LABOR MARKET INFORMATION:

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LABOR MARKET INFORMATION A Tool for Making
Sense of the World
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• NYS Department of Labor
  Internet Resources

Department of Labor Web Site www.labor.ny.gov
CareerZone (Career Exploration
Tool) www.careerzone.ny.gov JobZone (Job Seeker
Tool) www.jobzone.ny.gov

• Look under the Labor Statistics section of
  Government and Research.

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• The States Economy

• New York's unemployment rate in November 2014 was
• 5.8 , which was well below the year-ago level
  of 6.8 .
• New Yorks labor force fell by 83,100 (-0.9 )
  people over the year ending November 2014.
• The number of people employed rose over the year
  and the number of people unemployed but actively
  looking for work decreased over the year.
• (not seasonally adjusted numbers)

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New Yorks Nonfarm Jobs Are Rising

• Total nonfarm jobs rose (88,800 or 1.0 ) between
• November 2013 and November 2014.
• The manufacturing, information, financial
  activities and
• government sectors lost jobs over the year.
• Private educational health services leisure
• hospitality professional business services
  trade,
• transportation utilities construction
  natural
• resources mining and other services sectors
  added
• jobs over the year.
• (not seasonally adjusted numbers)

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Central New Yorks Economy

• Total nonfarm jobs fell by 900 (-0.3 ) between
• November 2013 and November 2014 in the
  Syracuse metro area.
• Octobers unemployment rate of 5.8 was below
  the year-ago level of 6.8 in the Syracuse MSA.
• There are still job opportunities in fields such
  as health care, engineering, computers, skilled
  trades, customer service, high-tech, scientific,
  RD, construction, green-related jobs, leisure
  hospitality, and accounting, as well as
  opportunities for entry-level positions.

(not seasonally adjusted numbers)
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Central New York

• Comparing November 2014 with November 2013, the
  Central New York economy had job gains in
• Natural Resources, Mining Construction
• Leisure Hospitality
• Other Services

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Central New York

• Comparing November 2014 with November 2013, the
  Central New York economy had job losses in these
  sectors
• Manufacturing
• Trade, Transportation Utilities
• Financial Activities
• Educational Health Services

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Population Trends
AREA APRIL 1, 2000 Census APRIL 1, 2010 Census CHANGE
NEW YORK STATE 18,976,457 19,378,102 401,645
Cayuga County 81,963 80,026 -1,937
Cortland County 48,599 49,336 737
Madison County 69,441 73,442 4,001
Onondaga County 458,336 467,026 8,690
Oswego County 122,377 122,109 -268
SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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For More Labor Market Information, Contact the
Analyst Nearest You
Albany [phone],
ext. 136 Binghamton (607)
741-4485 Buffalo (716)
851-2742 Hudson Valley (914)
997-8798 Lake Placid (518)
523-7157 Long Island (516)
934-8533 New York City (212)
775-3330 Rochester (585)
258-8870 Syracuse (315)
479-3391 Utica-Rome [phone]
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