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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
November November CHANGE October
2025 2024 NO. % 2025
TOTAL NONFARM EMPLOYMENT……………………………………… 162,300 162,800 -500 -0.3 162,400
TOTAL PRIVATE……………………………………… 140,500 141,300 -800 -0.6 140,900
  GOODS PRODUCING INDUSTRIES………………………………. 26,200 26,200 0 0.0 26,200
    CONSTRUCTION, NAT. RES. & MINING.…….. 8,600 8,300 300 3.6 8,500
    MANUFACTURING………………………………. 17,600 17,900 -300 -1.7 17,700
  SERVICE PROVIDING INDUSTRIES……………………………… 136,100 136,600 -500 -0.4 136,200
    TRADE, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES….. 30,300 31,000 -700 -2.3 30,100
      Wholesale Trade……………………………… 6,500 6,600 -100 -1.5 6,600
      Retail Trade………………………………………. 18,300 18,800 -500 -2.7 18,200
      Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities………………………………………. 5,500 5,600 -100 -1.8 5,300
    INFORMATION……………………………………… 4,600 4,700 -100 -2.1 4,600
    FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES……………………………………… 5,500 5,500 0 0.0 5,500
    PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES 19,000 19,300 -300 -1.6 19,200
    EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES……. 36,700 36,200 500 1.4 36,500
      Health Care and Social Assistance………………………….. 33,500 33,000 500 1.5 33,300
    LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY…………………… 13,100 13,200 -100 -0.8 13,600
    OTHER SERVICES……………………………….. 5,100 5,200 -100 -1.9 5,200
    GOVERNMENT …………………………………….. 21,800 21,500 300 1.4 21,500
      Federal………………………………………………………… 800 800 0 0.0 800
      State & Local……………………………………… 21,000 20,700 300 1.4 20,700
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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