Labor Statistics for the Hudson Valley Region

Over the past year, the private sector job count in the Hudson Valley rose by 12,600, or 1.5 percent, to 869,800 in June 2026.  Gains were centered in private education and health services (+3,700), leisure and hospitality (+2,600), mining, logging and construction (+2,000), financial activities (+1,400), trade, transportation and utilities (+1,400), professional and business services (+800), other services (+500) and manufacturing (+400). Employment losses were focused in information (-200).

The region’s private sector continued to trend upward. Job count reached 869,800 in June 2026 – its highest employment count on record, regardless of month (dating back to 2000).  Job growth was broad-based with eight of nine sectors posting year-over-year job gains. Four sectors posted year-over-year gains of at least 1.5 percent.  Private education and health services was the region’s leading jobs generator. Year-over-year in June 2026, the sector climbed 1.5 percent, to reach 246,500 – a record high for the month.

Within the region, Sullivan County’s private employment sector grew the fastest year-over-year, up 4.6 percent.  The second fastest growth was recorded in Rockland County (+3.2 percent), followed by Putnam County (+2.1 percent), Westchester County (+1.9 percent), and the Kingston MSA (+0.2 percent). The Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh MSA (-0.3 percent) was the only area that declined over the period.

For More Information Please Contact:

Johny Nelson
NYS Department of Labor
120 Bloomingdale Road, Room 218
White Plains, NY 10605
Phone: (914) 997-9571
Fax: (914) 997-4107
Email: [email protected]

This workforce product was funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.