Buffalo Niagara's 0.5
percent overall job growth, including government jobs, was the second - lowest among the state's 15 biggest metro areas, the Labor Department reported.
Along the Pacific Coast, clean job growth is more than twice as fast
as overall job growth, adding 91,656 jobs in five years.
Although the BLS doesn't predict
much overall job growth for office clerks, it foresees that opportunities may be plentiful in some industry sectors.
The outlook for job growth in executive administrative assistant positions is 13 percent between 2010 and 2020, about equal to
overall job growth during that time, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
IT services led the growth, adding 105,400 jobs last year, meaning it accounts for more than half of
the overall job growth in tech in 2015.
Thus, the additional Amazon jobs are small relative to the metro's
overall job growth.
The overall job growth in 2014 alone was 143,000 — the strongest growth since 2000 — and capped four years of steady gains.
Across the country,
overall job growth is trending upward, and in healthcare specifically, the job numbers also look good.
Across the country,
overall job growth is trending upward, and in healthcare specifically, the job numbers also look -LSB-...]
These added jobs accounted for 9 percent of
the overall job growth in Greeley county.
The rent slowdown appears at odds with trends in
overall job growth.