All CNY regions post modest job gains in the last year

The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions all gained jobs between February 2022 and this past February.

The Central New York subregions produced job growth ranging from 0.6 percent in both the Elmira and Ithaca areas to 2.4 percent in the Syracuse region during the 12-month period.

That’s according to the latest monthly employment report that the New York State Department of Labor issued on March 23.

The Syracuse region gained 7,200 jobs in the past year, an increase of 2.4 percent.

Elsewhere, the Utica–Rome metro area picked up 1,800 positions, a 1.5 percent rise; the Watertown–Fort Drum region gained 600 jobs, also up 1.5 percent; the Binghamton area added 1,500 jobs, a gain of 1.6 percent; the Ithaca region picked up 400 jobs, a rise of 0.6 percent; and the Elmira metro area added 200 jobs in the past year, also up 0.6 percent.

New York state as a whole added nearly 255,000 jobs, an increase of 2.7 percent, between February 2022 and this past February. The state economy also gained nearly 22,000 jobs, a 0.2 percent rise, from January to February of this year, the state Department of Labor said.