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  Nonfarm Employment / Residents Employed - State of Connecticut Last Updated: January 6th, 2026
Connecticut nonfarm industry employment increased 2,100 jobs (0.1%) over-the-month in November 2025, to a level of 1,714,400, while the state's unemployment rate was calculated at 4.0% for November (preliminary, seasonally adjusted data). October and November CT Labor Situation releases were combined and delayed by the federal government shutdown. There is no unemployment data for October. This release includes the latest nonfarm industry job estimates for September, October, and November 2025. Nonfarm employment in the state is now just 1,800 (0.1%) positions higher than November 2024. The Connecticut October 2025 nonfarm job estimates show a decrease of 700 (-0.04%) and the September 2025 loss of 5,700 was revised even lower by 1,100 to a 6,800 (-0.4%) job loss. The September 2025 Connecticut jobless rate of 3.8% was unchanged for the fifth month in a row. The November 2024 CT jobless rate was 3.2%. Connecticut remains below the U.S. rate (currently 4.6% for November) for the 35th consecutive month. This labor statistics release presents current estimated data from two different monthly surveys (household and workplace) produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in association with the states.
Month  2016 Y/Y 2017 Y/Y 2018 Y/Y 2019 Y/Y 2020 Y/Y 2021 Y/Y 2022 Y/Y 2023 Y/Y 2024 Y/Y 2025 Y/Y 2026 Y/Y
 Jan 1,687.2 1687.2-0.20 1,697.5 1697.5-0.61 1,696.2 1696.2--0.08 1,696.5 1696.5-0.02 1,701.7 1701.7-0.31 1,586.1 1586.1--6.79 1,645.0 1645-3.71 1,689.5 1689.5-2.71 1,704.0 1704-0.86 1,717.6 1717.6-0.80
 Feb 1,690.7 1690.7-0.56 1,695.7 1695.7-0.30 1,697.9 1697.9-0.13 1,696.7 1696.7--0.07 1,699.0 1699-0.14 1,589.7 1589.7--6.43 1,659.9 1659.9-4.42 1,687.7 1687.7-1.67 1,703.5 1703.5-0.94 1,715.9 1715.9-0.73
 Mar 1,696.0 1696-0.86 1,696.3 1696.3-0.02 1,696.5 1696.5-0.01 1,696.4 1696.4--0.01 1,683.1 1683.1--0.78 1,596.7 1596.7--5.13 1,664.1 1664.1-4.22 1,688.7 1688.7-1.48 1,705.4 1705.4-0.99 1,711.8 1711.8-0.35
 Apr 1,691.5 1691.5-0.46 1,694.5 1694.5-0.18 1,693.8 1693.8--0.04 1,697.8 1697.8-0.24 1,407.9 1407.9--17.08 1,599.5 1599.5-13.61 1,668.9 1668.9-4.34 1,685.8 1685.8-1.01 1,706.7 1706.7-1.24 1,716.6 1716.6-0.70
 May 1,692.8 1692.8-0.27 1,697.0 1697-0.25 1,698.3 1698.3-0.08 1,696.5 1696.5--0.11 1,439.4 1439.4--15.15 1,605.4 1605.4-11.53 1,666.7 1666.7-3.82 1,691.8 1691.8-1.51 1,708.3 1708.3-0.98 1,712.4 1712.4-0.11
 Jun 1,688.8 1688.8--0.11 1,698.6 1698.6-0.58 1,702.4 1702.4-0.22 1,694.7 1694.7--0.45 1,496.2 1496.2--11.71 1,610.7 1610.7-7.65 1,664.8 1664.8-3.36 1,699.2 1699.2-2.07 1,711.0 1711-0.69 1,718.5 1718.5-0.45
 Jul 1,694.0 1694-0.48 1,696.8 1696.8-0.17 1,700.4 1700.4-0.21 1,695.9 1695.9--0.26 1,530.7 1530.7--9.74 1,626.7 1626.7-6.27 1,672.1 1672.1-2.79 1,696.4 1696.4-1.45 1,708.6 1708.6-0.72 1,719.3 1719.3-0.62
