The State Labor Department released final January 2013 private sector job count numbers and unemployment rates, as provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.

The final January 2013 private sector job count for New York State was validated and revised upward to 7,418,500, an all-time high. Included in this number are approximately 300,000 jobs added to New York’s economy since the start of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration, making New York one of only seven states to have regained all jobs lost during the recession.

New York State’s unemployment rate remained at 8.4 percent.

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