The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, and Watertown-Fort Drum regional economies added jobs between April 2014 and this past April.
But, the Binghamton and Ithaca regions lost jobs in that 12-month period.
That’s according to the latest monthly employment report that the New York State Department of Labor issued Thursday.
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The Syracuse region gained 1,700 total jobs between April 2014 and this past April, an increase of 0.5 percent.
The Utica–Rome area gained 1,600 jobs in the same period, up 1.3 percent.
The Watertown-Fort Drum region gained 500 jobs, an increase of 1.2 percent.
The Binghamton area lost 300 jobs in the same 12-month time span, a decrease of 0.3 percent, according to the state Labor Department data.
The Ithaca region lost a net 800 jobs, a decline of 1.1 percent.
New York state as a whole gained nearly 128,000 jobs, an increase of 1.4 percent, in the last year. However, the state economy lost 14,700 jobs between March and April of this year, according to the report.
Private-sector jobs
The Syracuse region gained 1,600 private-sector jobs between April 2014 and this past April, an increase of 0.6 percent. The Utica–Rome area added 1,800 private-sector positions, a gain of 1.9 percent.
The Binghamton region lost 400 private-sector jobs, a decrease of 0.5 percent, in the last year, according to the report.
The Ithaca area shed 400 private-sector positions between April 2014 and this past April, a decrease of 0.6 percent.
The Watertown–Fort Drum region gained 400 private-sector jobs, a rise of 1.4 percent.
New York state’s economy added more than 126,000 private-sector jobs, a 1.7 percent gain, in the last 12 months, with most of those positions located Downstate.
But, the state also lost more than 18,000 private-sector jobs, a 0.2 percent decrease, in the last month, the state Labor Department reported.
The job losses decreased the state’s overall private-sector job count to 7,736,400 positions, according to the state Labor Department.
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 5.7 percent in April, its lowest level since August 2008, 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
