April 8 2025
Education/Training, Employment/Workforce, Manufacturing

Capital Region Community College Grads Increasingly Get Jobs in Manufacturing

  As Capital Region students prepare to graduate this spring, those receiving degrees from local community colleges are increasingly getting jobs at manufacturers. In fact, among the state’s 10 economic development regions, community colleges in the Capital Region over the past decade saw the largest increase in graduates working in

April 8 2025
Employment/Workforce

Capital Region Nonprofits Started Recovering from Pandemic

The Capital Region’s nonprofit sector is slowly recovering from the heavy job losses it sustained during the pandemic, according to recently released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Every five years, BLS releases employment statistics for private sector 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, such as tax-exempt charitable organizations, churches

March 20 2025
Employment/Workforce, Tourism

Capital Region Leisure Sector’s Summer Employment Surpasses Pre-COVID Level

The Capital Region’s arts, entertainment and recreation industry last summer for the first time surpassed its pre-COVID employment level for that season, boosted by gains in the racetrack and marinas industries, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of data from the New York State Department of Labor.

February 12 2025
Employment/Workforce, News

Capital Region Selected for $40M ON-RAMP proposed by CEG

Gov. Kathy Hochul last week announced the selection of the Center for Economic Growth’s application for a $40M One Network for Regional Advanced Manufacturing Partnerships (ON-RAMP) center in the Capital Region. CEG is acting as the project lead on behalf of a regional consortium of training and support providers, private

January 14 2025
Employment/Workforce, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, News

State’s 1st Nanotech Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Trade Gets Approval

    (Jan. 17, 2025) – The New York Department of Labor (NYS DOL) recently approved the Nanotechnology Engineering Technician (NET) trade, the first of its kind in the state, sponsored by the Center for Economic Growth (CEG). CEG’s leadership in developing the trade creates new and expanded Registered Apprenticeship

January 14 2025
Employment/Workforce, Regional/County Profiles

Capital Region Leads Upstate for Per Capita Income Growth

The Capital Region had upstate New York’s fastest-growing per capita income in 2023, boosted by gains in Albany, Saratoga, Greene and Schenectady counties, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In 2023, the gross personal income for the

October 23 2024
Employment/Workforce, Manufacturing, News

CEG Launches “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing®, Capital Region”

10 local schools and 10 MFGs to participate in 1st-of-its-kind-in-NY student video contest (Oct. 23, 2024) – The Center for Economic Growth (CEG) is launching a first-of-its-kind contest in New York State that encourages middle school students to engage with local manufacturers and produce real-world, project-based videos that highlight “What’s

August 15 2024
Employment/Workforce, Manufacturing

Capital Region MFG Workforce with Associate’s Eclipses High School Grads

Workers with some college or an associate’s degree are increasingly outnumbering those with a high school diploma or equivalent (e.g., GED) in the Capital Region’s manufacturing sector, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s QWI Explorer. In 2008, the eight-county Capital

August 15 2024
Employment/Workforce

High School-Aged Worker Employment Hits 15-Year High in the Capital Region

Employment among the Capital Region’s high school-aged workers climbed to a 15-year high in 2023, driven by job gains in the construction and restaurant industries, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics.   In 2023, the eight-county Capital

July 15 2024
Employment/Workforce

These ZIP Codes lead the Capital Region for Business and Job Growth Since the Pandemic

The ZIP codes covering parts of Clifton Park, Slingerlands and East Greenbush have added the most jobs in the Capital Region since the start of the pandemic, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau County Business Pattern statistics. Between mid-March 2020 and mid-March

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