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All Central New York regions post job gains in past year

Central New York’s metro areas generated job growth ranging from 2 percent to nearly 7 percent in the last year, according to New York State Department of Labor data. The Syracuse region gained 10,400 total nonfarm jobs in June of this year compared to a year ago, a gain of 3.5 percent. Elsewhere, the Utica–Rome metro […]

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Central New York’s metro areas generated job growth ranging from 2 percent to nearly 7 percent in the last year, according to New York State Department of Labor data.

The Syracuse region gained 10,400 total nonfarm jobs in June of this year compared to a year ago, a gain of 3.5 percent.

Elsewhere, the Utica–Rome metro area gained 2,400 jobs from June 2021 to June 2022, an increase of 2 percent; the Watertown–Fort Drum region picked up 900 positions, a rise of 2.2 percent; the Binghamton metro area added 2,700 jobs, an increase of 2.8 percent; the Ithaca region gained 3,900 jobs, a jump of 6.9 percent; and the Elmira area picked up 900 positions in the past year, a 2.6 percent rise.

New York state as a whole gained nearly 480,000 jobs from June 2021 to June 2022, an increase of 5.3 percent. The state economy also added 26,100 jobs, a 0.3 percent rise, from May to June of this year, the state Department of Labor reported.

The state’s July jobs report is scheduled to come out on July 18.

Eric Reinhardt