Labor Market Information - State of Connecticut Most Recent Labor Force Data by Labor Market Area (LMA)
Current Labor Force Data for Labor Market Area (LMA) - State of Connecticut
Last Updated: March 28, 2025
Febraury 2025 - Current Monthly Data (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
2025(2024 Benchmark)
CONNECTICUT
LABOR FORCE DATA BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
LABOR MARKET
AREAS
BRIDGEPORT-STAMFORD-DANBURY
Laborforce
Employed
Unemployed
Rate
January
517,100
497,500
19,600
3.8
February
511,600
489,400
22,100
4.3
HARTFORD-WEST
HARTFORD-EAST HARTFORD
January
614,600
590,300
24,300
3.9
February
610,700
583,600
27,100
4.4
NEW HAVEN
January
316,900
304,600
12,300
3.9
February
317,200
303,700
13,500
4.3
NORWICH-NEW
LONDON-WILLIMANTIC
January
144,000
138,400
5,700
3.9
February
143,000
136,800
6,200
4.4
PUTNAM-NORTHEAST
January
42,200
40,400
1,800
4.2
February
41,700
39,700
2,000
4.8
TORRINGTON-NORTHWEST
January
46,400
44,500
1,900
4.1
February
45,700
43,600
2,100
4.6
WATERBURY-SHELTON
January
242,100
231,000
11,100
4.6
February
240,200
228,000
12,200
5.1
STATEWIDE
January
1,947,900
1,870,500
77,400
4.0
February
1,934,500
1,848,100
86,400
4.5
The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program produces monthly employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence. The LAUS program is a federal-state cooperative endeavor in which states develop state and sub-state data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). A major source of labor force data estimates, the Current Population Survey (CPS) includes a sample of over 600 Connecticut households each month regarding the labor force status of their occupants.
Labor force measures are based on the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years old and over. People with jobs are counted as employed. People who are jobless, looking for jobs, and available for work are regarded as unemployed, and people who are neither employed nor unemployed are considelightblue not in the labor force. The unemployment rate represents the percentage of the labor force that is unemployed. Annual average data is published after benchmark revisions are made.
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