 Aug 1,693.5 1693.5-0.45 1,697.0 1697-0.21 1,700.8 1700.8-0.22 1,693.6 1693.6--0.42 1,555.8 1555.8--8.14 1,625.0 1625-4.45 1,674.4 1674.4-3.04 1,698.7 1698.7-1.45 1,707.5 1707.5-0.52 1,719.8 1719.8-0.74
 Sep 1,693.1 1693.1-0.31 1,696.6 1696.6-0.21 1,700.5 1700.5-0.23 1,695.6 1695.6--0.29 1,576.7 1576.7--7.01 1,625.7 1625.7-3.11 1,674.2 1674.2-2.98 1,699.5 1699.5-1.51 1,709.6 1709.6-0.59 1,714.1 1714.1--1.70
 Oct 1,693.8 1693.8-0.18 1,694.8 1694.8-0.06 1,700.7 1700.7-0.35 1,696.8 1696.8--0.23 1,585.2 1585.2--6.58 1,640.5 1640.5-3.49 1,673.8 1673.8-2.03 1,700.5 1700.5-1.60 1,711.0 1711-0.62 1,712.3 1712.3-
 Nov 1,693.3 1693.3-0.09 1,695.0 1695-0.10 1,699.4 1699.4-0.26 1,698.3 1698.3--0.06 1,587.0 1587--6.55 1,644.2 1644.2-3.60 1,676.9 1676.9-1.99 1,700.0 1700-1.38 1,712.6 1712.6-0.74 1,714.4 1714.4-.15
 Dec 1,695.1 1695.1-0.33 1,694.5 1694.5--0.04 1,702.4 1702.4-0.47 1,693.6 1693.6--0.52 1,583.8 1583.8--6.48 1,650.9 1650.9-4.24 1,680.5 1680.5-1.79 1,700.1 1700.1-1.17 1,716.1 1716.1-0.94
Nonfarm employment estimates are derived from a survey of businesses to measure jobs by industry. The estimates include all full- and parttime wage and salary employees who worked during or received pay for the pay period which includes the 12th of the month. Excluded from these estimates are proprietors, self-employed workers, private household employees and unpaid family workers. In some cases, due to space constraints, all industry estimates are not shown. Call (860) 263-6275 for a more comprehensive breakout of nonfarm employment estimates. These data are developed in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The employed are all persons who did any work as paid employees or in their own business during the survey week, or who have worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a family member. Persons temporarily absent from a job because of illness, bad weather, strike or for personal reasons are also counted as employed whether they were paid by their employer or were seeking other jobs.

The unemployed are all persons who did not work, but were available for work during the survey week (except for temporary illness) and made specific efforts to find a job in the prior four weeks. Persons waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not be looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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Month 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Jan 1,672.7 1,601.0 1,626.5 1,642.4 1,653.7 1,665.7 1,683.9 1,687.2 1,697.5 1,696.2 1,696.5 1,701.7 1,586.1 1,645.0 1,689.5 1,704.0 1,717.6
Feb 1,665.7 1,601.8 1,629.8 1,647.3 1,652.2 1,662.2 1,681.3 1,690.7 1,695.7 1,697.9 1,696.7 1,699.0 1,589.7 1,659.9 1,687.7 1,703.5 1,715.9
Mar 1,655.1 1,603.7 1,628.3 1,650.2 1,657.4 1,665.6 1,681.6 1,696.0 1,696.3 1,696.5 1,696.4 1,683.1 1,596.7 1,664.1 1,688.7 1,705.4 1,711.8
