New York state’s unemployment rate remain unchanged in July at 7.5 percent, its lowest level since February 2009, according to preliminary figures the New York State Department of Labor released today.
In areas of the state outside of New York City, which includes all of Upstate and Long Island, the unemployment rate fell from 6.9 percent in June to 6.8 percent in July, its lowest level since January 2009.
In addition, the number of unemployed state residents declined by 3,100 to 717,700, according to the Department of Labor.
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New York’s private-sector job count dipped by 9,200, a decline of 0.1 percent, to 7,436,800 in July from June, the department said.
On a year-over-year basis, New York reported a net gain of 119,800 total jobs between July 2012 and July 2013, a gain of 1.4 percent. The state gained more than 129,000 private-sector jobs in the same 12-month period, an increase of 1.8 percent, according to the state Labor Department.
Educational and health services added the most jobs statewide, 37,000, over the last year. The leisure and hospitality sector was second in the category, adding 33,900 positions.
Positions in the professional and business-service sector were third on the list, adding 29,800 positions. The trade, transportation, and utilities sector followed, adding 29.200 jobs.
The manufacturing sector led the way in job losses, declining by 15,800, in the last year, according to the state Labor Department.
CNY regional data
The Syracuse area generated a net gain of 4,100 total nonfarm jobs between July 2012 and this July, an increase of 1.3 percent, according to the state Labor Department data. The region gained 3,500 private-sector jobs in the same period, a rise of 1.4 percent.
The Ithaca region added 1,500 total nonfarm jobs year-over-year, an increase of 2.4 percent. Ithaca’s private-sector employers added 1,300 jobs between July 2012 and July 2013, also an increase of 2.4 percent.
The Ithaca area’s year-over-year private-sector job growth of 2.4 percent is second only to New York City among the state’s metro areas, the Department of Labor said.
In the Utica–Rome metro region, the state figures indicate a year-over-year net gain of 900 total nonfarm jobs, or 0.7 percent. The region also gained 1,300 private-sector jobs, a 1.3 percent increase, in the same 12-month period.
The Binghamton area saw a year-over-year net decline of 500 nonfarm jobs, or a 0.5 percent decrease. In the same time period, the region’s private-sector employers added 1,000 jobs, an increase of 1.2 percent between last July and this past July.
The state’s private-sector job count is based on a payroll survey of 18,000 New York employers that the U.S. Department of Labor conducts.
The federal government calculates New York’s unemployment rate partly based upon the results of a monthly telephone survey of 3,100 state households that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts.
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
