Labor Market Information - Connecticut Industry Sector Employment

Industry Sectors Employment (CES) - State of Connecticut

Last Updated: March 27, 2014

Five industry supersectors gained jobs in February and five were down. This is also true at the moment for industry gains over the year. The five growing supersectors in February were led by the professional and business services (3,000, 1.48%). This supersector was sharply lower in January (-2,600) and more than regained that loss. The combined construction and mining (1,500, 2.7%) industry supersector was also higher in February after just a small 100 job loss in the very stormy January. Construction is now the fastest growing industry grouping in percentage terms (3,800, 7.1% over the year). Other services (600, 1.0%) and leisure and hospitality (600, 0.4%) supersectors both gained jobs, recovering some losses from last months’s cold as well. The information supersector (100, 0.3%) grew slightly.

Monthly job losses came largely from the manufacturing (-1,900, -1.2%) supersector and government (-1,900, -0.8%) entities. Manufacturing experienced a significant durable goods segment decline (-2,000, -1.6%) while nondurable goods components were slightly higher (100, 0.3%). The government supersector was lower at all three levels; federal (-100, -0.6%), state (-1,400, -2.0%) and local (-400,-0.3%). Smaller job losses of less than a thousand came from financial activities (-500, -0.4%), education and health services (-400, -0.1%), and trade, transportation, and utilities (-300, -0.1%).

Labor Market Information - Connecticut, Employment Sectors & United States Nonfarm Employment

		Year to Year				Month to Month				Previous Three Months
		Feb 2014	Feb 2013	Change	Rate %	Feb 2014	Jan 2014	Change	Rate %	Dec 2013	Nov 2013	Oct 2013
Graph	Follow link below for more charts & data	State of Connecticut Employment
	Connecticut Nonfarm Employment	1,653,400	1,643,100	10,300	0.6%	1,653,400	1,652,600	800	0.0%	1,663,500	1,661,400	1,658,800
Graph	Follow link below for more charts & data	Goods Producing Industries
	Construction	56,800	53,000	3,800	7.2%	56,800	55,400	1,400	2.5%	55,400	55,200	54,500

	Manufacturing	161,900	164,600	-2,700	-1.6%	161,900	163,800	-1,900	-1.2%	162,300	162,300	163,400
Graph	Follow link below for more charts & data	Service Providing Industries
	Transportation and Public Utilities	298,100	295,800	2,300	0.8%	298,100	298,400	-300	-0.1%	301,900	302,400	300,200

	Information	31,500	32,100	-600	-1.9%	31,500	31,400	100	0.3%	31,300	31,500	31,600

	Financial Activities	130,300	132,000	-1,700	-1.3%	130,300	130,800	-500	-0.4%	132,300	132,100	131,300

	Professional and Business Services	205,900	204,000	1,900	0.9%	205,900	202,900	3,000	1.5%	205,500	205,600	205,500

	Educational and Health Services	324,600	318,400	6,200	1.9%	324,600	325,000	-400	-0.1%	326,300	325,900	324,700

	Leisure and Hospitality	148,600	143,400	5,200	3.6%	148,600	148,000	600	0.4%	150,600	149,400	150,400

	Other Services	61,900	62,300	-400	-0.6%	61,900	61,300	600	1.0%	61,700	61,400	61,700

	Government	233,200	236,900	-3,700	-1.6%	233,200	235,100	-1,900	-0.8%	235,600	235,000	234,900
Graph	Follow link below for more charts & data	United States Employment
	United States Nonfarm Employment	137,699,000	135,541,000	2,158,000	1.6%	137,699,000	137,524,000	175,000	0.1%	137,395,000	137,311,000	137,037,000