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The Long Island unemployment rate fell significantly in September, after it had climbed for three straight months.
The not-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for Long Island in September was 2.7 percent, down from the 3.4 percent rate from August, according to preliminary numbers from the New York State Department of Labor.
The September not-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for Nassau County was 2.7 percent and the rate for Suffolk County was 2.8 percent, the DOL reports.
September’s unemployment rate for Long Island was a percentage point below the 3.7 percent unemployment rate recorded in September 2021.
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped from 4.7 percent in August to 4.3 percent last month.
New York City had the highest unemployment rates in the state in September, led by the Bronx (7.2 percent); Brooklyn (5.2 percent); Staten Island (4.9 percent) and Queens (4.8 percent).
Columbia, Saratoga and Yates counties led the state with the lowest unemployment rate in September at 2.4 percent, followed by Genesee and Wyoming counties at 2.5 percent.
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