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Labor Market Information - Connecticut, Employment Sectors & United States Nonfarm Employment

State of Connecticut, Employment Sectors & United States Nonfarm Employment

Last Updated: March 10, 2023

Nonfarm payroll jobs increased by 8,700 (0.5%) in January 2023 to 1,681,800 while Connecticut's unemployment rate dropped to 3.9% (preliminary, seasonally adjusted). Statewide nonfarm industry employment is now 35,300 (2.1%) positions higher than the January 2022 level. The Constitution State has now recovered 94.6% (273,400) of the 289,100 jobs lost during the 2020 COVID lockdown (this is all newly benchmarked data, pg.3). Warm weather supported services employment to start the year. Connecticut's jobless rate was down one-tenth of a percent from the recently revised December rate (4.0%) and is lower by nine-tenths of a percentage point from the 4.8% rate a year ago. The CT Labor Situation presents labor data developed from two surveys (businesses and households) conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in association with the states.

Connecticut's Private Sector employment (86.4% of total nonfarm jobs) increased by 8,400 (0.6%) positions in January 2023 to 1,452,600 and is now higher by 32,700 positions (2.3%) from the January 2022 level. The state's Private Sector is now 96.9% recovered from the April 2020 COVID employment trough. The Government supersector was also slightly higher by 300 jobs (0.1%) to a level of 229,200. Public sector employment in the state is just 2,600 positions (1.1%) above year-ago levels and the total Government is only 67.5% recovered from the COVID April 2020 job low. The state's Government supersector includes all federal, state, local, and tribal government employment, including public education and Native American casino jobs located on federally recognized reservation lands.

Seven of the ten major industry supersectors augmented jobs in January 2023, while three declined.

The seven Connecticut industry supersectors that increased employment in January 2023 (below)

Professional and Business Services +3,700, 1.7%, 222,300
Educational and Health Services +2,300, 0.7%, 349,900
Construction and Mining +1,400, 2.3%, 62,300
Trade, Transportation & Utilities +1,300, 0.4%, 297,000
Leisure and Hospitality +700, 0.5%, 153,700
Other Services +500, 0.8%, 62,100
Government +300, 0.1%, 229,200

The three industry supersectors that declined in jobs in January 2023 (below)

Financial Activities -1,000, -0.9%, 115,600
Manufacturing -300, -0.2%, 158,800
Information -200, -0.6%, 30,900

Labor Market Information - Connecticut, Employment Sectors & United States Nonfarm Employment

		Year to Year				Month to Month				Previous Three Months
		Jan 2023	Jan 2022	Change	Rate %	Jan 2023	Dec 2022	Change	Rate %	Nov 2022	Oct 2022	Aug 2022
Graph	Follow link below for more charts & data	State of Connecticut Employment
	Connecticut Nonfarm Employment	1,681,800	1,646,500	35,300	2.1%	1,681,800	1,673,100	8,700	0.5%	1,674,600	1,669,400	1,672,100
	Private Sector	1,452,600	1,419,900	32,700	2.3%	1,452,600	1,444,200	8,400	0.6%	1,445,100	1,442,900	1,444,200

Graph	Follow link below for more charts & data	Goods Producing Industries
	Construction	61,900	60,500	1,400	2.3%	61,900	60,400	1,500	2.5%	61,500	61,200	60,400

	Manufacturing	158,800	154,300	4,500	2.9%	158,800	159,100	-300	-0.2%	158,800	159,100	157,800
Graph	Follow link below for more charts & data	Service Providing Industries
	Trade, Transportation and Utilities	297,000	293,400	3,600	1.2%	297,000	295,700	1,300	0.4%	294,700	294,500	299,000

	Information	30,900	31,000	-100	-0.3%	30,900	31,100	-200	-0.6%	31,500	31,200	31,400

	Financial Activities	115,600	118,500	-2,900	-2.4%	115,600	116,600	-1,000	-0.9%	117,200	118,100	118,000

	Professional and Business Services	222,300	219,800	2,500	1.1%	222,300	218,600	3,700	1.7%	220,900	219,400	221,800

	Educational and Health Services	349,900	337,500	12,400	3.7%	349,900	347,600	2,300	0.7%	346,100	345,200	342,800

	Leisure and Hospitality	153,700	144,200	9,500	6.6%	153,700	153,000	700	0.5%	152,200	151,800	151,000

	Other Services	62,100	60,300	1,800	3.0%	62,100	61,600	500	0.8%	61,700	61,900	61,500

	Government	229,200	226,600	2,600	1.1%	229,200	228,900	300	0.1%	229,500	226,500	227,900
Graph	Follow link below for more charts & data	United States Employment
	United States Nonfarm Employment	155,073,000	150,106,000	4,967,000	3.3%	155,073,000	154,556,000	517,000	0.3%	154,296,000	154,006,000	153,332,000


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