ALBANY – Ulster and Columbia counties each recorded 3.8 percent job growth in the 12-month period from January 2015 to this January, according to the state Labor Department. That is the second highest job growth in the state.
The Orange-Rockland-Westchester metropolitan division had a 2.1 percent increase in jobs followed by Greene County with a 1.9 percent increase year over year.
The Dutchess-Putnam Metropolitan Division broke even with no gain and Sullivan County lost 0.6 percent of its jobs.
For the 12-month period in the Mid-Hudson Valley, private sector employment rose by 13,500, or 1.8 percent, to, 761,500.
Jobs were added in natural resources, mining and construction; education and health services; and trade, transportation and utilities. Job losses were centered in leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing. The government sector added 1,300 jobs over the period.
