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  Hartford LMA - Current Employment Statistics

 Last Updated: April 7th, 2026
HARTFORD - WEST HARTFORD - EAST HARTFORD (25540)
Not Seasonally Adjusted		 January January CHANGE December
2026 2025 NO. % 2025
TOTAL NONFARM EMPLOYMENT……………………………………… 615,300 614,700 600 0.1 626,100
TOTAL PRIVATE……………………………………… 515,600 515,000 600 0.1 525,400
  GOODS PRODUCING INDUSTRIES………………………………. 79,600 80,200 -600 -0.7 81,600
    CONSTRUCTION, NAT. RES. & MINING.…….. 22,100 21,900 200 0.9 24,000
    MANUFACTURING………………………………. 57,500 58,300 -800 -1.4 57,600
      Durable Goods…………………………………. 47,200 48,000 -800 -1.7 47,200
      Non-Durable Goods…………………………… 10,300 10,300 0 0.0 10,400
  SERVICE PROVIDING INDUSTRIES……………………………… 535,700 534,500 1,200 0.2 544,500
    TRADE, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES….. 106,800 108,600 -1,800 -1.7 110,700
      Wholesale Trade……………………………… 18,800 19,100 -300 -1.6 18,900
      Retail Trade………………………………………. 51,900 53,000 -1,100 -2.1 54,000
      Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities………………………………………. 36,100 36,500 -400 -1.1 37,800
        Transportation and Warehousing……………………………………………… 35,000 35,400 -400 -1.1 36,700
    INFORMATION……………………………………… 5,700 5,800 -100 -1.7 5,700
    FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES……………………………………… 51,700 52,100 -400 -0.8 52,000
        Depository Credit Institutions……………………………………………… 4,600 4,700 -100 -2.1 4,600
        Insurance Carriers & Related Activities……………………………………………… 36,300 36,400 -100 -0.3 36,500
    PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES 78,700 78,000 700 0.9 79,400
      Professional, Scientific………………………….. 38,600 38,900 -300 -0.8 38,000
      Management of Companies…………………………………….. 12,300 12,600 -300 -2.4 12,200
      Administrative and Support…………………………………….. 27,800 26,500 1,300 4.9 29,200
    EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES……. 121,300 118,900 2,400 2.0 122,300
      Educational Services………………………….. 15,200 15,000 200 1.3 16,000
      Health Care and Social Assistance………………………….. 106,100 103,900 2,200 2.1 106,300
        Ambulatory Health Care……………………………………………… 35,100 34,600 500 1.4 35,400
    LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY…………………… 48,300 48,100 200 0.4 50,100
      Accommodation and Food Services………………………….. 40,600 40,900 -300 -0.7 42,000
    OTHER SERVICES……………………………….. 23,500 23,300 200 0.9 23,600
    GOVERNMENT …………………………………….. 99,700 99,700 0 0.0 100,700
      Federal………………………………………………………… 5,400 5,800 -400 -6.9 5,400
      State & Local……………………………………… 94,300 93,900 400 0.4 95,300
Current month's data are preliminary. Prior months' data have been revised. All data are benchmarked to March 2013.
 *Total excludes workers idled due to labor-management disputes.
More industry detail data is available for the State and its labor market areas at: https://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/202/202_minorareas_wia.asp. The data published there differ from the data in the preceding tables, in that they are collected from a near-universe count of Connecticut employers covered by unemployment insurance (UI) programs, while the data here is sample-based.The Web site data does not contain estimates of employment not covered by UI programs, and is lagged several months behind the current employment estimates presented here.
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