Labor Market Information - Archived 2008 Workforce Sector Scorecard

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Labor Market Information - Archived 2008 Workforce Sector Scorecard

Benchmarked March 2022

	2008 Connecticut Workforce Sector Scorecard	Seasonally Adjusted	Select Year >>
	Taken together, this group of six economic indicators presents an overall picture of the current conditions in the Connecticut labor market. Current levels and the change from the previous period, as well as the year-to-year changes in the number of Nonfarm Employment, Residents Employed and Residents Unemployed, the Unemployment Rate, the size of the Labor Force, and the Average Weekly Initial Claims - the number of those filing initial, new and additional, claims for unemployment. For charts, trends and data for the six labor market economic indicators and historical totals follow the column header links or "trends" buttons. All workforce sector indicators are seasonally adjusted figures.

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Nonfarm
Employment

Month	2007	2008

Jan	1,697.8	1,719.1


Feb	1,696.9	1,719.8


Mar	1,696.8	1,720.9


Apr	1,698.3	1,718.1


May	1,701.5	1,715.5


Jun	1,706.4	1,714.6


Jul	1,708.5	1,708.6


Aug	1,709.5	1,706.8


Sep	1,708.4	1,702.0


Oct	1,710.5	1,696.4


Nov	1,711.8	1,691.0


Dec	1,712.5	1,682.2

Residents
Employed

2007	2008

1,768.3	1,779.8


1,769.9	1,779.8


1,770.9	1,779.2


1,771.4	1,778.0


1,771.9	1,776.4


1,772.4	1,774.7


1,772.9	1,773.1


1,773.7	1,771.3


1,775.2	1,768.8


1,776.9	1,765.8


1,778.3	1,761.9


1,779.4	1,757.0

Labor
Force

2007	2008

1,848.0	1,869.6


1,849.7	1,871.0


1,850.8	1,872.5


1,851.5	1,874.1


1,852.4	1,875.9


1,853.6	1,877.9


1,855.1	1,879.9


1,857.1	1,881.5


1,859.9	1,882.6


1,863.0	1,883.7


1,865.7	1,884.6


1,867.9	1,885.2

Unemployment
Rate

2007	2008

4.3	4.8


4.3	4.9


4.3	5.0


4.3	5.1


4.3	5.3


4.4	5.5


4.4	5.7


4.5	5.9


4.6	6.0


4.6	6.3


4.7	6.5


4.7	6.8

Residents
Unemployed

2007	2008

79.8	89.8


79.8	91.3


79.9	93.3


80.1	96.1


80.5	99.5


81.2	103.2


82.1	106.8


83.4	110.3


84.7	113.8


86.1	117.9


87.4	122.7


88.5	128.2

Average Weekly
Initial Claims

2007	2008

4,081	4,126


4,099	4,130


4,095	4,137


4,096	4,166


4,079	4,210


4,076	4,264


4,073	4,315


4,068	4,459


4,062	4,564


4,077	4,672


4,104	4,804


4,123	4,945

2008 Workforce Scorecard Totals
[(Up/Total)-(Down/Total)] x 100 = Net%

Total	Up	Down	NC	Net %

6	3	3	0	0%


6	3	3	0	0%


6	3	3	0	0%


6	3	3	0	0%


6	3	3	0	0%


6	3	3	0	0%


6	3	3	0	0%


6	2	4	0	-33%


6	1	5	0	-67%


6	1	5	0	-67%


6	1	5	0	-67%


6	1	5	0	-67%

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