Hudson Valley Metro Area Is Top Job Creator

PELHAM, NY — The metro area of Dutchess and Putnam counties was a hot spot for job opportunity in the 12 months of March 2018-19. Of the 13 metro areas in New York State that added private sector jobs, Dutchess-Putnam topped the list.

In March 2019, the number of private sector jobs in New York State grew by 18,100, or 0.2%, to 8,274,100, a new, all-time high, according to preliminary figures released by the New York State Department of Labor April 18.

"For the third straight month, the state’s private sector growth rate outpaced the comparable U.S. growth rate,” said Bohdan M. Wynnyk, Director of the New York State Department of Labor’s Division of Research and Statistics.

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Job highlights since March 2018:

The most rapid growth was in these metro areas:

• Dutchess-Putnam (+2.5%)
• Ithaca (+2.3%)
• Albany-Schenectady-Troy (+2.0%)
• Syracuse (+2.0%)
• New York City (+1.9%)
• Glens Falls (+1.7%)
• Kingston (+1.7%)

In March 2019, New York State residents who received Unemployment Insurance benefits made up 32% of the total unemployed.

As usual, educational and health services was the strongest job sector, followed by construction, then professional & business services.

• Private educational and health services added the most jobs (+58,800) of any major industry sector over the past year. Sector job gains were mostly in health care and social assistance (+66,000), especially ambulatory health care (+41,900).
• Over the past year, the second largest gain in jobs was in construction (+14,000). Residential building (+9,600) added the most jobs within the sector.
• The third largest increase in jobs over the past 12 months occurred in professional and business services (+13,200). Most of the gains in this sector were in professional, scientific and technical services (+12,000).

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