November 1, 2018
Comments Off on Rochester continues to add jobs as unemployment rate falls
Rochester’s economy remained strong in September, with growth in private sector jobs and another dip in the unemployment rate, the state Department of Labor reported recently. Rochester’s six-county metro region gained 6,900 nonfarm jobs, or 1.3 percent, from September 2017 ...
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September 28, 2018
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Rochester’s economy continues to thrive, with an uptick in jobs and a decrease in the unemployment rate, the state Department of Labor reported this week. The Rochester metro area gained 6,300, or 1.2 percent, nonfarm jobs and 6,000, or 1.3 ...
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August 22, 2018
Comments Off on Rochester economy continued to climb in July
Rochester’s economy continued its growth spurt in July, with a drop in the jobless rate and soaring private sector job gains. The Rochester region ranked near the top among the 15 metro areas statewide for its percentage growth in jobs ...
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August 8, 2018
Comments Off on Rochester economy improves in June
The Rochester metro area continued to thrive economically in June as job growth improved and unemployment dipped. Rochester’s jobless rate dropped to 4.3 percent in June, mirroring a statewide trend, the state Department of Labor reported. The area added 8,800, ...
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June 21, 2018
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The Rochester-area economy improved significantly in May with a steep drop in the unemployment rate and the third largest increase statewide in the number of private sector jobs, the state Department of Labor reported this week. Rochester’s jobless rate last ...
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March 14, 2018
Comments Off on Rochester adds third highest number of jobs upstate in January
Rochester’s economy showed some improvement in January, adding the third highest number of jobs among upstate regions, the state Department of Labor reported this week. Following several months of private-sector job losses, the Rochester metropolitan region—which includes Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, ...
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