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The Binghamton metropolitan area posted no increase in its annual private sector average job count.

The state Department of Labor today reported every metro area of New York except Binghamton and Elmira showed gains in their average job counts between 2011 and 2012

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The New York State Labor Department's new unemployment report shows a few miles makes a big difference in the job trends.

The Binghamton labor market's unemployment rate last month was 8.8 percent, up from 8

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The number of private sector jobs in the Binghamton labor market fell over the past twelve months while the overall number of jobs in New York state rose.

According to the state Department of Labor, the Binghamton region's job count dropped by two-tenths of a percent between December 2011 and December 2012

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Additional job cuts apparently have occurred at Endicott Interconnect Technologies this week.

Several sources have reported more employees were laid off by the company in recent days.

EIT has laid off hundreds of workers over the past few years

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Layoffs are coming to the Maine-Endwell School District and employees are bracing to receive some bad news in the near future.

Superintendent Jason Van Fossen says the district had been fortunate in the past to have a "hefty amount of reserves" that made it possible to avoid staffing cuts

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The Binghamton labor market had 300 fewer private sector jobs in September compared to a year earlier.

According to the state Department of Labor, the region's total number of private sector jobs was down four-tenths of a percent

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