The unemployment rate in the Rochester area continues to fall. The latest numbers from the NY State Labor Department have the November jobless rate at 4.6 percent, a tenth more than October but down from 5.3 percent at this time last year.
State Labor Analyst Tammy Marino says this has been a trend for the last several years.
"The recession ended about six years ago, and during that time the Rochester area has regained all the jobs that were lost to the recession and we've also created an additional 15,000 new jobs.
As a result, the local unemployment rate has dropped back to a much more reasonable 4.6 percent.
Last week, the labor department said the Rochester area saw an increase of 5,400 private sector jobs in November compared to a year ago.
Marino says the one weak spot this year has been manufacturing, which she says has been the story in a number of other cities around the northeast.
