ALBANY – Buoyed by the hiring of 1,000 employees at the new casino, Sullivan County private sector job growth in the 12 months ending in March reached 9.7 percent, the highest rate in the state.
The Ithaca Metro Area was a distant second at just four percent.
In the Hudson Valley/Catskills, the Dutchess-Putnam Metropolitan Division had 3.1 percent growth while Greene County’s new jobs grew by 2.9 percent. Columbia County had 1.9 percent job growth in March, while Ulster County had 1.1 percent growth and the Orange-Rockland-Westchester Metro Area experienced just 0.4 percent growth.
In the 12 months ending in March region-wide, private sector jobs grew by 8,300 or 1.10 percent.
Gains were largest in educational and health services; professional and business services; natural resources, mining, and construction; and financial activities. Losses were centered in trade, transportation and utilities; and manufacturing.
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