Hudson Valley Adds More Jobs

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — The number of private-sector jobs across New York State, including in the Hudson Valley, continues to increase according to the latest data from the state Labor Department.

So the job market continued to be very tight, as the number of unemployed people fell and the unemployment rate continued at a historic low, according to the DOL's latest report.

Outside of New York City, the unemployment rate remained at 3.1 percent in May, maintaining the lowest rate on record for the region (current records date back to 1976), officials said.

New York exceeded the nation in job creation, the DOL said.

In the Hudson Valley, the number of non-farm jobs went up in the past 12 months:

• Dutchess-Putnam metro area: 1.6 percent
• Kingston metro area: 3.5 percent
• Orange-Rockland-Westchester: 1.6 percent

The estimate of the number of unemployed includes all persons who had no employment during the reference week (the week including the 12th of the month), were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Unemployment insurance (UI) beneficiaries include those who apply for and qualify for UI benefits. Consequently, the estimate of the number of unemployed and the number of UI beneficiaries do not necessarily move in tandem.

Jobs data are obtained from a separate joint federal-state survey of business establishments. The survey, called the Current Employment Statistics of Establishments, has a sample size of 18,000 establishments in New York State. It excludes self-employed workers, agricultural workers, unpaid family workers and domestic workers employed by private households. This data represents a count of jobs by place of work. Data for each month is revised the following month as more complete information becomes available.