May Unemployment in Yates Co. Tied for Lowest in NY

Yates County was tied with two other New York counties for having the lowest unemployment rate last month.

Yates, Columbia, and Saratoga counties each recorded a jobless rate of 2.4 percent for May. Ontario County’s unemployment rate for May was 2.6 percent, Seneca County was 2.7 percent, Schuyler County checked in at 3 percent and Steuben County’s jobless rate was 3.4 percent.

The state’s overall unemployment rate decreased from 4 percent in April to 3.9 in May.