Bean Town Times

Suffolk County recorded an unemployment rate of 6.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 32,537 people out of the 792,647 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 6.8% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Suffolk County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.4%.

Of the 437,698 people who had a job during that time, 753 were employed in the Armed Forces and 436,945 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	32,537	6.9%
Employed	437,698	93.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	436,945	92.9%
Employed in armed forces	753	0.2%