Genesee County has lost 100 jobs over the past 12 months, according to data released today by the Department of Labor.
For September 2017, there were 23,600 jobs in the county. The previous September, there were 23,500.
The total number of private sector jobs held steady at 17,800 year-over-year, which is also the same total as September 2015. The lowest number of private sector jobs locally over the past two decades was 16,800 in 2012. There haven't been as many as 18,000 private sector jobs in September since 2004 (18,100).
Labor is reporting 89,100 new jobs in the state since last year, but Western New York's two metropolitan areas reported job losses year-over-year. The Buffalo region has dropped from 564,900 to 561,400 and Rochester has dropped from 532,300 to 529,000.
There are 5,700 government jobs in the county, compared to 5,800 a year ago.
