Report: Most CNY regions gained jobs in the last year

The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, and Elmira regions generated percentage increases in jobs ranging from 1.5 percent to 3 percent between April 2021 and this past April.

At the same time, the Ithaca area lost jobs in the same period. That’s according to the latest monthly jobs report that the New York State Department of Labor issued on May 19.

The Syracuse region gained 6,600 jobs in the past year, an increase of 2.2 percent. Elsewhere, the Utica–Rome metro area picked up 1,800 positions, up 1.5 percent; the Watertown–Fort Drum region added 1,100 jobs, a rise of 2.8 percent; the Binghamton area gained 1,500 jobs, an increase of 1.6 percent, and the Elmira area added 1,000 jobs in the past year, a gain of 3 percent. 

Bucking the trend, the Ithaca region lost 1,100 jobs in the past 12 months, a decline of 1.8 percent. It was the only metro area in the state to shed jobs in that period, according to the state Department of Labor data.

New York state as a whole gained 449,300 jobs, an increase of 5 percent in the past year. The state economy added 25,900 jobs, a 0.3 percent rise, between March and April of this year, the state Labor Department said.