All but one CNY sub-region added jobs in the last year

The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, and Elmira regions all gained jobs between March 2023 and this past March. Bucking the trend, the Ithaca metro area posted a slight decline in jobs in that same 12-month period, according to the latest monthly employment report that the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) issued on April 18. March jobs data The Syracuse region gained 7,500 jobs in the past year, a rise of 2.4 percent. Elsewhere, the Utica–Rome metro area added 1,900 jobs, an increase of 1.6 percent; the Watertown–Fort Drum region picked up 1,000 positions, up 2.5 percent; the Binghamton area gained 2,500 jobs, an increase of 2.6 percent; and the Elmira region added 1,000 jobs, a gain of 2.9 percent — between March 2023 and March 2024. Meanwhile, the Ithaca region lost 700 jobs, a decrease of 1.1 percent, in the last 12 months, ending in March 2024. New York state as a whole added 141,800 jobs, an increase of 1.5 percent, from March 2023 to March 2024. The state economy also gained 23,900 jobs, a rise of 0.2 percent, between February and March of this year, the NYSDOL said.