Finger Lakes Today

Tompkins County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 2,571 people out of the 105,638 living in Tompkins County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Tompkins County has increased compared to the 4.1% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 52,085 people who had a job during that time, 42 were employed in the Armed Forces and 52,043 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	2,571	4.7%
Employed	52,085	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	52,043	95.2%
Employed in armed forces	42	0.1%