Payroll jobs, all nonfarm
479,200
Employer payrolls, all nonfarm industries. Not resident employment.
02 · In focus
Albany
Polycentric Cap Dist rooms — Lark to Stockade, Wolf Road to Delmar — civic depth on capitaldistrict.io.
In focus
News
Headlines from the last 72 hours. Each one names its outlet.
No fresh items.
From capitaldistrict.io
Snapshot of the capitaldistrict.io stream as of November 3, 2026. Not live. Older than our 72-hour news window, so it sits apart from it. 12 of 40 items.
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Carlton Road in Clifton Park is closed Friday between Van Patten Drive and Kinns Road for a water main repair
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Galway Central School District closed Wednesday after a water-system failure; classes resume Thursday
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Berlin wildfire is 70% contained after 251 acres burned; crews aim for 90% to 100% by Tuesday night
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Berlin wildfire grows to about 198 acres and crosses into Massachusetts; public asked to avoid the Taconic Crest Trail
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Glenville Town Board work session Oct. 28 lists 2027 budget discussion — see official record for outcome
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Ballston Spa Planning Board's advisory letter gives the Zoning Board a favorable opinion on Tannery Commons ahead of its Oct. 28 meeting — see official record for outcome
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Troy Local Development Corporation's Oct. 30 board agenda lists a King Fuels cleanup extension and an ARPA contract for 1 Monument Square — see official record for outcome
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Schenectady City Council's Oct. 26 agenda lists a hearing on senior and disability tax-exemption income limits and a full exemption for 100% disabled veterans — see official record for outcome
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New Scotland Town Board special meeting Oct. 28 lists a DPW union agreement and a 'BESS Law' discussion — see official record for outcome
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Cohoes Common Council special meeting Oct. 27 takes up a 2026 budget amendment — see official record for outcome
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Saratoga Springs Recreation Commission to discuss bike park fees and 2027 field fees on Oct. 27 — see official record for outcome
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Ballston Spa trustees' Oct. 26 agenda lists closing three park structures to the public until March 15 — see official record for outcome
Headlines and links from the capitaldistrict.io stream, snapshotted at build time. No story text is copied. Each item links to the outlet or official page it came from.
Events
No upcoming events.
No dated Capital District events are listed. The list stays empty rather than borrow another city’s dates.
Farms
Sourced stops only. 95 Farms keepers on the dedicated map. Showing 6 of 95.
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Altamont Orchards
Orchard
Orchard listed on farmz.capitaldistrict.io; directory listing, not rechecked on the farm’s own page. Hours and what is for sale change, so check the farm before you go.
42.720636, -74.016534. Coordinates from the farmz directory listing.
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Barber Family Farm Stand (Western Ave)
Farm stand
Farm stand listed on farmz.capitaldistrict.io; farm page last checked 2026-10-30. Hours and what is for sale change, so check the farm before you go.
42.679754, -73.834507. Coordinates from the farmz directory listing.
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Constantine Farm Stand
Farm stand
Farm stand listed on farmz.capitaldistrict.io; farm page last checked 2026-10-30. Hours and what is for sale change, so check the farm before you go.
42.716287, -73.786263. Coordinates from the farmz directory listing.
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Eight Mile Creek Farm
Farm
Farm listed on farmz.capitaldistrict.io; directory listing, not rechecked on the farm’s own page. Hours and what is for sale change, so check the farm before you go.
42.481911, -74.074758. Coordinates from the farmz directory listing.
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Forts Ferry Farm
Farm
Farm listed on farmz.capitaldistrict.io; directory listing, not rechecked on the farm’s own page. Hours and what is for sale change, so check the farm before you go.
42.777407, -73.778832. Coordinates from the farmz directory listing.
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Gade Farm
Farm stand
Farm stand listed on farmz.capitaldistrict.io; directory listing, not rechecked on the farm’s own page. Hours and what is for sale change, so check the farm before you go.
42.709330, -73.923766. Coordinates from the farmz directory listing.
95 farms in Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schoharie counties from the farmz directory. Left off: 3 listed closed or closed for the season; 38 markets and bakeries (not farm pins); 45 outside the five MSA counties or no county; 3 screened. A listing is not a claim that anything is in stock today.
Economy
Figures with a source, or a blank.
Unemployment rate
3.8%
Resident unemployment rate. Not seasonally adjusted. Not a payroll measure.
Civilian labor force
474,390
Resident civilian labor force. Not seasonally adjusted.
Private payroll jobs
373,500
Employer payrolls, private sector. Not seasonally adjusted.
Government payroll jobs
105,000
Employer payrolls, government. Not seasonally adjusted.
Health care and social assistance jobs
69,700
Employer payrolls, health care and social assistance. Not seasonally adjusted.
Manufacturing jobs
27,600
Employer payrolls, manufacturing. Not seasonally adjusted.
Average hourly earnings, private
$36.14
Average hourly earnings of all private employees. Not seasonally adjusted. Not a cost-of-living index.
The Hudson and the Mohawk still cut this metro, and the hills still sit above the rivers. This page names the rooms people already use: Lark and Center Square west of the Plaza; Pearl-State as the downtown cross; Delaware as the southwest avenue; New Scotland with Pine Hills as the west-central campus-edge neighborhoods; the Warehouse District on the north Broadway/Pearl corridors; and across the county line, Jay, the Stockade, and Upper Union as the Schenectady weave. Around those city rooms the region sprawls along Wolf Road in Colonie, Stuyvesant/Western on the avenue, Broadway in Saratoga Springs, and Delmar’s Delaware Avenue Four Corners in Bethlehem.
