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  Private Sector Employment - State of Connecticut

 Last Updated: January 26th, 2026
Connecticut's Recessionary Job Loss and Recovery     March 2008 - August 2025
March
2008		 January
2010		 December
2025		 Jobs Lost Recovered
Jobs Percent
Nonfarm Employment 1,720.9 1,601.0 1,711.8 -119.9 110.8 92.4%
Private Sector Employment 1,461.7 1,349.7 1,476.8 -112.0 127.1 113.5%
* March 2008 was employment peak. February 2010 was employment trough.    Last Updated: January 6th, 2026
State of Connecticut private sector employment seasonally adjusted chart showing trends from 1990 to current, including major declines and recoveries.
Month 2012 Y/Y 2013 Y/Y 2014 Y/Y 2015 Y/Y 2016 Y/Y 2017 Y/Y 2018 Y/Y 2019 Y/Y 2020 Y/Y 2021 Y/Y 2022 Y/Y 2023 Y/Y 2024 Y/Y 2025 Y/Y 2026 Y/Y
 Jan 1,398.0 No change 1,407.5 No change 1,420.6 No change 1,438.7 No change 1,445.9 No change 1,457.9 No change 1,460.6 No change 1,460.4 No change 1,464.3 No change 1,363.7 No change 1,418.8 No change 1,459.1 No change 1,469.5 No change 1,483.0 No change
 Feb 1,400.4 No change 1,407.3 No change 1,418.5 No change 1,437.7 No change 1,448.5 No change 1,455.8 No change 1,461.6 No change 1,460.0 No change 1,462.1 No change 1,368.0 No change 1,433.1 No change 1,456.8 No change 1,469.4 No change 1,481.4 No change
 Mar 1,403.3 No change 1,411.9 No change 1,421.3 No change 1,438.1 No change 1,453.6 No change 1,456.7 No change 1,459.4 No change 1,459.5 No change 1,448.0 No change 1,373.8 No change 1,437.2 No change 1,457.5 No change 1,470.5 No change 1,476.8 No change
 Apr 1,397.3 No change 1,414.9 No change 1,426.5 No change 1,439.5 No change 1,449.3 No change 1,455.7 No change 1,457.7 No change 1,461.3 No change 1,194.1 No change 1,376.7 No change 1,442.2 No change 1,455.3 No change 1,470.1 No change 1,481.7 No change
 May 1,400.0 No change 1,414.4 No change 1,427.1 No change 1,444.5 No change 1,448.5 No change 1,457.8 No change 1,461.9 No change 1,460.0 No change 1,228.2 No change 1,382.3 No change 1,439.7 No change 1,459.0 No change 1,473.0 No change 1,477.3 No change
 Jun 1,401.4 No change 1,417.1 No change 1,426.7 No change 1,446.8 No change 1,448.7 No change 1,459.8 No change 1,464.6 No change 1,459.4 No change 1,278.3 No change 1,386.0 No change 1,439.1 No change 1,465.3 No change 1,474.7 No change 1,482.3 No change
 Jul 1,400.7 No change 1,418.4 No change 1,430.0 No change 1,442.3 No change 1,454.2 No change 1,458.3 No change 1,463.2 No change 1,459.9 No change 1,311.8 No change 1,400.6 No change 1,445.5 No change 1,463.5 No change 1,472.1 No change 1,482.8 No change
 Aug 1,402.2 No change 1,420.9 No change 1,430.6 No change 1,442.7 No change 1,454.2 No change 1,458.5 No change 1,464.0 No change 1,458.4 No change 1,332.8 No change 1,402.0 No change 1,446.4 No change 1,464.9 No change 1,471.5 No change 1,483.6 No change
 Sep 1,404.8 No change 1,420.0 No change 1,432.0 No change 1,444.1 No change 1,453.4 No change 1,459.0 No change 1,464.2 No change 1,459.0 No change 1,349.7 No change 1,399.4 No change 1,446.3 No change 1,466.1 No change 1,474.4 No change 1,477.8 No change
 Oct 1,407.2 No change 1,419.5 No change 1,432.9 No change 1,447.1 No change 1,453.8 No change 1,457.4 No change 1,465.6 No change 1,460.5 No change 1,359.9 No change 1,415.1 No change 1,446.0 No change 1,466.7 No change 1,476.7 No change 1,475.8 No change
 Nov 1,407.2 No change 1,420.7 No change 1,435.5 No change 1,448.1 No change 1,452.6 No change 1,458.2 No change 1,463.7 No change 1,461.8 No change 1,361.8 No change 1,419.2 No change 1,447.7 No change 1,466.4 No change 1,478.2 No change 1,477.4 No change
