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  Waterbury LMA - Current Employment Statistics

 Last Updated: April 7th, 2026
WATERBURY - SHELTON (47930)
Not Seasonally Adjusted		 January January CHANGE December
2026 2025 NO. % 2025
TOTAL NONFARM EMPLOYMENT……………………………………… 157,900 159,300 -1,400 -0.9 160,500
TOTAL PRIVATE……………………………………… 137,600 138,400 -800 -0.6 140,100
  GOODS PRODUCING INDUSTRIES………………………………. 24,400 24,900 -500 -2.0 24,900
    CONSTRUCTION, NAT. RES. & MINING.…….. 7,400 7,500 -100 -1.3 7,900
    MANUFACTURING………………………………. 17,000 17,400 -400 -2.3 17,000
  SERVICE PROVIDING INDUSTRIES……………………………… 133,500 134,400 -900 -0.7 135,600
    TRADE, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES….. 29,700 30,300 -600 -2.0 30,400
      Wholesale Trade……………………………… 6,300 6,600 -300 -4.5 6,300
      Retail Trade………………………………………. 17,900 18,200 -300 -1.6 18,400
      Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities………………………………………. 5,500 5,500 0 0.0 5,700
    INFORMATION……………………………………… 4,700 4,700 0 0.0 4,700
    FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES……………………………………… 5,300 5,600 -300 -5.4 5,400
    PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES 18,300 18,200 100 0.5 18,700
    EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES……. 37,000 36,800 200 0.5 37,300
      Health Care and Social Assistance………………………….. 33,900 33,600 300 0.9 34,100
    LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY…………………… 12,900 12,600 300 2.4 13,400
    OTHER SERVICES……………………………….. 5,300 5,300 0 0.0 5,300
    GOVERNMENT …………………………………….. 20,300 20,900 -600 -2.9 20,400
      Federal………………………………………………………… 800 800 0 0.0 800
      State & Local……………………………………… 19,500 20,100 -600 -3.0 19,600
Current month's data are preliminary. Prior months' data have been revised. All data are benchmarked to March 2013.
*Total excludes workers idled due to labor-management disputes.
More+A1:F28 industry detail data is available for the State and its labor market areas at: https://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/202/202_minorareas_wia.asp. The data published there differ from the data in the preceding tables, in that they are collected from a near-universe count of Connecticut employers covered by unemployment insurance (UI) programs, while the data here is sample-based.The Web site data does not contain estimates of employment not covered by UI programs, and is lagged several months behind the current employment estimates presented here.
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