Check Out New York's Hottest Job Sectors on Yorktown-Somers Patch

YORKTOWN, NY — The hottest job categories in New York right now fit into two industry sectors: educational and health services; and leisure and hospitality, according to state labor department officials.

Change in Jobs by Major Industry Sector, July 2015 – July 2016

Sectors With Job Gains:

Educational & Health Services*+52,700
Leisure & Hospitality+30,200
Other Services+10,100
Trade, Transportation & Utilities+9,900
Construction+8,900
Information+8,100
Professional & Business Services+7,900
Government*+4,800
Financial Activities+3,700
Sectors With Job Losses:

Manufacturing-4,200
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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"New York State’s labor market continued to advance in July 2016, reaching a new record high in private sector jobs. In addition, the state’s monthly gain in private sector jobs was New York’s largest in almost three years,” said Bohdan M. Wynnyk, Deputy Director of the New York State Departmentof Labor’s Division of Research and Statistics.

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.
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, June 2015 versus June 2016.