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Connecticut Labor Market Information - Norwich-New London-Westerly(RI) Labor Market Area Employment
  Norwich-New London-Willimantic LMA - Current Employment Statistics Last Updated: January 6th, 2026
NORWICH - NEW LONDON - WILLIMANTIC (35980)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
December December CHANGE November
2025 2024 NO. % 2025
TOTAL NONFARM EMPLOYMENT……………………………………… 128,400 128,700 -300 -0.2 128,900
TOTAL PRIVATE……………………………………… 100,700 101,300 -600 -0.6 100,900
  GOODS PRODUCING INDUSTRIES………………………………. 24,800 25,000 -200 -0.8 25,000
    CONSTRUCTION, NAT. RES. & MINING.…….. 3,400 3,500 -100 -2.9 3,600
    MANUFACTURING………………………………. 21,400 21,500 -100 -0.5 21,400
      Durable Goods…………………………………. 18,500 18,500 0 0.0 18,500
      Non-Durable Goods…………………………… 2,900 3,000 -100 -3.3 2,900
  SERVICE PROVIDING INDUSTRIES……………………………… 103,600 103,700 -100 -0.1 103,900
    TRADE, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES….. 20,700 21,400 -700 -3.3 20,400
      Wholesale Trade……………………………… 2,600 2,600 0 0.0 2,500
      Retail Trade………………………………………. 14,100 14,600 -500 -3.4 14,100
      Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities………………………………………. 4,000 4,200 -200 -4.8 3,800
    INFORMATION……………………………………… 1,300 1,300 0 0.0 1,300
    FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES……………………………………… 2,600 2,600 0 0.0 2,600
    PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES 10,400 10,200 200 2.0 10,300
    EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES……. 23,600 23,600 0 0.0 23,700
      Health Care and Social Assistance………………………….. 20,700 20,500 200 1.0 20,700
    LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY…………………… 14,100 14,000 100 0.7 14,400
      Accommodation and Food Services………………………….. 12,400 12,300 100 0.8 12,500
        Food Serv., Restaurants, Drinking Places……………………………………………… 10,700 10,900 -200 -1.8 10,800
    OTHER SERVICES……………………………….. 3,200 3,200 0 0.0 3,200
    GOVERNMENT …………………………………….. 27,700 27,400 300 1.1 28,000
      Federal………………………………………………………… 2,900 2,800 100 3.6 3,000
      State & Local……………………………………… 24,800 24,600 200 0.8 25,000
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.  **Value less than 50
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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