State of Connecticut Labor Market Information - 2024 Workforce Sector Economic Scorecard

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State of Connecticut Labor Market Information - 2024 Workforce Sector Economic Scorecard

Last Updated: October 21, 2024

	2024 Connecticut Workforce Sector Scorecard	Seasonally Adjusted	Select Year >>
	Taken together, this group of six economic indicators presents an overall picture of the current conditions in the Connecticut labor market. Current levels and the change from the previous period, as well as the year-to-year changes in the number of Nonfarm Employment, Residents Employed and Residents Unemployed, the Unemployment Rate, the size of the Labor Force, and the Average Weekly Initial Claims - the number of those filing initial, new and additional, claims for unemployment 12-month moving average. For charts, trends and data for the six labor market economic indicators and historical totals follow the column header links or "trends" buttons. All workforce sector indicators except AWIC are seasonally adjusted figures.

	Scorecard Home		Workforce Trends 2001-2024		Download Workforce Data 2001-2024		2024 Workforce Print Version

Nonfarm
Employment

Month	2023	2024

Jan	1,689.5	1,704.0


Feb	1,687.7	1,703.5


Mar	1,688.7	1,705.4


Apr	1,685.8	1,706.7


May	1,691.8	1,708.3


Jun	1,699.2	1,711.0


Jul	1,696.4	1,708.6


Aug	1,698.7	1,707.5


Sep	1,699.5	1,709.6


Oct	1,700.5	1,711.0


Nov	1,700.0	1,712.6


Dec	1,700.1	1,716.1

Residents
Employed

2023	2024

1,840.3	1,863.3


1,842.7	1,867.2


1,845.3	1,871.5


1,848.0	1,875.6


1,850.5	1,879.4


1,853.0	1,882.4


1,855.2	1,885.1


1,856.6	1,888.0


1,857.3	1,890.8


1,857.8	1,893.0


1,858.7	1,893.4


1,860.4	1,893.2

Labor
Force

2023	2024

1,905.2	1,926.9


1,905.5	1,929.7


1,906.3	1,933.0


1,907.5	1,936.4


1,909.0	1,939.9


1,911.1	1,943.0


1,913.8	1,946.1


1,916.3	1,949.5


1,918.5	1,952.8


1,920.5	1,955.4


1,922.4	1,955.9


1,924.5	1,955.6

Unemployment
Rate

2023	2024

3.4	3.3


3.3	3.2


3.2	3.2


3.1	3.1


3.1	3.1


3.0	3.1


3.1	3.1


3.1	3.2


3.2	3.2


3.3	3.2


3.3	3.2


3.3	3.2

Residents
Unemployed

2023	2024

64.9	63.6


62.8	62.5


61.0	61.4


59.5	60.8


58.5	60.5


58.1	60.5


58.6	60.9


59.7	61.5


61.3	62.0


62.7	62.4


63.7	62.5


64.1	62.5

Average Weekly
Initial Claims

2023	2024

3,819	4,011


3,872	3,977


3,926	3,946


3,954	3,922


4,095	3,785


4,549	3,506


4,274	3,211


4,092	3,190


4,054	3,172


4,043	3,153


4,033	3,131


4,009	3,154

2024 Workforce Scorecard Totals
[(Up/Total)-(Down/Total)] x 100 = Net%

Total	Up	Down	NC	Net %

6	3	3	0	0%


6	2	4	0	-33%


6	3	3	0	0%


6	4	2	0	+33%


6	4	2	0	+33%


6	4	2	0	+33%


6	2	3	1	-17%


6	2	4	0	-33%


6	2	4	0	-33%


6	2	3	1	-17%


6	2	3	1	-17%


6	6	0	0	+100%