Labor report: All CNY regions add jobs, except for Binghamton

The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, and Ithaca regions all gained jobs in the past 12 months, while the Binghamton area 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 Thursday.

The Syracuse region gained 200 jobs between June 2015 and this past June, an increase of 0.1 percent.

The Utica–Rome metro area picked up 100 positions, a 0.1 percent rise, in the same period.

The Watertown–Fort Drum region added 400 jobs in the past 12 months, an increase of 0.9 percent.

The Ithaca area gained 800 jobs in the same 12-month period, a rise of 1.2 percent.

The notable exception to the gains was the Binghamton region, which shed 1,600 jobs between June 2015 and this past June, a decrease of 1.5 percent.

New York state as a whole gained more than 127,000 jobs, an increase of 1.4 percent, in the last year. The state economy gained more than 26,000 jobs in the last month, an increase of 0.3 percent.

Private-sector jobs
The Syracuse region posted no change in private-sector jobs in the past year, according to the state Labor Department data.

The Utica–Rome area added 100 private-sector positions, a gain of 0.1 percent.

The Watertown–Fort Drum region also picked up 500 private-sector jobs, an increase of 1.6 percent, in the last 12 months, according to the report.

The Ithaca area gained 900 private-sector positions between June 2015 and this past June, a rise of 1.5 percent.

Again, the Binghamton region bucked the trend, losing 1,300 private-sector jobs in the same period, a decrease of 1.6 percent.

New York state’s economy added nearly 121,000 private-sector jobs, a 1.5 percent increase in the last 12 months, with most of those positions located Downstate.

The state also gained nearly 24,000 private-sector jobs, a 0.3 percent rise, in the last month, the state Labor Department reported.

The state’s private-sector job count is based on a payroll survey of 18,000 New York state employers that the U.S. Department of Labor conducts.

New York state’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.7 percent in June, the department said in its news release. That’s New York’s lowest rate since August 2007 and was below the U.S. unemployment rate of 4.9 percent in June.

The June figure of 4.7 percent is also down from 5.2 percent in June 2015, according to department figures.

The federal government calculates New York’s unemployment rate partly based upon the results of a monthly telephone survey of 3,100 state households that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts.

Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com