The non-farm employment numbers from the New York State Department of Labor are out for June. From June 2006 to June 2007, government employment in New York State rose by 4,500, while government employment in New York City fell by 2,400. Which means that government employment in the portion of the state outside New York City rose by 6,900 year-over-year. Again. No wonder the seniors outside New York City want more and more tax breaks. Of course, the rest of the state could point out that they suffered from the decline in government employment in New York City, since those outside New York City also hold a large share of the government jobs in it, and drive in to work. So NYC cutbacks had to made it up somewhere else.
Among New York State labor regions, the number of government jobs fell in New York City, was unchanged in Binghamton and Glens Falls, and rose everywhere else. On the private side, the New York State Department of Labor notes that if jobs continue to grow at the same rate until the end of the year, the November 2007 figure will, on a seasonally adjusted basis, eclipse the record level of December 2000. New York City’s record private employment was in 1969, although including the self employed (who generally do not get benefits) it is at a record now.