Syracuse's economy has faced challenges over the past decades as industrial
jobs have left the area. The number of local and state government jobs also has
been declining for several years. Syracuse's top employers are now primarily in
education and the service industry. University Hill is Syracuse's fastest
growing neighborhood, fueled by expansions by Syracuse University and Upstate
Medical University (a division of the State University of New York), as well as
dozens of small medical office complexes
