Most Central New York regions gained jobs in past year

The six Central New York subregions produced job growth ranging from a low of 0 percent to a high of 2.6 percent in the last year, according to the most recent state jobs report.

The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, and Elmira regions gained jobs between March 2022 and this past March, according to the employment report that the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) issued on April 20. The Ithaca area had no change in jobs in the last 12 months, per the NYSDOL data.

March jobs data by CNY subregion

The Syracuse region gained 8,000 jobs in the past year, an increase of 2.6 percent.

The Utica–Rome metro area picked up 2,200 positions, a rise of 1.8 percent; the Watertown–Fort Drum region added 300 jobs, up 0.8 percent; the Binghamton area gained 2,000 jobs, an increase of 2.1 percent; the Ithaca region posted no change in jobs (+/- 0.0 percent) in the last year; and the Elmira area gained 300 jobs, a rise of 0.9 percent. 

New York state as a whole added nearly 257,000 jobs, an increase of 2.7 percent, in the last 12 months. The state economy also gained more than 18,000 jobs, a 0.2 percent rise, between February and March of this year, the NYSDOL said.