ALBANY — New York State had more jobs last year than at any time since the last recession, though upstate regions continue to struggle, according to a report on employment published Monday by the state comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli.

The figures show that more than 9.12 million New Yorkers worked a job in 2016, the highest total since 2008, when there were 9.14 million people employed in the state.

The statewide unemployment rate last year was 4.8 percent, the lowest in nine years.

Unemployment was down in all of the state’s 10 labor markets. However, the job picture is less positive in upstate regions, including the Southern Tier, the North Country and western New York.

These regions have lost jobs in recent years, and workers have either moved out of the area or dropped out of the labor market. The Southern Tier, along the Pennsylvania border, experienced the biggest drop, over 8 percent.