ALBANY – All Mid-Hudson Valley counties saw private sector job growth from August of last year to this August.
The largest rate of growth, at 2.3 percent, was in the Orange-Rockland-Westchester Metropolitan Division. Greene County came in second at 1.9 percent growth, followed by Ulster County with 1.5 percent job growth.
Sullivan County jobs grew by one percent, followed by Columbia County at 0.6 percent and the Dutchess-Putnam Metropolitan Division at 0.1 percent.
For the 12-month period ending in August, private sector employment in the region increased by 14,100 or 1.8 percent, to 780,500.
Five of nine private industry sectors gained jobs – educational and health services; leisure and hospitality services; other services; trade, transportation and utilities; and professional and business services.
Job losses were in financial activities; manufacturing, information, and natural resources, mining and construction.
Government shed 1,000 jobs over the period.
