ALBANY – The Orange-Rockland-Westchester Metro Area suffered the largest job loss in May at 21.1 percent, according to the state labor department.
Statewide, there was an 18.1 percent rate of job loss.
The Dutchess-Putnam Metropolitan Division saw jobs drop 18.4 percent.
Jobs fell by 16.1 percent in Ulster County.
Columbia County experienced a 14.5 percent job loss while Sullivan County fell by 12.1 percent and Greene County saw a 9.0 percent loss in jobs.
For the 12-month period ending May 2020, the private sector job count in the Hudson Valley fell by 165,400, or 20.1 percent, to 656,400.
Losses occurred in leisure and hospitality (-58,700); trade, transportation and utilities (-34,200); educational and health services (-18,400); professional and business services (-16,900); other services (-16,400); natural resources, mining and construction (-12,300); manufacturing (-6,700); financial activities (-1,100); and information (-700).
The May 2020 over-the-year job losses continues to reflect the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. At 656,400, the private sector job count has reached its lowest May level since 1995.
