Division of Research & Evaluation

Appalachian Regional Commission

Industrial snapshot: Appalachian New York

Largest industrial share in 2017: State & Local Government, 82,000 jobs, 15.2 percent of total employment

Fastest growth in employment from 2012 to 2017: Food, Lodging, & Entertainment, 7.7 percent growth

Fastest growth in earnings per employee from 2012 to 2017: Professional & Technical Services, 12.5 percent growth

For more information, please see the complete report, Industrial Make-up of the Appalachian Region, Employment and Earnings, 2002-2017, available 

for download at www.arc.gov/research. The report includes county-level maps for each industry in the region, allowing for comparisons across states and 

subregions, as well discussion about how trends in the Region compare with those in the United States as a whole.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 536 11,900 12,436 13,420 196,132 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 $48,056 $73,780 $72,671 $46,697 $57,187

State & Local Government 82 1,205 1,287 1,488 19,619 15.2 10.1 10.3 11.1 10.0 $71,488 $94,005 $92,578 $58,113 $69,677

Health, Social Services 73 1,654 1,727 1,562 22,199 13.6 13.9 13.9 11.6 11.3 $50,395 $57,524 $57,223 $53,807 $56,340

Retail Trade 60 1,042 1,103 1,493 19,222 11.3 8.8 8.9 11.1 9.8 $8,715 $20,626 $19,973 $17,906 $22,477

Manufacturing 55 431 486 1,342 13,307 10.2 3.6 3.9 10.0 6.8 $72,022 $78,477 $77,750 $63,583 $77,469

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 53 1,159 1,211 1,240 19,155 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.2 9.8 $20,530 $37,838 $37,087 $21,308 $27,685

Professional, Technical Services 47 1,761 1,808 1,619 28,479 8.7 14.8 14.5 12.1 14.5 $46,836 $89,685 $88,575 $43,107 $61,372

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 34 1,592 1,626 1,040 19,616 6.3 13.4 13.1 7.8 10.0 $32,533 $119,333 $117,520 $37,716 $60,386

Education, Information Services 29 780 808 432 8,075 5.4 6.6 6.5 3.2 4.1 $65,208 $71,168 $70,955 $79,670 $82,520

Personal & Other Services 28 672 700 793 11,170 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.9 5.7 $31,788 $40,992 $40,618 $32,180 $36,353

Construction 25 531 556 775 10,636 4.7 4.5 4.5 5.8 5.4 $50,120 $76,040 $74,868 $53,773 $64,788

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 23 796 819 874 14,148 4.3 6.7 6.6 6.5 7.2 $99,921 $93,144 $93,337 $80,686 $83,878

Farming, Forestry 17 52 69 325 3,552 3.1 0.4 0.6 2.4 1.8 $16,020 $25,242 $23,002 $13,726 $28,111

Federal Government, Military 5 167 172 241 4,786 0.9 1.4 1.4 1.8 2.4 $67,533 $88,985 $88,360 $78,938 $91,808

Coal, Gas, Other Mining 3 14 17 140 1,505 0.6 0.1 0.1 1.0 0.8 $56,493 $201,315 $172,636 $48,966 $67,769

Utilities 2 45 47 57 664 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 $112,467 $132,680 $131,789 $109,314 $125,893

New York App. U.S. New York App. U.S. 2017

Employment (thousands) Industrial Share Earnings per employee

New York App. U.S.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment -1.1 9.3 8.8 4.7 9.6 2.7 4.0 4.1 3.7 3.4

State & Local Government -3.4 0.0 -0.2 -0.7 2.3 9.0 7.6 7.7 6.8 7.9

Health, Social Services 0.5 10.5 10.1 5.3 10.5 5.2 3.9 4.0 4.7 4.1

Retail Trade -3.9 3.2 2.8 2.5 6.4 -1.7 6.9 6.9 22.4 15.6

Manufacturing -6.4 -0.2 -0.9 5.5 5.6 4.4 2.5 2.7 3.4 1.4

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 7.7 16.0 15.6 11.6 15.1 10.1 4.3 4.6 6.2 8.0

Professional, Technical Services -1.7 11.9 11.5 7.1 12.0 12.5 8.5 8.8 9.3 7.8

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 2.2 13.2 13.0 8.6 11.7 -11.2 -1.6 -1.5 -2.5 2.9

Education, Information Services -6.9 9.4 8.8 2.4 8.7 2.2 10.0 9.7 4.4 6.5

Personal & Other Services 3.9 5.1 5.0 3.7 7.7 -1.7 5.7 5.4 3.1 2.5

Construction 2.3 18.9 18.1 7.2 19.0 -5.7 6.8 6.5 3.5 7.9

Wholesale Trade, Transportation -3.3 14.1 13.6 6.2 16.8 3.1 -6.4 -6.2 -0.6 -5.6

Farming, Forestry 5.3 3.7 4.1 0.7 1.3 -28.4 -29.4 -29.3 -6.2 -18.9

Federal Government, Military -5.4 -3.7 -3.8 -3.9 -2.9 1.6 2.6 2.6 3.4 2.8

Coal, Gas, Other Mining -10.4 1.7 -0.9 -17.3 -2.7 -7.7 109.7 95.4 -23.3 -36.4

Utilities 3.3 24.7 23.6 11.0 14.9 4.7 -6.8 -6.2 0.3 -2.6

2012-2017

Percent change in employment Percent change in earnings per employee

New York App. U.S. New York App. U.S.