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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)

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

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
go to Connecticut nonfarm employment data table 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
go to Private Sector sector data table 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
go to Construction sector data table Construction 61,900 60,500 1,400 2.3% 61,900 60,400 1,500 2.5% 61,500 61,200 60,400
go to Manufacturing sector data table 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
go to Transportation and Public Utilities sector data table 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
go to Information sector data table Information 30,900 31,000 -100 -0.3% 30,900 31,100 -200 -0.6% 31,500 31,200 31,400
go to Financial Activities sector data table Financial Activities 115,600 118,500 -2,900 -2.4% 115,600 116,600 -1,000 -0.9% 117,200 118,100 118,000
go to Professional and Business Services sector data table 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
go to Educational and Health Services sector data table 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
go to Leisure and Hospitality sector data table Leisure and Hospitality 153,700 144,200 9,500 6.6% 153,700 153,000 700 0.5% 152,200 151,800 151,000
go to Other Services sector data table Other Services 62,100 60,300 1,800 3.0% 62,100 61,600 500 0.8% 61,700 61,900 61,500
go to Government sector data table 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
go to United States nonfarm employment data table 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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