NYS Labor Department: CNY job growth mixed in the last year

The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, and Ithaca regions gained jobs between June 2014 and this past June. At the same time, the Binghamton and Watertown-Fort Drum regions lost jobs in that same 12-month period.

 

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

 

The Syracuse region gained 3,500 total jobs between June 2014 and this past June, an increase of 1.1 percent.

 

At the same time, the Utica–Rome region gained 2,100 jobs in the same period, an increase of 1.6 percent.

 

The Ithaca region gained a net 500 jobs, a decline of 0.8 percent.

 

The Watertown-Fort Drum region lost 100 jobs in the period, a decrease of 0.2 percent.

 

The Binghamton region lost 1,000 jobs in the same 12-month time span, representing a decrease of 0.9 percent, according to the state Labor Department data.

 

New York state as a whole gained more than 175,000 jobs, an increase of 1.9 percent, in the last year. The state economy gained 25,500 jobs between May and June, an increase of 0.3 percent, according to the report.

 

Private-sector jobs

The Syracuse region gained 3,500 private-sector jobs between June 2014 and this past June, an increase of 1.3 percent. The Utica–Rome area added 2,100 private-sector positions, representing a gain of 2.2 percent.

 

The Ithaca area gained 800 private-sector positions between June 2014 and this past June, an increase of 1.4 percent.

 

The Binghamton region lost 1,100 private-sector jobs in the same 12-month time period, a decrease of 1.3 percent, according to the report.

 

The Watertown-Fort Drum region lost 400 private-sector jobs, a decrease of 1.3 percent.

 

New York state’s economy added more than 173,000 private-sector jobs, a 2.3 percent gain, in the last 12 months, with most of those positions located Downstate.

 

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

 

The job gains increased the state’s overall private-sector job count to 7,804,200 positions, which the state Labor Department describes as a “new record high.”

 

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 decreased from 5.7 percent in May to 5.5 percent in June, its lowest level since July 2008. The June figure is also down from 6.3 percent in June 2014, according to state Labor 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