Report: Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Binghamton regions lost jobs in the last year

The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, and Binghamton regions lost jobs in the past 12 months, while the Watertown–Fort Drum and Ithaca regions added jobs in the same period.

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

The Syracuse region lost 800 jobs between November 2015 and this past November, a decrease of 0.2 percent.

The Utica–Rome metro area lost 1,300 jobs, a 1 percent drop, in the same timeframe. 

The Binghamton region lost 1,200 jobs, a 1.1 percent decline, in the past 12 months.

The Watertown–Fort Drum area added 200 jobs between November 2015 and this past November, an increase of 0.5 percent.

The Ithaca region gained 2,300 jobs in the same 12-month time period, an increase of 3.2 percent.

New York state as a whole gained more than 104,000 jobs, an increase of 1.1 percent, in the last year, with most of those positions located Downstate. The state economy added 4,400 jobs between October and November, the labor department said.

Private-sector jobs
The Syracuse region lost 500 private-sector jobs between November 2015 and this past November, a decrease of 0.2 percent, according to the state Labor Department data. 

The Utica–Rome area lost 900 private-sector positions, a decline of 0.9 percent, in the last 12 months.

The Binghamton area lost 1,100 private-sector jobs between November 2015 and this past November, a decrease of 1.3 percent.

The Watertown–Fort Drum region gained 100 private-sector positions, an increase of 0.3 percent, in the last 12 months.

The Ithaca area gained 2,500 private-sector positions between November 2015 and this past November, an increase of 4 percent.

New York state’s economy added nearly 101,000 private-sector jobs, a 1.3 percent increase, in the last 12 months, with most of the jobs situated Downstate. 

The state also added 4,800 private-sector jobs, a 0.1 percent increase, between October and November, the state Labor Department reported.

New York’s private-sector job count increased to 7.95 million in November.

The state’s private-sector job data 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 was 5.1 percent in November, down from 5.2 percent in October, but up from 4.9 percent in November 2015, the department said in its news release. 

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.

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