August unemployment in Binghamton at 8.2 percent

The Central NY Business Journal reported that New York's unemployment rate climbed to 9 percent in August, up from 8.6 percent in July, according to new data the state Labor Department released today.
August's rate was the highest since April 1983, according to the department. The state's unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in August 2008.
New York's private-sector job count fell by about 2,200 in August, less than 0.1 percent, to about 7.1 million.

In Binghamton, the unemployment rate was 8.2 percent last month, down from 8.3 percent in July and up from 5.4 percent in August 2008. The city lost 3,500 private-sector jobs between August 2008 and 2009, a decline of 3.8 percent.