 Dec 1,409.3 No change 1,417.9 No change 1,436.7 No change 1,447.0 No change 1,455.2 No change 1,457.5 No change 1,466.5 No change 1,459.1 No change 1,360.4 No change 1,425.5 No change 1,450.9 No change 1,466.4 No change 1,481.8 No change 1,476.4 No change
Month 1997 Y/Y 1998 Y/Y 1999 Y/Y 2000 Y/Y 2001 Y/Y 2002 Y/Y 2003 Y/Y 2004 Y/Y 2005 Y/Y 2006 Y/Y 2007 Y/Y 2008 Y/Y 2009 Y/Y 2010 Y/Y 2011 Y/Y
 Jan 1,367.8 No change 1,404.2 No change 1,428.9 No change 1,443.6 No change 1,449.5 No change 1,425.7 No change 1,405.7 No change 1,399.4 No change 1,414.6 No change 1,429.0 No change 1,445.7 No change 1,460.1 No change 1,414.8 No change 1,349.7 No change 1,379.2 No change
 Feb 1,368.8 No change 1,408.7 No change 1,429.5 No change 1,445.2 No change 1,444.3 No change 1,424.5 No change 1,402.6 No change 1,399.9 No change 1,417.5 No change 1,430.3 No change 1,445.4 No change 1,460.5 No change 1,407.8 No change 1,350.2 No change 1,382.1 No change
 Mar 1,374.3 No change 1,411.6 No change 1,432.1 No change 1,449.8 No change 1,441.7 No change 1,424.4 No change 1,399.9 No change 1,402.0 No change 1,416.3 No change 1,430.5 No change 1,445.2 No change 1,461.7 No change 1,397.3 No change 1,352.5 No change 1,380.9 No change
 Apr 1,377.7 No change 1,407.8 No change 1,431.4 No change 1,449.0 No change 1,438.7 No change 1,424.4 No change 1,398.3 No change 1,405.0 No change 1,422.0 No change 1,436.3 No change 1,446.8 No change 1,458.7 No change 1,381.3 No change 1,362.0 No change 1,388.7 No change
 May 1,379.9 No change 1,413.5 No change 1,429.8 No change 1,449.2 No change 1,441.3 No change 1,422.3 No change 1,398.6 No change 1,407.3 No change 1,418.9 No change 1,434.2 No change 1,450.6 No change 1,456.1 No change 1,382.2 No change 1,365.2 No change 1,386.2 No change
 Jun 1,381.6 No change 1,416.2 No change 1,431.8 No change 1,453.4 No change 1,439.6 No change 1,419.7 No change 1,396.1 No change 1,406.8 No change 1,418.4 No change 1,434.6 No change 1,453.4 No change 1,454.1 No change 1,376.2 No change 1,365.6 No change 1,384.9 No change
 Jul 1,379.3 No change 1,421.9 No change 1,437.4 No change 1,459.2 No change 1,440.7 No change 1,415.1 No change 1,396.4 No change 1,408.8 No change 1,420.0 No change 1,436.3 No change 1,453.2 No change 1,449.5 No change 1,371.4 No change 1,370.9 No change 1,390.0 No change
 Aug 1,381.2 No change 1,421.8 No change 1,439.9 No change 1,456.5 No change 1,438.0 No change 1,413.4 No change 1,395.8 No change 1,410.4 No change 1,419.5 No change 1,438.2 No change 1,453.1 No change 1,447.0 No change 1,370.1 No change 1,373.1 No change 1,390.4 No change
 Sep 1,388.4 No change 1,417.5 No change 1,435.9 No change 1,457.0 No change 1,433.1 No change 1,411.6 No change 1,396.0 No change 1,411.9 No change 1,420.4 No change 1,437.1 No change 1,452.2 No change 1,442.9 No change 1,370.2 No change 1,373.5 No change 1,390.7 No change
 Oct 1,392.9 No change 1,421.0 No change 1,438.2 No change 1,454.7 No change 1,431.8 No change 1,408.6 No change 1,401.4 No change 1,412.5 No change 1,419.7 No change 1,439.6 No change 1,453.2 No change 1,436.5 No change 1,366.3 No change 1,377.5 No change 1,388.3 No change
 Nov 1,395.9 No change 1,424.4 No change 1,439.8 No change 1,454.5 No change 1,428.0 No change 1,406.8 No change 1,402.6 No change 1,414.5 No change 1,421.8 No change 1,440.6 No change 1,454.2 No change 1,431.3 No change 1,365.7 No change 1,377.1 No change 1,390.0 No change
 Dec 1,400.4 No change 1,425.9 No change 1,442.9 No change 1,455.9 No change 1,426.1 No change 1,405.0 No change 1,398.8 No change 1,415.2 No change 1,423.5 No change 1,444.8 No change 1,455.3 No change 1,423.4 No change 1,364.5 No change 1,378.7 No change 1,392.7 No change
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