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Labor Market Information - State of Connecticut Private Sector Employment
  Private Sector Employment - State of Connecticut Last Updated: May 18, 2023
Connecticut's Recessionary Job Loss and Recovery     March 2008 - April 2023
April
2008
January
2010
April
2023
Jobs Lost Recovered
Jobs Percent
Nonfarm Employment 1,718.1 1,601.0 1,684.4 -117.1 83.4 71.2%
Private Sector Employment 1,458.7 1,349.7 1,454.2 -109.0 104.5 95.9%
* March 2008 was employment peak. February 2010 was employment trough.    Last Updated: May 18, 2023
Month 2009 Y/Y 2010 Y/Y 2011 Y/Y 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
 Jan 1,414.8 1,349.7 1,379.2 1,398.0 1,407.5 1,420.6 1,438.7 1,445.9 1,457.9 1,460.6 1,460.0 1,462.5 1,362.0 1,419.9 1,452.8
 Feb 1,407.8 1,350.2 1,382.1 1,400.4 1,407.3 1,418.5 1,437.7 1,448.5 1,455.8 1,461.6 1,459.7 1,460.8 1,367.3 1,432.8 1,457.6
 Mar 1,397.3 1,352.5 1,380.9 1,403.3 1,411.9 1,421.3 1,438.1 1,453.6 1,456.7 1,459.4 1,459.1 1,448.8 1,375.5 1,439.5 1,455.6
 Apr 1,381.3 1,362.0 1,388.7 1,397.3 1,414.9 1,426.5 1,439.5 1,449.3 1,455.7 1,457.7 1,461.0 1,194.8 1,376.9 1,441.4 1,454.2
 May 1,382.2 1,365.2 1,386.2 1,400.0 1,414.4 1,427.1 1,444.5 1,448.5 1,457.8 1,461.9 1,460.6 1,230.0 1,384.7 1,439.6
 Jun 1,376.2 1,365.6 1,384.9 1,401.4 1,417.1 1,426.7 1,446.8 1,448.7 1,459.8 1,464.6 1,460.7 1,280.5 1,389.3 1,440.4
 Jul 1,371.4 1,370.9 1,390.0 1,400.7 1,418.4 1,430.0 1,442.3 1,454.2 1,458.3 1,463.2 1,461.1 1,312.1 1,401.5 1,443.6
 Aug 1,370.1 1,373.1 1,390.4 1,402.2 1,420.9 1,430.6 1,442.7 1,454.2 1,458.5 1,464.0 1,458.8 1,333.1 1,402.7 1,444.2
 Sep 1,370.2 1,373.5 1,390.7 1,404.8 1,420.0 1,432.0 1,444.1 1,453.4 1,459.0 1,464.2 1,459.8 1,350.5 1,401.5 1,446.2
 Oct 1,366.3 1,377.5 1,388.3 1,407.2 1,419.5 1,432.9 1,447.1 1,453.8 1,457.4 1,465.6 1,460.0 1,359.6 1,412.2 1,442.9
 Nov 1,365.7 1,377.1 1,390.0 1,407.2 1,420.7 1,435.5 1,448.1 1,452.6 1,458.2 1,463.7 1,460.4 1,359.7 1,416.0 1,445.1
 Dec 1,364.5 1,378.7 1,392.7 1,409.3 1,417.9 1,436.7 1,447.0 1,455.2 1,457.5 1,466.5 1,458.2 1,357.9 1,420.5 1,444.2
Month 1996 Y/Y 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
 Jan 1,340.3 1,367.8 1,404.2 1,428.9 1,443.6 1,449.5 1,425.7 1,405.7 1,399.4 1,414.6 1,429.0 1,445.7 1,460.1
 Feb 1,346.6 1,368.8 1,408.7 1,429.5 1,445.2 1,444.3 1,424.5 1,402.6 1,399.9 1,417.5 1,430.3 1,445.4 1,460.5
 Mar 1,349.9 1,374.3 1,411.6 1,432.1 1,449.8 1,441.7 1,424.4 1,399.9 1,402.0 1,416.3 1,430.5 1,445.2 1,461.7
 Apr 1,352.3 1,377.7 1,407.8 1,431.4 1,449.0 1,438.7 1,424.4 1,398.3 1,405.0 1,422.0 1,436.3 1,446.8 1,458.7
 May 1,358.2 1,379.9 1,413.5 1,429.8 1,449.2 1,441.3 1,422.3 1,398.6 1,407.3 1,418.9 1,434.2 1,450.6 1,456.1
 Jun 1,361.8 1,381.6 1,416.2 1,431.8 1,453.4 1,439.6 1,419.7 1,396.1 1,406.8 1,418.4 1,434.6 1,453.4 1,454.1
 Jul 1,359.2 1,379.3 1,421.9 1,437.4 1,459.2 1,440.7 1,415.1 1,396.4 1,408.8 1,420.0 1,436.3 1,453.2 1,449.5
 Aug 1,367.4 1,381.2 1,421.8 1,439.9 1,456.5 1,438.0 1,413.4 1,395.8 1,410.4 1,419.5 1,438.2 1,453.1 1,447.0
 Sep 1,367.1 1,388.4 1,417.5 1,435.9 1,457.0 1,433.1 1,411.6 1,396.0 1,411.9 1,420.4 1,437.1 1,452.2 1,442.9
 Oct 1,370.5 1,392.9 1,421.0 1,438.2 1,454.7 1,431.8 1,408.6 1,401.4 1,412.5 1,419.7 1,439.6 1,453.2 1,436.5
 Nov 1,375.2 1,395.9 1,424.4 1,439.8 1,454.5 1,428.0 1,406.8 1,402.6 1,414.5 1,421.8 1,440.6 1,454.2 1,431.3
 Dec 1,374.7 1,400.4 1,425.9 1,442.9 1,455.9 1,426.1 1,405.0 1,398.8 1,415.2 1,423.5 1,444.8 1,455.3 1,423.4
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