DECEMBER 10 — REGION UNEMPLOYMENT MIXED STEADY: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REPORTS | WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER SETS RECORD VISITS FOR YEAR 7,017,658 VISITS! 2,098,003 VISITORS MADE 6 VISITS A DAY EVERY DAY. 63,330 UNIQUE VISITORS MADE 133,730 VISITS IN DECEMBER. WPCNR AVERAGED 17,284 VISITORS A WEEK, VISITING 31,270 TIMES.

Hudson Valley Region:

The September 2025 unemployment rate for the Hudson Valley Region is 3.7 percent. That is down from 3.8 percent in August 2025 and up from 3.0 percent in September 2024. In September 2025, there were 45,500 unemployed in the region, down from 46,400 in August 2025 and up from 36,400 in September 2024. Year-over-year in September 2025, labor force increased by 13,000 or 1.1 percent, to 1,238,600.

The Hudson Valley Region’s September 2025 unemployment rate (3.7 percent) is tied with the Long Island Region for the second lowest rate among the 10 labor market regions in New York State.

Capital Region 3.6 percent
Hudson Valley 3.7 percent
Long Island 3.7 percent
Central New York 3.9 percent
Finger Lakes 3.9 percent
North Country 4.0 percent
Southern Tier 4.0 percent
Mohawk Valley 4.1 percent
Western New York 4.1 percent
New York City 6.0 percent

In September 2025, the lowest unemployment rate within the region (3.2 percent) was recorded in Putnam County.

Putnam County 3.2 percent
Rockland County 3.5 percent
Dutchess County 3.6 percent
Sullivan County 3.6 percent
Westchester County 3.6 percent
Ulster County 3.8 percent
Orange County 4.2percent