New York State Department of Labor<\/strong> reports Chautauqua’s rate for January was 5.1% compared with 3.8% in December and 4.8% in January 2022.<\/p>\nCattaraugus County’s rate was 5.2% for January 2023, compared with 3.8% in December and 4.8% in January 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Unemployment rates jumped over a percentage point in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties for January 2023. The New York State Department of Labor reports Chautauqua’s rate for January was 5.1% compared with 3.8% in December and 4.8% in January 2022. Cattaraugus County’s rate was 5.2% for January 2023, compared with 3.8% in December and 4.8% in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":50706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[1685,2310],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NYS-DOL-January-2023.png?fit=598%2C443&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-dbP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49742,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/unemployment-up-slightly-for-chautauqua-cattaraugus-counties-for-december\/","url_meta":{"origin":50705,"position":0},"title":"Unemployment Up Slightly for Chautauqua, Cattaraugus Counties for December","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"January 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Unemployment ticked up slightly for Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties for December 2022. 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