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Private Sector Jobs Grow In 3 Hudson Valley Regions

Here are some local jobs in NY's hottest sector. You can find more job opportunities on New Rochelle Patch.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Twelve New York metro areas added private sector jobs over the past year, according to new data from the state Department of Labor. Three Hudson Valley mini-regions were among the six with the most rapid employment growth from July 2016 to July 2017:

  • New York City (+2.8%)
  • Kingston (+2.5%)
  • Orange-Rockland-Westchester (+2.0%)
  • Watertown-Fort Drum (+1.6%)
  • Dutchess-Putnam (+1.4%)
  • Nassau-Suffolk (+1.3%)

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Private educational and health services added the most jobs (+75,500) of any major industry sector over the past year. Sector job gains were mostly in health care and social assistance (+54,600), especially ambulatory health care (+29,900).

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