Syracuse area posts nearly 10% drop in manufacturing jobs in last year

The number of people employed in the manufacturing industry in the Syracuse metro area fell by 9.9 percent to 23,600 in November 2020 from 26,200 in November 2019, amid the coronavirus pandemic. That’s smaller than the 10.2 percent drop in total nonfarm jobs and 11.5 percent decline in total private-sector positions in the Syracuse region in the last year, according to New York State Department of Labor data.

For New York state as a whole, manufacturing jobs fell by 10.1 percent to 394,000 in November 2020 from 438,300 in November 2019. That’s slightly more than the 9.9 percent drop in total nonfarm jobs, but less than the 11.2 percent decline in total private-sector positions in the state in the last 12 months, according to the Labor Department.