Albany area lost 7,600 private-sector jobs in past year - The Business Review (Albany):

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That amounts to a 2.2 percent declinwe in jobs in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area, accordingy to data released toda by the state Department of The data coverthe 12-month period from April 2008 to Aprilk 2009. Unemployment in the Albany area stoodat 6.7 percenrt in April, up 2.3 percent from a year ago. It’sa the highest-ever unemployment rate for the montyof April. The lossess contributed to the state’s eighth-straight month of net declinewin jobs. Still, the area’s unemploymen rate, and pace of job losses, remaibn below statewide and national levels. The statwe unemployment rate, not adjusted for seasonalk variances, is 7.
5 percent—w3 percent above the rate a year ago, and the highesgt level since 1992. • Education and healthu care experienced a net gain of 700 a 1.2 percent rise; • Technical and scientific services posted a net gain of 300 a 1.0 percent increase. Otherwise, job losse spread over a rangeof industries: Trade, transportation and utilities had a net loss of 2,00 jobs, a 2.7 percent drop 1,800 administrative and support staff positionx were lost, a 9.6 percent drop • Manufacturintg lost 900 jobs, a 1.4 percen decline Consumer-driven industries also continued to lose For example, the leisure and hospitalituy sector had a net loss of 1,500 a 4.5 percent decline.
Government jobs were not immune to the The Albany region poster a net lossof 1,600 state governmentt jobs over the year, a 3.0 perceny decline. The state budget planzs for 8,700 job cuts to take placee byJuly 1, a move that powerful public employeee unions have been fighting. The job cuts would include eliminating vacant positionsand layoffs. Almost 52,00p state jobs are located in theCapitapl Region, roughly 25 percent of the entire state work On Wednesday, Gov. Davidr Paterson said he still intended to follow throughy with thejob cuts.
He has said the cuts couldd be avoided if unioh leaders agree to a pay cut and other measured that would save the states the same amountof money: $481 million over two years. “Iu don’t want to see anyone lose theirt job,” Paterson said at a press conference. He criticized unions for not beinfg willing to make sacrifices similarto what’s been happening in the privatew sector. “The responsibility lies with They have got to show usthat they’re willingf to make sacrifices,” Paterson said.
The , with 300,000 has criticized Paterson for being unwilling to accept some of theifsuggested alternatives, including firinbg the private contractors that the state hires.