ALBANY – Sullivan County had the highest number of new jobs in the Hudson Valley/Catskills in August with 4.0 percent growth while the Dutchess-Putnam Metropolitan Division lost 2.2 percent of its jobs, according to the State Labor Department.
Delaware County saw 2.8 percent growth in jobs, while the Orange-Rockland-Westchester Metro Area saw 2.1 percent growth.
Ulster County had job growth of 1.1 percent while Greene County was flat, and Columbia County lost 0.6 percent of its jobs.
Over the past year, the private sector jobs county in the Hudson Valley rose by 11,600, or 1.4 percent, to 815,800 in August.
Employment gains were largest in private education and health services at 11,500; leisure and hospitality at 6,400; and other services at 1,600 new jobs.
Job losses were greatest in professional and business services at 4,600; trade, transportation and utilities at 1,000; financial activities at 700; information at 700; manufacturing at 600; and mining, logging and construction at 300.
