All CNY regions add jobs in November compared to a year ago

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions all gained jobs between November 2021 and this past November. The Central New York subregions generated job growth ranging from a low of 0.5 percent in the Watertown–Fort Drum area to a high of 3.4 percent in the Binghamton region in that […]

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ALBANY, N.Y. — The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions all gained jobs between November 2021 and this past November.

The Central New York subregions generated job growth ranging from a low of 0.5 percent in the Watertown–Fort Drum area to a high of 3.4 percent in the Binghamton region in that 12-month period. That’s according to the latest monthly employment report that the New York State Department of Labor issued on Dec. 15.

November jobs data

The Syracuse region added 9,500 jobs between November 2021 and November 2022, an increase of 3.1 percent, the second-highest growth rate among the Central New York subregions.

The Utica–Rome metro area picked up 2,400 positions, a 2 percent rise; the Watertown–Fort Drum region gained 200 jobs, an increase of about 0.5 percent; the Binghamton area added 3,300 jobs, a jump of 3.4 percent; the Ithaca region picked up 1,000 jobs, a rise of 1.6 percent; and the Elmira area added 700 jobs in the 12-month period, an increase of 2 percent.

New York state as a whole gained 305,100 jobs, a rise of 3.3 percent, in the period between November 2021 and November 2022.

Eric Reinhardt: