The number of jobs is up across New York, while the unemployment rate stayed stable in March, according to the state Department of Labor.
From March 2011 to March 2012, the state added 155,000 private-sector jobs, including 21,500 jobs this March.
The unemployment rate held steady from February to March at 8.5 percent, but that figure is up from 8 percent in March of 2011.
Since November 2009, the state has added 332,900 private-sector jobs, regaining all the jobs it lost during the recession, according to the department.
“New York state’s private-sector job count hit an all-time high of more than 7.3 million in March 2012,” said Bohdan M. Wynnyk, deputy director of the department’s Division of Research and Statistics. “What we have recouped now surpasses the total private-sector jobs lost during the state’s recession in 2008-2009.”
Professional and business services added the most jobs over the past year, gaining 58,200 jobs. Education and health services gained 40,500 jobs.
The construction sector lost the most, cutting 6,100 jobs in the past year. Information lost 3,400 jobs.
The Binghamton region gained 2,600 non-farm jobs and 3,200 private-sector jobs in the past year. Syracuse gained 2,800 non-farm jobs and 800 private-sector jobs. The Utica-Rome area gained 3,500 non-farm jobs and 3,500 private-sector jobs.
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