Suffolk Reporter

Suffolk County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 38,945 people out of the 1,522,998 living in Suffolk County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Suffolk County has increased compared to the 4.5% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Suffolk County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.2%.

Of the 776,906 people who had a job during that time, 839 were employed in the Armed Forces and 776,067 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	38,945	4.8%
Employed	776,906	95.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	776,067	95.1%
Employed in armed forces	839	0.1%