Top NY Jobs: Education, Health, Business Services

The table from the New York Department of Labor compares the over-the-year change in jobs by major industry sector, statewide, between October 2014 and October 2015.

The big losers: the public sector, including public education and public health jobs.

Sectors With Job Gains

• Educational & Health Services* +71,000
• Professional & Business Services +26,400
• Construction +21,500
• Leisure & Hospitality +21,200
• Trade, Transportation & Utilities +14,900
• Other Services +9,800
• Information +1,900
• Financial Activities +1,700
• Manufacturing +600

Sectors With Job Losses

• Government* -4,600
• Natural Resources & Mining -400

*Educational and health services is in the private sector. Government includes public education and public health services.

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