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Labor Market Information - Manufacturing Sector State of Connecticut

Last Updated: March 21, 2024

Manufacturing Sector ~ State of Connecticut

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1 Month Ago				1 Year Ago				January 2010 Recession Trough				March 2008 Employment Peak
Feb 2024	Jan 2024	Change	Rate %	Feb 2024	Feb 2023	Change	Rate %	Feb 2024	Jan 2010	Change	Rate %	Feb 2024	Mar 2008	Change	Rate %
158,400	158,400	0	0.0%	158,400	158,800	-400	-0.3%	158,400	162,300	-3,900	-2.4%	158,400	185,800	-27,400	-14.7%

The manufacturing sector consists of establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products. Planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering.

Month	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
Jan	156,700		156,400		157,700		159,900		162,200		160,800		151,700		154,400		158,800		158,400
Feb	156,600		156,400		157,700		160,000		162,000		160,800		152,000		155,300		158,800		158,400
Mar	156,900		156,300		158,100		159,800		162,100		160,200		152,800		155,900		158,700
Apr	157,100		156,100		158,200		160,200		162,200		149,000		152,500		156,900		158,400
May	157,200		156,100		158,500		160,500		162,100		151,000		152,700		156,900		158,400
Jun	157,300		156,100		158,900		160,700		162,000		151,800		151,800		156,700		158,700
Jul	157,100		156,400		159,000		160,900		162,200		151,900		153,200		157,500		158,400
Aug	156,900		156,600		159,400		160,900		161,700		152,000		152,800		157,900		158,400
Sep	157,600		156,700		158,900		160,700		161,700		152,500		153,400		158,200		158,400
Oct	156,600		156,800		159,200		161,300		161,800		152,500		154,000		158,400		157,700
Nov	156,600		156,700		159,400		161,500		161,700		152,100		154,500		158,500		158,100
Dec	156,500		157,400		159,800		162,100		161,000		151,900		154,900		158,600		157,900

Month	2005	Y/Y	2006	Y/Y	2007	Y/Y	2008	Y/Y	2009	Y/Y	2010	Y/Y	2011	Y/Y	2012	Y/Y	2013	Y/Y	2014	Y/Y
Jan	194,400		191,700		189,600		186,700		177,500		162,300		163,200		162,800		161,200		158,500
Feb	194,000		191,900		189,700		186,100		175,100		162,100		163,500		163,200		161,200		158,300
Mar	193,800		188,500		189,500		185,800		173,000		162,100		163,600		162,600		161,000		157,900
Apr	193,600		191,900		188,200		185,900		171,000		162,200		163,700		162,300		160,900		157,700
May	193,500		191,800		188,000		185,900		169,600		162,600		163,600		162,200		160,700		157,000
Jun	193,100		191,500		188,000		185,300		168,000		162,600		163,500		162,100		160,400		156,600
Jul	192,600		191,600		187,800		184,800		166,100		163,200		163,600		161,600		160,400		156,600
Aug	192,200		191,100		187,500		184,300		165,300		163,100		164,100		161,600		159,800		156,700
Sep	191,600		190,400		187,000		183,800		165,000		163,400		163,300		161,100		159,600		156,700
Oct	191,700		189,900		186,500		182,900		163,900		163,400		163,100		161,300		159,600		157,000
Nov	191,400		189,800		186,400		181,600		163,300		163,300		163,100		161,200		159,000		156,900
Dec	191,000		190,000		186,100		180,000		163,000		163,200		162,800		161,100		158,800		156,700

Month	1995	Y/Y	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
Jan	250,800		243,900		242,500		246,800		242,500		233,900		232,600		215,600		202,500		195,200
Feb	250,200		244,300		242,800		247,000		241,600		234,200		231,700		214,400		201,400		195,100
Mar	250,000		243,700		242,600		247,600		241,200		233,600		230,900		213,300		200,300		195,200
Apr	248,500		243,400		244,100		247,300		240,600		233,700		229,200		212,000		199,900		195,200
May	248,100		243,800		244,300		247,100		239,400		233,500		227,800		211,000		198,800		194,800
Jun	247,500		243,200		244,700		246,700		238,500		233,500		226,300		209,600		197,900		194,700
Jul	245,900		242,300		243,000		248,600		238,700		236,000		225,000		208,300		196,600		195,400
Aug	246,500		244,600		245,000		246,500		238,200		235,600		223,300		207,900		196,200		195,300
Sep	245,900		243,300		243,500		246,600		236,800		235,100		221,000		206,600		195,800		195,000
Oct	245,100		244,600		244,600		245,400		236,200		234,400		219,700		205,400		195,700		194,800
Nov	244,800		245,400		245,300		244,200		235,800		233,900		218,200		204,200		195,600		194,800
Dec	245,100		245,600		244,300		243,100		235,600		233,200		217,000		203,300		195,300		194,400


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