Article: Vacation Slows Albany, N.Y.-Areas Soaring Job Totals Only Slightly.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Aug. 18--Summer vacation toned down the number of non-farm jobs in New York state and the Capital Region in July, but monthly totals still remain at record highs.

State Department of Labor statistics released Thursday show 454,600 non-farm jobs in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area, compared to 462,600 the month before.

Last July, there were 448,900 non-farm jobs in the Capital Region. Totals had risen in the previous five months.

Statewide, there were 4.25 million nonfarm jobs in July, compared to 4.26 million in June.

James Ross, a labor-market analyst for the Labor Department, said school closings caused an expected drop. Teachers, ...

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