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Connecticut Labor Market Information - Hartford Labor Market Area Nonfarm Employment
  Hartford LMA - Current Employment Statistics Last Updated: January 6th, 2026
HARTFORD - WEST HARTFORD - EAST HARTFORD (25540)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
December December CHANGE November
2025 2024 NO. % 2025
TOTAL NONFARM EMPLOYMENT……………………………………… 617,900 616,600 1,300 0.2 620,300
TOTAL PRIVATE……………………………………… 517,500 516,900 600 0.1 518,900
  GOODS PRODUCING INDUSTRIES………………………………. 81,400 81,800 -400 -0.5 82,700
    CONSTRUCTION, NAT. RES. & MINING.…….. 22,800 22,200 600 2.7 23,900
    MANUFACTURING………………………………. 58,600 59,600 -1,000 -1.7 58,800
      Durable Goods…………………………………. 48,700 49,300 -600 -1.2 48,900
      Non-Durable Goods…………………………… 9,900 10,300 -400 -3.9 9,900
  SERVICE PROVIDING INDUSTRIES……………………………… 536,500 534,800 1,700 0.3 537,600
    TRADE, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES….. 104,100 105,100 -1,000 -1.0 102,600
      Wholesale Trade……………………………… 19,500 19,600 -100 -0.5 19,400
      Retail Trade………………………………………. 53,800 54,700 -900 -1.6 53,400
      Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities………………………………………. 30,800 30,800 0 0.0 29,800
        Transportation and Warehousing……………………………………………… 29,800 29,800 0 0.0 28,800
    INFORMATION……………………………………… 5,600 5,800 -200 -3.4 5,600
    FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES……………………………………… 51,400 52,400 -1,000 -1.9 51,400
        Depository Credit Institutions……………………………………………… 4,700 4,700 0 0.0 4,700
        Insurance Carriers & Related Activities……………………………………………… 35,800 36,200 -400 -1.1 35,900
    PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES 79,300 78,800 500 0.6 80,200
      Professional, Scientific………………………….. 37,800 37,500 300 0.8 37,900
      Management of Companies…………………………………….. 13,100 13,100 0 0.0 13,100
      Administrative and Support…………………………………….. 28,400 28,200 200 0.7 29,200
    EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES……. 121,600 119,700 1,900 1.6 121,800
      Educational Services………………………….. 15,800 15,800 0 0.0 16,300
      Health Care and Social Assistance………………………….. 105,800 103,900 1,900 1.8 105,500
        Ambulatory Health Care……………………………………………… 35,200 34,900 300 0.9 35,100
    LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY…………………… 49,500 49,600 -100 -0.2 50,200
      Accommodation and Food Services………………………….. 41,100 42,700 -1,600 -3.7 41,700
    OTHER SERVICES……………………………….. 24,600 23,700 900 3.8 24,400
    GOVERNMENT …………………………………….. 100,400 99,700 700 0.7 101,400
      Federal………………………………………………………… 5,200 5,700 -500 -8.8 5,200
      State & Local……………………………………… 95,200 94,000 1,200 1.3 96,200
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 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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