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Kodak Employment Below 6,000 Locally; No Longer Among Top 5

Eastman Kodak is kicking off a new round of layoffs: 91 jobs will soon be cut.

But a much bigger dip in Kodak's local job numbers is coming as the result of a new accounting practice.

This time last year, Kodak reported a Rochester-area workforce of 7,100 people. Turns out that number should've been 5,900.

That 1,200 person drop is the result of a new classification system that excludes non-local employees who report to Rochester-based supervisors.

So, here is the current local workforce number for the Eastman Kodak Company: 5,129 workers, that's down almost 800 from a year ago.

According to the Rochester Business Journal, that means Kodak is no longer one of the region's top 5 private sector employers.

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