Labor Market Information for Businesses

Labor Market Information for Businesses - Publications

Our LMI Publications page, where you will see the titles of all our publications, is another resource to look for business data. You can read these publications at our centers or order them for your continued use. They contain data (tables or charts along with text) which have been collected, analyzed, and organized especially for the convenience of our readers.

The Office of Research occasionally undertakes special studies and projects of importance to the State on topics relevant to the labor market, workforce, and the workforce development system. See Occasional Papers & Reports for a complete listing.


	Connecticut Labor Situation Highlights changes from both a month and a year earlier in unemployment, nonfarm employment, and changes over-the-year for manufacturing wages and hours for the State and its nine labor market areas. Other economic indicators for CT, such as seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment, average weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance, the unemployment rate, and average manufacturing weekly hours, are listed by month for the entire previous year up to the current period.	Connecticut Economic Digest Every month the Digest provides the most current economic data available for Connecticut. Decision-makers from many arenas are better informed because the Digest makes it possible to follow the trends and understand the status of economic forces that influence Connecticut's labor markets. We are pleased to continue providing information that is useful in making decisions, setting plans, and engaging in informed conversation

	Business & Employment Changes Announced in the News Media This publication lists start-ups, expansions, staff reductions, and layoffs reported by the media, both current and future. The report provides company name, the number of workers involved, date of the action, the principal product or service of the company, a brief synopsis of the action, and the source and date of the media article.	Labor Market Information - At-A-Glance The Office of Research gathers, analyzes, and disseminates information on the economy, workforce and careers that is used to evaluate the economic health of CT, to support and promote state workforce development activities, and to assist students and job seekers in making career choices. At-A-Glance is a monthly pamphlet that contains the latest updates for data items most frequently requested.

	Connecticut Labor Force Data for Affirmative Action Plan Provides quarterly labor force information for Connecticut and its nine labor market areas. Includes statewide and labor market area estimates of total labor force, unemployment rates, and unemployed women and minorities. Information on the broad occupational skills of women and minority job seekers registered with the CTWorks Career Centers can also be found here.	Information for Workforce Investment Planning Contains a variety of data on CT and each of the state’s five WIAs including population and population density, labor force, employment and wages by industry sector, and new housing permits. In addition, detailed information on residents in need of workforce investment services such as high school dropouts, Medicaid recipients, adult probationers, Temporary Family Assistance recipients, and other residents with barriers to employment.

	Connecticut Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data provide information on the gross number of jobs gained and lost at business establishments in CT. They include estimates of the number of jobs added at opening and expanding establishments and of jobs eliminated at closing and contracting establishments. Also known as job flows, these data provide a fuller understanding of the labor market dynamics underlying net employment growth that unfold over time.	Connecticut Business Sector Scorecard The health of the business sector will affect, among other things, the ability of firms to hire workers and, particularly in regard to businesses selling their goods and services outside the State, the ability to increase the State’s income through exports. There are several indicators that provide a picture of the business sector's vital signs.

	Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine Data Series HWOL measures the number of new, first-time online jobs and jobs reposted from the previous month for over 16,000 Internet job boards, corporate boards and smaller job sites that serve niche markets and smaller geographic areas. The data can be used as a real-time measure of labor demand.	2016-17 Legislative Report Card ~ CETC (2.6M) The report summarizes the employment and compensation experience of students who graduated from our 18 public colleges during the 2014-15 school year. The report also provides a detailed summary of employment by industry sector and college degree program for the graduates of each system of education and for each individual institution.

	2015 Legislative Report Card ~ CETC (4MB) A comprehensive report on employment outcomes for graduates of the public college system. Provides a summary of employment and earnings experience for students who graduated from one of Connecticut’s 18 public colleges in 2013-14, as well as more detailed information on these employed graduates by industry sector, college and degree program.	2014 Legislative Report Card ~ CETC (3MB) A comprehensive report on employment outcomes for graduates of the public college system. Provides a summary of employment and earnings experience for students who graduated from one of Connecticut’s 18 public colleges in 2012-13, as well as more detailed information on these employed graduates by industry sector, college and degree program.

	2008 Higher Education: Building Connecticut’s Workforce (2.4MB) A comprehensive report on employment outcomes for graduates of the public college system. Provides a summary of employment and earnings experience for students who graduated from one of Connecticut’s 18 public colleges in 2008, as well as more detailed information on these employed graduates by industry sector, college and degree program.	2007 Higher Education: Building Connecticut’s Workforce (2.7MB) The archived report on employment outcomes for graduates of the public college system. Provides a summary of employment and earnings experience for students who graduated from one of Connecticut’s 18 public colleges in 2007, as well as more detailed information on these employed graduates by industry sector, college and degree program.

	2006 Higher Education: Building Connecticut’s Workforce (3.2MB) The archived report on employment outcomes for graduates of the public college system. Provides a summary of employment and earnings experience for students who graduated from one of Connecticut’s 18 public colleges in 2006, as well as more detailed information on these employed graduates by industry sector, college and degree program.	2004 Higher Education: Building Connecticut’s Workforce (3.8MB) The archived report summarizes employment and earnings results for students who graduated from one of the State’s 18 public colleges in 2004, and provides more detailed information on these employed graduates by industry sector, college and degree program.

	Connecticut’s Middle-Skill Jobs (342KB) Connecticut has more middle-skill jobs than low- or high-skill jobs. Over the next decade, strong growth in middle-skill jobs and wages is expected as the demand continues to rise. In Connecticut, it is projected that nearly four out of every ten job openings (new and replacement) will require only middle-skills. Overall, the demand for middle-skills is likely to grow rapidly over the next decade and beyond – both overall and within key sectors.	CT Workforce Demands & the Implications for Education (1.4MB) Describes the major economic trends in the state of CT in relationship to their effect upon employment over the next 10 years. As Connecticut's economy continues to grow in the direction of a "knowledge economy," i.e., an economy in which knowledge possessed by workers becomes the most valuable economic commodity, the investment in CT's educational infrastructure becomes correspondingly more important.

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