CNY regional job growth mixed in April compared to a year ago

Four Central New York sub-regions added jobs in the last year while two shed positions.

The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, and Binghamton regions gained jobs between April 2022 and this past April. At the same time, the Ithaca and Elmira metro areas lost jobs in the same period.

That’s according to the latest monthly employment report that the New York State Department of Labor issued on May 18.

April jobs data

The Syracuse region gained 8,600 jobs in the past year, an increase of 2.8 percent.

The Utica–Rome metro area added 1,600 jobs, up 1.3 percent; the Watertown–Fort Drum region picked up 200 positions, a rise of 0.5 percent; the Binghamton area gained 800 jobs, up 0.8 percent; the Ithaca region lost 600 jobs, a decrease of 0.9 percent; and the Elmira region shed 100 jobs, a drop of 0.3 percent, in the last 12 months.

New York state as a whole added 213,600 jobs, a rise of 2.3 percent, between April 2022 and April 2023. However, the state economy lost 25,000 jobs, a 0.3 percent drop, between March and April of this year, the labor department said.

The number of unemployed New Yorkers decreased over the month by 6,600, from 391,600 in March to 385,000 in April.