ALBANY – Private sector jobs in the Hudson Valley rose by 7,300, or 0.9 percent, to 816,100 over the year in July 2023, the State Labor Department reported.
Largest employment gains were in private education and health services, at 9,200.
That was followed by leisure and hospitality with 4,700 new jobs, and other services at 2,500.
Job losses were mostly centered in professional and business services, at 5,900; financial services, at 1,400; manufacturing, at 600; and trade, transportation and utilities at 400.
Sullivan County scored the most new jobs year over year in July with 3.6 percent growth. Ulster County job growth was at 1.7 percent while the Orange-Rockland-Westchester Metro Area growth stood at 1.4 percent.
Columbia, Delaware and Greene County each had no job growth, while the Dutchess-Putnam Metropolitan Division saw a loss of 2.7 percent of its jobs.
Read the full article here