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NY Economy Adds 30,300 Private Sector Jobs: New Report
Rockland, Westchester showed growth but Putnam, Dutchess lost private sector jobs in the past year

In October 2015, New York State’s private sector job count increased by 30,300, to 7,859,000, a new record high, according to preliminary figures released today by the New York State Department of Labor.
Over the past year, private sector jobs grew most rapidly in these metro areas in New York State:
- New York City (+2.6%)
- Nassau-Suffolk (+2.4%)
- Orange-Rockland-Westchester (+2.0%)
- Rochester (+1.9%)
- Buffalo-Niagara Falls (+1.8%)
However, five metro areas in the state – Watertown-Fort Drum (-2.9%), Dutchess-Putnam (-2.2%), Ithaca (-2.2%), Binghamton (-1.7%) and Elmira (-0.6%) – lost private sector jobs between October 2014 and October 2015.
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The State’s private sector job count is based on a payroll survey of 18,000 New York employers conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Monthly payroll employment estimates are preliminary and subject to revision as more data becomes available the following month. The federal government calculates New York’s unemployment rate based partly upon the results of the Current Population Survey, which contacts approximately 3,100 households in New York State each month.
Note: Seasonally adjusted data are used to provide the most valid month-to-month comparison. Non-seasonally adjusted data are valuable in year-to-year comparisons of the same month; for example, October 2014 versus October 2015.
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