ALBANY – Sullivan and Greene
counties scored the highest private sector job growth rate in the region
in September, according to statistics released by the state labor department
on Thursday.
Each county registered 2.9 percent job growth when compared by the same month in 2016.
Columbia County jobs grew by 1.7 percent while they were up in Ulster County by 1.2 percent, by 1.0 percent in the Orange-Rockland-Westchester Metro Area, and by 0.3 percent in the Dutchess-Putnam Metropolitan Division.
For the 12-month period ending this September, private sector employment in the Hudson Valley increased by 7,400 or 0.9 percent, to 796,600.
Jobs were added in educational and health services; professional and business services; trade, transportation and utilities; and other services. Job losses were centered in leisure and hospitality; natural resources, mining and construction; manufacturing; and information.
Demand for homes remains high
April 27, 2024