Those names are the polycentric places — cities around suburbs — not a clone of capitaldistrict.io. News, events, map pins, and economy figures stay empty until first-party sources are in. Civic depth remains on capitaldistrict.io.
OMB Bulletin 23-01
Capital District
Cities around suburbs: seed rooms and weave corridors. Canal & Country is the life and commerce atlas. Civic depth stays on capitaldistrict.io.
- Schema
- Polycentric
- Primary
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA 10580 Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie
- Combined area
- Albany-Schenectady, NY CSA 104
- CSA ring
- Glens Falls, NY MSA 24020 Warren, Washington
- Hudson, NY μSA 26460 Columbia
- Gloversville, NY μSA 24100 Fulton
- Amsterdam, NY μSA 11220 Montgomery
- Place schema
- River and hills · Capital core · Regional sprawl
River and hills
River and hills
The Hudson and the Mohawk, and the hills above them. Geography comes before any street grid.
River and hills, capital core, regional sprawl — Cap Dist place schema. Seed rooms sit inside core and sprawl; civic depth stays on capitaldistrict.io.
Seed rooms
Seed rooms
Lark/Center Square, Pearl-State, Delaware, New Scotland/Pine Hills, Jay/Stockade/Upper Union, Warehouse.
Seed room · Neighborhood
Lark / Center Square
Center city west of the Plaza
Center Square sits beside downtown: restored houses, and Lark Street as the mixed-use commercial cut through the Center Square–Hudson/Park historic district (shops and galleries at street level, residences above). Named as one Cap Dist city room, not a venue list.
Seed room · Downtown
Pearl-State
Downtown Albany historic core
The downtown historic core centered on State Street and North/South Pearl: the capital’s commercial and government street grid on the Hudson’s west bank. Pearl-State names that cross, not individual shops or hours.
Seed room · Neighborhood
Delaware
Southwest of Empire State Plaza
The Delaware Avenue neighborhood southwest of the Plaza: city page notes restaurants and local services along the avenue, with Normanskill Farm and the Hackett bike trail as neighborhood amenities. A southern entrance corridor from Bethlehem/Delmar into the city.
Seed room · Neighborhood
New Scotland / Pine Hills
West-central Albany
Two adjacent west-central rooms treated as one seed: Pine Hills (large historic neighborhood between Washington Ave, Lake Ave, Woodlawn/Cortland, and Manning) and the New Scotland / Woodlawn area along New Scotland Avenue (tree-lined residential streets with hospital and local retail nearby). Campus adjacency is noted on city and tourism pages; no student-venue inventory here.
City of Albany — Neighborhoods (Pine Hills; New Scotland/Woodlawn)
Seed room · Neighborhood
Jay / Stockade / Upper Union
Schenectady weave
Schenectady weave room: the Stockade Historic District on the Mohawk, Jay Street as the downtown pedestrian/commercial connector, and the Union Street Historic District corridor (including Upper Union) linking Stockade toward Union College. Names the weave, not a ranked list of businesses.
Seed room · Neighborhood
Warehouse
North Albany — Broadway / North Pearl corridors
Albany’s Warehouse District: industrial and manufacturing heritage centered on the North Broadway and North Pearl corridors in North Albany. City historic-resources survey materials define the area; this page names the district only, with no entertainment venue roster.
City of Albany — Warehouse District Historic Resources Survey handout
Weave corridors
Weave corridors
Wolf Road, Stuyvesant/Western, Broadway Saratoga, Delmar.
Weave corridor · Commercial corridor
Wolf Road
Town of Colonie — airport / Northway edge
Colonie’s Wolf Road commercial corridor just outside Albany city limits: lodging, office parks, restaurants, and regional retail including Colonie Center at Wolf Road / Central Avenue. Discover Albany frames it as a primary Capital Region commercial strip; this page names the corridor only.
Discover Albany — Wolf Road (tourism lead; WebFetch 200, curl bot 403)
Weave corridor · Commercial corridor
Stuyvesant / Western
Western Avenue retail — Albany / Guilderland edge
Western Avenue commercial weave anchored by Stuyvesant Plaza, an open-air retail center on the avenue. This page names the Stuyvesant/Western corridor. It does not inventory plaza tenants or hours.
Weave corridor · Commercial corridor
Broadway Saratoga
Downtown Saratoga Springs
Broadway in downtown Saratoga Springs: the city’s main historic commercial strip (Broadway Historic District on the National Register). Cap Dist MSA weave north of Albany—named as a corridor room, not a shop directory.
Weave corridor · Suburb
Delmar
Town of Bethlehem — Delaware Avenue / Four Corners
Delmar hamlet in the Town of Bethlehem: the Delaware Avenue corridor from the Albany border through Four Corners. Town NY Forward materials treat Delaware Avenue as the downtown/hamlet commercial spine; This page names Delmar as the southern suburb weave, without inventing storefronts.
Polycentric place notes from 2026-09-27. Named rooms and weaves only. No invented venues, hours, ratings, coordinates, news, or economy stats.