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Connecticut Labor Market Information - Waterbury Labor Market Area Nonfarm Employment
  Waterbury LMA - Current Employment Statistics Last Updated: September 18, 2025
WATERBURY - SHELTON (47930)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
August August CHANGE August
2025 2024 NO. % 2025
TOTAL NONFARM EMPLOYMENT……………………………………… 161,800 159,800 2,000 1.3 162,000
TOTAL PRIVATE……………………………………… 142,600 141,000 1,600 1.1 142,900
  GOODS PRODUCING INDUSTRIES………………………………. 26,300 26,300 0 0.0 26,200
    CONSTRUCTION, NAT. RES. & MINING.…….. 8,400 8,300 100 1.2 8,400
    MANUFACTURING………………………………. 17,900 18,000 -100 -0.6 17,800
  SERVICE PROVIDING INDUSTRIES……………………………… 135,500 133,500 2,000 1.5 135,800
    TRADE, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES….. 29,900 29,700 200 0.7 29,900
      Wholesale Trade……………………………… 6,700 6,500 200 3.1 6,700
      Retail Trade………………………………………. 18,100 18,300 -200 -1.1 18,100
      Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities………………………………………. 5,100 4,900 200 4.1 5,100
    INFORMATION……………………………………… 4,700 4,700 0 0.0 4,700
    FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES……………………………………… 5,600 5,500 100 1.8 5,600
    PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES 19,200 19,300 -100 -0.5 19,400
    EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES……. 36,400 35,400 1,000 2.8 36,400
      Health Care and Social Assistance………………………….. 33,600 32,900 700 2.1 33,600
    LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY…………………… 15,100 14,900 200 1.3 15,400
    OTHER SERVICES……………………………….. 5,400 5,200 200 3.8 5,300
    GOVERNMENT …………………………………….. 19,200 18,800 400 2.1 19,100
      Federal………………………………………………………… 800 800 0 0.0 800
      State & Local……………………………………… 18,400 18,000 400 2.2 18,300
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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