ALBANY – Unemployment in the Hudson Valley continued its steep decline in February with the regional rate of joblessness at 3.8 percent. The state labor department said that compares with a 3.6 percent rate in January and 6.3 percent in February 2021.
Many businesses continue to have difficulty recruiting and are offering sign-on bonuses.
Columbia and Rockland County each had the lowest rate in the region at 3.4 percent.
Putnam County follows with 3.5 percent joblessness. Dutchess had a 3.7 percent of joblessness, compared to Westchester at 3.8 percent, and Ulster at 3.9 percent.
Sullivan, Greene and Delaware counties all had 4.3 percent rates of unemployment.
| COUNTY | FEBRUARY 2022 | JANUARY 2022 | FEBRUARY 2021 |
| Columbia | 3.4 | 3.1 | 5.5 |
| Delaware | 4.3 | 4.1 | 6.5 |
| Dutchess | 3.7 | 3.5 | 6.0 |
| Greene | 4.3 | 4.0 | 6.8 |
| Orange | 3.9 | 3.6 | 6.4 |
| Putnam | 3.5 | 3.3 | 5.7 |
| Rockland | 3.4 | 3.3 | 5.7 |
| Sullivan | 4.3 | 4.0 | 6.8 |
| Ulster | 3.9 | 3.7 | 6.5 |
| Westchester | 3.8 | 3.6 | 6.5 |
