Which counties in New York are adding jobs fastest?

Tioga County (+22.0%), Delaware County (+17.9%) and Kings County (+13.8%) added private-sector jobs fastest in New York between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated November 5, 2026

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New York counties ranked by private-sector job growth
Rank	County	Change 2018–23	Private jobs 2023	Residents
1	Tioga County	+22.0%	10,467	47,453
2	Delaware County	+17.9%	12,025	44,305
3	Kings County	+13.8%	745,880	2,653,963
4	Rockland County	+13.4%	128,380	357,397
5	Sullivan County	+11.0%	22,087	80,586
6	Clinton County	+10.3%	27,188	78,138
7	Richmond County	+9.2%	115,371	501,290
8	Orange County	+7.0%	129,093	417,669
9	Rensselaer County	+7.0%	46,817	160,510
10	Saratoga County	+6.4%	78,232	241,343
11	Lewis County	+5.7%	4,984	26,479
12	Queens County	+5.3%	616,045	2,358,182
13	Bronx County	+5.2%	285,540	1,406,332
14	Montgomery County	+3.7%	15,867	50,046
15	Tompkins County	+3.3%	50,869	104,047
16	Greene County	+2.8%	10,966	47,238
17	Schuyler County	+2.4%	3,787	16,924
18	New York County	+2.0%	2,322,720	1,664,862
19	Steuben County	+2.0%	26,364	91,855
20	Putnam County	+1.7%	22,380	99,028
21	Onondaga County	+1.7%	223,537	466,584
22	Suffolk County	+1.2%	592,580	1,546,090
23	St. Lawrence County	+1.1%	26,395	105,488
24	Hamilton County	+0.9%	936	5,006
25	Genesee County	+0.5%	16,849	58,416
26	Chenango County	+0.1%	13,783	45,715
27	Westchester County	+0.0%	389,560	1,015,743
28	Washington County	−0.0%	10,696	59,353
29	Essex County	−0.0%	10,192	36,438
30	Albany County	−0.4%	180,421	321,225
31	Wayne County	−0.8%	19,614	91,250
32	Erie County	−1.6%	418,202	946,741
33	Nassau County	−1.8%	562,420	1,398,939
34	Franklin County	−1.9%	10,317	46,500
35	Yates County	−1.9%	5,133	24,547
36	Monroe County	−1.9%	350,205	750,506
37	Livingston County	−2.4%	13,693	61,438
38	Madison County	−2.5%	17,161	67,120
39	Columbia County	−2.5%	16,420	60,168
40	Warren County	−2.7%	30,380	65,020
41	Jefferson County	−2.9%	28,622	111,540
42	Oneida County	−3.3%	85,570	226,392
43	Cattaraugus County	−3.6%	19,887	75,390
44	Broome County	−3.6%	68,190	195,736
45	Ontario County	−4.2%	45,420	113,130
46	Ulster County	−4.6%	44,452	183,330
47	Orleans County	−4.9%	7,800	39,825
48	Schenectady County	−5.0%	51,797	162,581
49	Dutchess County	−5.7%	93,728	300,708
50	Otsego County	−5.9%	18,030	60,589
51	Fulton County	−6.0%	13,419	52,216
52	Herkimer County	−6.3%	11,873	59,219
53	Cayuga County	−6.5%	17,820	74,365
54	Cortland County	−6.6%	14,353	45,850
55	Niagara County	−7.2%	57,764	208,912
56	Wyoming County	−7.7%	8,051	39,741
57	Chautauqua County	−7.7%	37,679	124,126
58	Chemung County	−9.7%	27,912	80,415
59	Schoharie County	−10.3%	4,843	30,176
60	Allegany County	−12.8%	10,181	46,800
61	Oswego County	−13.8%	22,804	118,569
62	Seneca County	−15.6%	8,767	32,883

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.

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Which county in New York has the fastest job growth?

Tioga County: +22.0%, ahead of Delaware County (+17.9%) and Kings County (+13.8%), of 62 New York counties ranked.

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