The Syracuse, Ithaca, Utica–Rome, Binghamton, and Watertown–Fort Drum regions all posted job gains in the last year, while the Elmira area bucked the trend with a decline in jobs.
That’s according to the latest monthly employment report that the New York State Department of Labor issued on Thursday.
The Syracuse region added 2,300 jobs between October 2016 and this past October, an increase of 0.7 percent.
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The Ithaca area picked up 1,800 positions in the same period, a gain of 2.7 percent.
The Utica–Rome region added 1,000 jobs in the past year, up 0.8 percent.
The Binghamton metro area gained 300 jobs, an increase of 0.3 percent, in the past 12 months.
The Watertown–Fort Drum region picked up 400 jobs in the same period, a rise of 0.9 percent.
The Elmira metro area shed 700 jobs in the past 12 months, a decrease of 1.9 percent.
New York state gained nearly 103,000 jobs, an increase of 1.1 percent, in that 12-month period. The state economy, however, lost more than 14,000 jobs, a 0.2 percent decline, between September and October of this year, the labor department said.
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