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Connecticut Labor Market Information - Waterbury Labor Market Area Nonfarm Employment
  Waterbury LMA - Current Employment Statistics Last Updated: January 6th, 2026
WATERBURY - SHELTON (47930)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
December December CHANGE November
2025 2024 NO. % 2025
TOTAL NONFARM EMPLOYMENT……………………………………… 161,900 163,700 -1,800 -1.1 162,400
TOTAL PRIVATE……………………………………… 140,400 142,400 -2,000 -1.4 140,700
  GOODS PRODUCING INDUSTRIES………………………………. 25,600 26,100 -500 -1.9 26,200
    CONSTRUCTION, NAT. RES. & MINING.…….. 8,000 8,100 -100 -1.2 8,600
    MANUFACTURING………………………………. 17,600 18,000 -400 -2.2 17,600
  SERVICE PROVIDING INDUSTRIES……………………………… 136,300 137,600 -1,300 -0.9 136,200
    TRADE, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES….. 30,800 31,800 -1,000 -3.1 30,300
      Wholesale Trade……………………………… 6,600 6,700 -100 -1.5 6,500
      Retail Trade………………………………………. 18,400 19,200 -800 -4.2 18,300
      Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities………………………………………. 5,800 5,900 -100 -1.7 5,500
    INFORMATION……………………………………… 4,600 4,600 0 0.0 4,600
    FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES……………………………………… 5,500 5,500 0 0.0 5,500
    PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES 18,800 19,000 -200 -1.1 18,900
    EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES……. 36,800 36,800 0 0.0 36,800
      Health Care and Social Assistance………………………….. 33,700 33,700 0 0.0 33,600
    LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY…………………… 13,100 13,400 -300 -2.2 13,200
    OTHER SERVICES……………………………….. 5,200 5,200 0 0.0 5,200
    GOVERNMENT …………………………………….. 21,500 21,300 200 0.9 21,700
      Federal………………………………………………………… 800 800 0 0.0 800
      State & Local……………………………………… 20,700 20,500 200 1.0 20,900
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+A1:F28 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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