The Hottest Jobs In 2017: New York Labor Department Report

YORKTOWN, NY — The educational and health services sector continued to dominate job growth in 2017 in New York. The most rapid employment growth in the state was in Ithaca and Dutchess-Putnam.

The manufacturing sector in New York continued to lose ground: down 8,300 jobs.

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Highlights among New York State sectors with job gains since December 2016:

• Private educational and health services added the most jobs (+50,500) of any major industry sector over the past year. Sector job gains were mostly in health care and social assistance (+40,600), especially ambulatory health care (+17,800).
• From December 2016 to December 2017, the second largest employment increase occurred in professional and business services (+30,000). Most over-the-year job gains in this sector were found in professional, scientific and technical services (+19,800) and administrative and support services (+7,500).
• The third largest increase in jobs over the past year occurred in leisure and hospitality, which grew by 21,500. Sector gains were centered in accommodation and food services (+19,700), especially food services and drinking places (+17,600).
• Construction had the fourth largest increase in jobs (+12,300) between December 2016 and December 2017. Over-the-year sector gains were concentrated in specialty trade contractors (+6,100) and construction of buildings (+3,200).

Between December 2016 and December 2017, the Dutchess-Putnam metro area added 3,600 private-sector jobs, an increase of 3 percent.

The Kingston metro area added 1,100 private sector jobs, a 2.3 percent increase.

Orange-Rockland-Westchester did not see significant growth in private-sector jobs. Another 6,100 were added, an increase of 1 percent, the Labor Department said.

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