Central New York regions post job gains in the past year

Central New York’s regions generated job growth ranging between 1.2 percent and 3.3 percent in the last year, according to the monthly employment report for July that the New York State Department of Labor issued on Aug. 18.

The Syracuse area gained 9,400 jobs between July 2021 and July 2022, an increase of 3.1 percent.

Elsewhere, the Utica–Rome region gained 1,400 jobs, a rise of 1.2 percent; the Watertown–Fort Drum area added 700 jobs, an increase of 1.7 percent; the Binghamton region picked up 2,800 positions, a 3 percent gain; the Ithaca metro area gained 1,900 jobs, an increase of 3.3 percent; and the Elmira region added 800 jobs in the past year, a rise of 2.3 percent.

New York state as a whole gained more than 451,000 jobs, an increase of 5 percent between July 2021 and July 2022. The state economy also gained 41,000 jobs, a 0.4 percent rise, between June and July of this year, the state Department of Labor said.