 open roles
  7. Ramp122 open roles
  8. Datadog108 open roles
  9. Estee Lauder Companies99 open roles
  10. The New York Times97 open roles
  11. Harvey93 open roles
  12. Legora89 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in New York

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in New York

  • 214

    public and private non-profit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 1,203,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in New York

Largest colleges in New York
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew YorkPrivate non-profit 4-year20,000+
Cornell UniversityIthacaPrivate non-profit 4-year20,000+
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew YorkPublic 4-year20,000+
CUNY Hunter CollegeNew YorkPublic 4-year20,000+
New York UniversityNew YorkPrivate non-profit 4-year20,000+
Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookPublic 4-year20,000+
Syracuse UniversitySyracusePrivate non-profit 4-year20,000+
University at BuffaloBuffaloPublic 4-year20,000+
Binghamton UniversityVestalPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Bryant & Stratton College-OnlineOrchard ParkPrivate non-profit 4-year10,000–19,999
College of Staten Island CUNYStaten IslandPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklynPublic 4-year10,000–19,999

All 214 New York colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving New York. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in New York? How to file for unemployment in New York (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

87 American Job Centers in New York

Job fairs and business events in New York

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in New York.

Conferences in New York

Industry conferences and trade shows held in New York, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 97 with dates announced.

  • NEAIR Annual Conference

    Nov 7 to Nov 10, 2026 · Albany, NY

    Ticket About $625. Regular rate $625; the $550 early bird ended Oct 9.

  • Diversity & Procurement Summit

    Nov 12, 2026 · New York, NY

    Paid ticket. Ticket price not listed; registration via Eventbrite link on page

  • ARIAS-U.S. Fall Conference

    Nov 12 to Nov 13, 2026 · New York, NY

    Paid ticket. Price not captured; ARIAS-U.S. is a reinsurance arbitration society and members get preferred rates.

  • Private Equity Wire US Summit

    Nov 12, 2026 · New York, NY

    Apply to attend. GP and LP passes listed as free, LP passes subject to validation.

  • NYU Institute on Federal Taxation

    Nov 15 to Nov 20, 2026 · New York, NY

    Ticket About $2,340. Fee per the NYU page; CPE-oriented week-long program.

  • Family Wealth Report Family Office Investment Summit

    Nov 16, 2026 · New York, NY

    Apply to attend. Earlier lead says complimentary for approved delegates; terms not stated on the summit listing.

  • SuperReturn Private Credit North America

    Nov 16 to Nov 18, 2026 · New York, NY

    Free expo, paid sessions. Paid passes for GPs/service providers (price shown at booking; book by Oct 30 to save up to $300); LPs…

  • ACI Digital Assets: Compliance, Enforcement & Regulatory Oversight

    Nov 17 to Nov 18, 2026 · New York, NY

    Ticket $1,645 to $2,295. In-person: Government $1,645 early (pay by Oct 30) / $1,725 standard; In-House $1,695 / $1,795; Law…

  • SIFMA Market Structure Conference

    Nov 17 to Nov 18, 2026 · New York, NY

    Paid ticket. Held at New York Law School; pricing not read.

  • RailTrends

    Nov 19 to Nov 20, 2026 · New York, NY

    Paid ticket. Registration price not found in search results.

  • Greater New York Dental Meeting

    Nov 27 to Dec 1, 2026 · New York, NY

    Free expo floor; session passes $0 to $75. Registration free until Nov 26; $75 on-site/online Nov 27-Dec 1; course tuition extra.

  • AI Dev (DeepLearning.AI)

    Nov 30 to Dec 1, 2026 · New York, NY

    Ticket $599 to $799. Standard $599; Pro $799 (includes 1 year DLAI Pro)

  • VETCON New York

    Dec 1 to Dec 2, 2026 · Albany, NY

    Paid ticket. Registered through Eventbrite; price not read.

  • ODSC AI NYC (AI for Work Summit)

    Dec 2 to Dec 3, 2026 · New York, NY

    Free expo floor; session passes $0 to $1,200. Open Pass free; Training $449 early/$800; Leadership Plus $649 early/$1,200

  • Salesforce World Tour New York (Agentforce)

    Dec 3, 2026 · New York, NY

    Free. Free registration.

  • The AI Summit New York

    Dec 9 to Dec 10, 2026 · New York, NY

    Ticket $129 to $2,999. Expo $129, Delegate $2,399, VIP All Access $2,999 (discounted from $199/$2,899/$3,499; offer ends Dec 8).

    Open call for speakers

  • NRF Retail's Big Show

    Jan 10 to Jan 12, 2027 · New York, NY

    Ticket $1,200 to $2,400. All-Access Pass: retail member $1,200 advance (through 11/19/2026), $1,300 last chance (through…

    Open call for speakers

  • APAP|NYC

    Jan 15 to Jan 19, 2027 · New York, NY

    Ticket $875 to $1,125. Early bird $875 to Nov 5; $1,075 to Jan 12; onsite $1,125; one-day $595. Requires APAP membership from $60.

  • NYSBA Annual Conference

    Jan 19 to Jan 22, 2027 · New York, NY

    Ticket $150 to $395. Member early bird $150 to 11/2/2026 then $250; non-member $395; plus section program fees ($195-$225).

  • New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting

    Jan 19 to Jan 22, 2027 · New York, NY

    Ticket $150 to $595. General registration $150 NYSBA member early bird (to Nov 2), $250 after, $395 non-member; All Access Pass…

  • Inman Connect New York

    Jan 26 to Jan 28, 2027 · New York, NY

    Ticket About $799. Early bird pass $799; other tiers not shown on the event page.

  • Private Funds CFO New York Forum

    Jan 26 to Jan 27, 2027 · New York, NY

    Ticket $4,045 to $4,495. New York Forum Access from US$4,045 (US$4,495 also shown); includes an annual PEI Network membership.…

  • CASE-NAIS Independent Schools Conference

    Jan 31 to Feb 2, 2027 · New York, NY

    Paid ticket. Pricing not captured.

  • CAA Annual Conference

    Feb 3 to Feb 6, 2027 · New York, NY

    Paid ticket. Fees not read.

    Open call for speakers · deadline Aug 31, 2026

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New York counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

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New York cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

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See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; layoff notices from New York’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. New York unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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