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St. Lawrence County sees non-farm job increase of about 200, Department of Labor says

Posted 1/23/15

There were about 200 more non-farm jobs in St. Lawrence County last month than in December 2013, according the state Department of Labor’s preliminary report for December. DOL said there were …

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St. Lawrence County sees non-farm job increase of about 200, Department of Labor says

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There were about 200 more non-farm jobs in St. Lawrence County last month than in December 2013, according the state Department of Labor’s preliminary report for December.

DOL said there were 42,000 non-farm jobs in the county last month, compared with 41,800 in December 2013.

That amounts to about a half a percent increase in jobs in the county.

In Jefferson County, to our west, the numbers were the same last month and in December 2013, at 42,100 non-farm jobs.

To our east in Franklin County, about 100 more jobs were reported in December 2013 than last month. There were 19,200 jobs last month and 19,300 in December 2013, a decline of about half a percent.

Statewide, the sectors outside of farming with the most gains were professional and business services, up 3.5 percent, construction, adding 2.8 percent more jobs, and natural resources and mining, up 2 percent.

A more comprehensive jobs and unemployment report from DOL for December is due next week.