Ulster County experiences highest job growth in Valley

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ALBANY – With 2.5 percent job growth in the 12-month period ending in April, Ulster County experienced the greatest number of new jobs in the Hudson Valley, the State Labor Department reports.

The Orange-Rockland-Westchester Metro Area came in second with 2.0 percent job growth.

Sullivan County experienced a 0.4 percent growth in jobs while the Dutchess-Putnam Metropolitan Division saw a 1.3 percent decline in jobs and Columbia County lost 0.6 percent of its jobs.

Greene County jobs were flat.

Private sector jobs in the region over the 12 months rose by 11,900, or 1.5 percent, to 798,000.

Gains were centered in leisure and hospitality at 6,600; private education and health services rose by 5,700; natural resources, mining, and construction grew by 2,300 jobs; and other services rose by 800.

Employment losses were focused on professional and business services, at 1,000; information, at 800; trade, transportation, and utilities, at 800; manufacturing at 700; and financial services at 200.




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