unemployment

The Southern Tier economy is continuing to lose jobs while most of New York state's labor markets have been adding workers.

Unemployment for the Binghamton Labor Market is down.

The Binghamton labor market lost more jobs over the past year than any other region in New York state.

The Binghamton area unemployment rate last month was lower than a year earlier. According to the state Department of Labor, the jobless rate for the Binghamton market - which includes Broome and Tioga counties - dropped to 7.7 percent...

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 8.3 percent a year earlier. The situation is much different in the nearby Ithaca labor market, which posted a 5...

The State Labor Department recently released local area unemployment rates for September, which are developed using a procedure determined by the U.S. Department of Labor.

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. Only Kingston had a job loss of that magnitude over the past twelve months...