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Labor Market Information

Presented by, Paul Grasso - Executive Director of the North Country Workforce Investment Board

 

As reported by the New York State Department of Labor, New York State's unemployment rate was 8.0% in September 2011, unchanged from August 2011, the State Labor Department reported today. The number of unemployed New Yorkers inched up over the month - increasing from 755,900 in August to 759,000 in September 2011.

New York State's private sector job count increased by 14,700 in September 2011. This figure reflects the end of a strike at Verizon that brought 16,000 people back to work in New York State. Since the state's economic recovery began in November 2009, New York has recouped 180,900 (54%) of the private sector jobs lost during the 2008-2009 recession.

"Over the past year, New York State has added nearly 100,000 private sector jobs. Our statewide unemployment rate held steady at 8.0% over the month, remaining below the U.S. rate of 9.1%," said Bohdan M. Wynnyk, Deputy Director of the Division of Research and Statistics.


Unemployment
Data

  September
2011*		 August
2011		 September
2010
North Country 7.5% 7.1% 7.8%
New York State 8.0% 8.0% 8.4%
United States 9.1% 9.1% 9.6%

*Data are preliminary and subject to change.

  September
2011*		 August
2011		 September
2010
Clinton 8.8% 8.9% 9.6%
Essex 7.5% 6.8% 7.7%
Franklin 7.9% 7.8% 8.1%
Hamilton 5.7% 4.8% 5.9%

*Data are preliminary and subject to change.

  September
2011*		 August
2011		 September
2010
U-6 16.5% 16.2% 17.1%

*Data are preliminary and subject to change.


Number of Non-Farm Jobs in the North Country

  September
2011*		 August
2011		 September
2010
Clinton 34,600 34,200 34,400
Essex 14,900 16,000 14,900
Franklin 19,800 19,500 19,700
Hamilton 2,100 2,400 2,200
Total 71,800 72,600 71,600

*Data are preliminary and subject to change.

Hamilton County has the second unemployment rate in the state behind Tomkins County (5.6%).

Clinton County has dropped to the sixth highest unemployment rate in the state behind the Bronx (12.1%), Fulton County (9.5%), Kings County (9.5%), St. Lawrence County (9.4%), and Schoharie County (9.2%).

 

Change in Jobs by Major Industry Sector,
September 2010 - September 2011

The table below compares the over-the-year change in jobs by major industry sector in New York State between September 2010 and September 2011.

Sectors with Job Gains:
Educational & Health Services* +40,600
Professional & Business Services +30,200
Leisure & Hospitality +11,200
Financial Activities +10,200
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities +5,200
Construction +3,900
Information +2,100
Sectors With Job Losses:
Government* -9,300
Manufacturing -2,900
Other Services -700
Natural Resources and Mining -100

*The educational and health services category is in the private sector. Government includes public education and health services.

Highlights among NYS sectors with job gains since Sep. 2010:

  • Educational and health services added the most private sector jobs (+40,600) of any sector in the state between September 2010 and September 2011. Most job gains in that sector were in educational services (+32,400).

  • Professional and business (+30,200) had the second largest increase in jobs over the past year. Sector job gains were greatest in professional, scientific and technical services (+14,600), and administrative and support services (+13,200).

  • Sector job gains in leisure and hospitality (+11,200) were focused in accommodation and food services (+17,200), especially food services and drinking places (+16,000).

Highlights among NYS sectors with job losses since Sep. 2010:

  • The government sector lost more jobs than any other sector (-9,300). Government employment declines were greatest at the federal (-5,500) and local (-3,200) levels.

  • The manufacturing job count also declined (-2,900) over the past year. Factory losses were centered in non-durable goods (-2,500), especially printing and related activities (-3,000).

 

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