Most CNY sub-regions add jobs in May compared to a year prior

The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown– Fort Drum, Binghamton, and Elmira sub-regions of Central New York all gained jobs between May 2023 and this past May, with growth ranging from 1.3 percent to 2.5 percent. Bucking the trend, the Ithaca region had no change in jobs in the same period. That’s according to the latest monthly employment report that the New York State Department of Labor issued on June 20. The Syracuse region gained 7,900 total jobs in the past year, an increase of 2.5 percent. It picked up 6,300 private-sector positions, also a 2.5 percent rise, in the same timeframe. Elsewhere, the Utica–Rome metro area added 1,600 total jobs, up 1.3 percent; the Watertown–Fort Drum region picked up 700 positions, an increase of 1.7 percent; the Binghamton area gained 1,700 jobs, up 1.7 percent; and the Elmira region added 800 jobs, an increase of 2.3 percent. The Ithaca metro area neither gained nor lost jobs in the past year, per the state Department of Labor. The Ithaca region lost 700 private-sector jobs, a 1.3 percent drop, in the same period. New York state as a whole added 167,700 total jobs, an increase of 1.7 percent, in that May 2023-May 2024 period. It picked up 126,000 private-sector positions, a rise of 1.5 percent, in the last year, the state Department of Labor said.