ALBANY – The number of new jobs added in the Mid-Hudson Valley during
the 12-month period ending in February totaled 18,900, 2.5 percent increase,
to 766,800.
The largest percentage growth was in Greene County, at 2.7 percent; while
they were up by 2.4 percent in the Orange-Rockland-Westchester Metropolitan
Division, by 2.1 percent in the Dutchess-Putnam Metro Division and by
2.0 percent in Ulster County.
In Columbia County, jobs grew by 1.9 percent while they stayed the same
with no growth in Sullivan County.
Dutchess County Deputy Planning Commissioner Ronald Hicks said job growth
in that county “is turning the corner with 3.1 percent growth from
January to February of this year. That compared to 2.1 percent growth
during the same period last year. The county saw a net gain of 4,300 jobs
in Dutchess from this January to February.
“While certainly not a trend yet, this is great news and shows that
Dutchess County’s economy is ticking up,” said Hicks.
