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Connecticut Labor Market Information - Waterbury Labor Market Area Nonfarm Employment
  Waterbury LMA - Current Employment Statistics Last Updated: December 10, 2025
WATERBURY - SHELTON (47930)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
September September CHANGE September
2025 2024 NO. % 2025
TOTAL NONFARM EMPLOYMENT……………………………………… 162,000 162,300 -300 -0.2 161,500
TOTAL PRIVATE……………………………………… 140,700 141,300 -600 -0.4 142,300
  GOODS PRODUCING INDUSTRIES………………………………. 26,100 26,200 -100 -0.4 26,300
    CONSTRUCTION, NAT. RES. & MINING.…….. 8,400 8,300 100 1.2 8,400
    MANUFACTURING………………………………. 17,700 17,900 -200 -1.1 17,900
  SERVICE PROVIDING INDUSTRIES……………………………… 135,900 136,100 -200 -0.1 135,200
    TRADE, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES….. 29,900 30,100 -200 -0.7 29,800
      Wholesale Trade……………………………… 6,600 6,500 100 1.5 6,700
      Retail Trade………………………………………. 18,000 18,300 -300 -1.6 18,100
      Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities………………………………………. 5,300 5,300 0 0.0 5,000
    INFORMATION……………………………………… 4,600 4,700 -100 -2.1 4,700
    FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES……………………………………… 5,500 5,500 0 0.0 5,600
    PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES 19,000 19,300 -300 -1.6 19,100
    EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES……. 36,400 36,200 200 0.6 36,400
      Health Care and Social Assistance………………………….. 33,300 33,200 100 0.3 33,600
    LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY…………………… 14,000 14,200 -200 -1.4 15,100
    OTHER SERVICES……………………………….. 5,200 5,100 100 2.0 5,300
    GOVERNMENT …………………………………….. 21,300 21,000 300 1.4 19,200
      Federal………………………………………………………… 800 800 0 0.0 800
      State & Local……………………………………… 20,500 20,200 300 1.5 18,400
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+A1:F28 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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