Report: CNY manufacturing employment falls 2.4 percent in one year
By: Eric Reinhardt
09/22/08 03:35 PM
Industrial employment in Central New York fell 2.4 percent between July 2007 and July 2008, according to new data from Manufacturers' News, Inc.
The region is home to more than 114,000 industrial workers, down nearly 3,000 or 2.4 percent during the time period, according to the company's 2009 New York Manufacturers Register directory. Syracuse accounts for 11,399 of those jobs, down 3.7 percent from 2007.
Statewide, New York has more than 813,000 industrial workers, a decline of nearly 15,000 or 1.8 percent, during the past year. The latest data shows a continuation of the decline the state has seen over the past several years, the report says.
Earlier reports indicated New York's industrial employment fell 3 percent between July 2006 and July 2007 and by 2.5 percent between July 2005 and July 2006.
New York's losses are in line with those seen across the Mid-Atlantic and New England states, with New Jersey's industrial jobs down 2 percent, Connecticut's down 1.3 percent, and Pennsylvania's down 1.2 percent.
"As with the entire nation, New York's industrial employment is suffering due to automation, mergers, and outsourcing," said Tom Dubin, president of Manufacturers' News, Inc, in a news release.
New York ranks second in the U.S. for number of industrial jobs, the directory says.
Most sectors lost jobs over the year. Electronics manufacturing accounts for 78,391 jobs in New York and is down the most at 5.1 percent. The closure of Ramp Industries, Inc. in Binghamton this past summer contributed to those losses, the directory says.
Manufacturers' News, Inc., a publisher of manufacturing directories and databases, has been surveying industry since 1912.
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
09/22/08 03:35 PM
Industrial employment in Central New York fell 2.4 percent between July 2007 and July 2008, according to new data from Manufacturers' News, Inc.
The region is home to more than 114,000 industrial workers, down nearly 3,000 or 2.4 percent during the time period, according to the company's 2009 New York Manufacturers Register directory. Syracuse accounts for 11,399 of those jobs, down 3.7 percent from 2007.
Statewide, New York has more than 813,000 industrial workers, a decline of nearly 15,000 or 1.8 percent, during the past year. The latest data shows a continuation of the decline the state has seen over the past several years, the report says.
Earlier reports indicated New York's industrial employment fell 3 percent between July 2006 and July 2007 and by 2.5 percent between July 2005 and July 2006.
New York's losses are in line with those seen across the Mid-Atlantic and New England states, with New Jersey's industrial jobs down 2 percent, Connecticut's down 1.3 percent, and Pennsylvania's down 1.2 percent.
"As with the entire nation, New York's industrial employment is suffering due to automation, mergers, and outsourcing," said Tom Dubin, president of Manufacturers' News, Inc, in a news release.
New York ranks second in the U.S. for number of industrial jobs, the directory says.
Most sectors lost jobs over the year. Electronics manufacturing accounts for 78,391 jobs in New York and is down the most at 5.1 percent. The closure of Ramp Industries, Inc. in Binghamton this past summer contributed to those losses, the directory says.
Manufacturers' News, Inc., a publisher of manufacturing directories and databases, has been surveying industry since 1912.
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
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