Central New York's jobless rate doesn't include the hidden unemployed (real rate nearly 15%)

The Post-Standard-Syracuse NY ^ | January 04, 2010, 6:24AM | By Marnie Eisenstadt

[Behind Liberal Lines]

roughly 18,000 people in Central New York ... are working part-time because they can’t find full-time work. They aren’t counted in the unemployment numbers released every month because they are working. Just not enough.

People who have stopped looking for work also aren’t counted in the monthly unemployment figures. If both groups were counted, the Syracuse area’s unemployment rate would be 14.8 percent. That’s almost 50,000 people, and almost double the unemployment rate in November, 7.8 percent.

[Gene Eric]

These numbers would be widely reported if a Republican were in the WH.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Upstate NY ping

[PeterPrinciple]

I wonder what the hidden employed list looks like?

[kcvl]

That doesn’t include people working for cash (under the table) and ILLEGALS.

[NativeNewYorker]

Well, Syracuse did vote for hopenchange...

[neverdem]

Thanks, Happy New Year!

[SunkenCiv]

• Indigenous immigrants to be counted in 2010 Census

Thanks Behind Liberal Lines.

[1_Rain_Drop]

no illegals in this particular spot in NY unless they’re brought up from NYC to do some weekend work. The locals want to be paid in cash only and most are on some sort of disability. Employers hire only part time workers.

[mia]

"That doesn’t include people working for cash (under the table) and ILLEGALS.

And, doesn't include those self-employed. They aren't eligible for unemployment.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

If 7.8% was the number the state wouldn’t be in the financial straights it finds itself.
I would like to see NYS public vs. private employment numbers. When my brother and I went to his Godmother’s funeral a few years back, we chatted with the bartender and her friend in the hotel bar. Their goal was to get a job with the state for the retirement benefits. Some ambition.