May brought a mixed picture of job growth among the six sub-regions of Central New York. The Syracuse, Binghamton, and Elmira regions all gained jobs between May 2024 and this past May. Meanwhile, the Utica–Rome and Watertown–Fort Drum areas lost jobs in that same period, while the Ithaca region saw no change in jobs. That’s […]
May brought a mixed picture of job growth among the six sub-regions of Central New York.
The Syracuse, Binghamton, and Elmira regions all gained jobs between May 2024 and this past May.
Meanwhile, the Utica–Rome and Watertown–Fort Drum areas lost jobs in that same period, while the Ithaca region saw no change in jobs. That’s according to the latest monthly employment report that the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) issued on June 18.
May jobs data
The Syracuse region gained 6,300 jobs in May compared to a year prior, an increase of 2 percent.
Elsewhere, the Binghamton metro area added 300 jobs, a rise of 0.3 percent; the Elmira region picked up 500 positions, an increase of 1.4 percent; the Utica–Rome metro area lost 300 jobs, down 0.2 percent; the Watertown–Fort Drum region shed 200 positions, a drop of 0.5 percent; and the Ithaca metro area posted no change in jobs in the period between May 2024 and May 2025.
New York state as a whole added nearly 111,000 jobs, an increase of 1.1 percent, in that 12-month period. The state economy also gained more than 5,000 jobs, a 0.1 percent rise, between April and May of this year, the NYSDOL said.