Apr 1,638.2 1,612.9 1,638.4 1,643.0 1,660.2 1,671.3 1,683.8 1,691.5 1,694.5 1,693.8 1,697.8 1,407.9 1,599.5 1,668.9 1,685.8 1,706.7 1,716.6
May 1,639.6 1,621.8 1,634.3 1,644.5 1,659.8 1,672.2 1,688.3 1,692.8 1,697.0 1,698.3 1,696.5 1,439.4 1,605.4 1,666.7 1,691.8 1,708.3 1,712.4
Jun 1,632.6 1,616.3 1,631.0 1,645.9 1,665.0 1,672.3 1,690.7 1,688.8 1,698.6 1,702.4 1,694.7 1,496.2 1,610.7 1,664.8 1,699.2 1,711.0 1,718.5
Jul 1,624.2 1,621.7 1,637.9 1,646.5 1,668.9 1,675.1 1,685.9 1,694.0 1,696.8 1,700.4 1,695.9 1,530.7 1,626.7 1,672.1 1,696.4 1,708.6 1,719.3
Aug 1,621.8 1,623.4 1,634.9 1,646.9 1,665.3 1,675.8 1,685.9 1,693.5 1,697.0 1,700.8 1,693.6 1,555.8 1,625.0 1,674.4 1,698.7 1,707.5 1,719.8
Sep 1,622.8 1,622.1 1,638.1 1,651.0 1,663.1 1,676.8 1,687.9 1,693.1 1,696.6 1,700.5 1,695.6 1,576.7 1,625.7 1,674.2 1,699.5 1,709.6 1,714.1
Oct 1,617.7 1,627.0 1,635.6 1,653.2 1,662.4 1,677.3 1,690.8 1,693.8 1,694.8 1,700.7 1,696.8 1,585.2 1,640.5 1,673.8 1,700.5 1,711.0 1,712.3
Nov 1,617.4 1,625.4 1,635.9 1,653.4 1,664.1 1,680.0 1,691.8 1,693.3 1,695.0 1,699.4 1,698.3 1,587.0 1,644.2 1,676.9 1,700.0 1,712.6 1,714.4
Dec 1,615.8 1,626.6 1,639.4 1,655.8 1,660.8 1,680.9 1,689.5 1,695.1 1,694.5 1,702.4 1,693.6 1,583.8 1,650.9 1,680.5 1,700.1 1,716.1
Month 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Jan 1,594.3 1,536.9 1,542.8 1,537.2 1,567.3 1,567.3 1,601.0 1,636.5 1,669.0 1,689.8 1,698.8 1,681.8 1,663.0 1,650.7 1,666.6 1,690.9 1,697.8 1,719.1
Feb 1,581.9 1,533.3 1,543.4 1,532.1 1,568.3 1,574.8 1,602.0 1,640.3 1,669.9 1,691.6 1,692.7 1,680.5 1,657.6 1,650.8 1,667.4 1,684.9 1,696.9 1,719.8
Mar 1,580.2 1,531.4 1,537.1 1,535.0 1,570.9 1,577.9 1,607.5 1,644.4 1,673.4 1,697.4 1,690.2 1,680.7 1,654.2 1,653.6 1,665.5 1,684.0 1,696.8 1,720.9
Apr 1,578.2 1,536.7 1,532.4 1,550.2 1,566.3 1,582.9 1,610.0 1,640.1 1,673.7 1,697.5 1,687.5 1,680.3 1,651.7 1,655.9 1,674.5 1,693.4 1,698.3 1,718.1
May 1,572.0 1,536.1 1,534.4 1,549.8 1,566.0 1,588.7 1,611.7 1,646.3 1,672.2 1,702.3 1,690.5 1,678.4 1,652.1 1,657.7 1,671.5 1,694.4 1,701.5 1,715.5
Jun 1,570.2 1,533.6 1,532.0 1,553.5 1,565.2 1,592.0 1,613.8 1,649.2 1,674.4 1,703.5 1,689.3 1,676.4 1,649.0 1,656.8 1,672.8 1,696.4 1,706.4 1,714.6
Jul 1,559.5 1,539.2 1,534.6 1,556.5 1,568.0 1,588.1 1,613.4 1,654.8 1,681.4 1,709.9 1,690.5 1,669.9 1,648.1 1,658.8 1,672.7 1,699.2 1,708.5 1,708.6
Aug 1,555.0 1,536.3 1,534.4 1,557.5 1,570.8 1,596.1 1,615.0 1,655.0 1,683.6 1,705.1 1,687.4 1,670.1 1,647.5 1,662.1 1,672.2 1,703.1 1,709.5 1,706.8
Sep 1,553.3 1,534.7 1,537.9 1,560.1 1,571.7 1,594.3 1,622.8 1,654.8 1,680.7 1,705.2 1,686.9 1,668.0 1,646.9 1,661.6 1,672.9 1,692.0 1,708.4 1,702.0
Oct 1,550.3 1,533.9 1,542.5 1,563.4 1,571.1 1,604.0 1,625.8 1,658.0 1,681.8 1,702.9 1,686.6 1,664.8 1,652.4 1,663.4 1,671.1 1,692.2 1,710.5 1,696.4
Nov 1,547.1 1,533.6 1,542.5 1,563.4 1,574.5 1,607.9 1,628.6 1,662.8 1,683.3 1,702.1 1,684.1 1,663.5 1,653.1 1,665.6 1,673.0 1,692.5 1,711.8 1,691.0
Dec 1,544.9 1,530.6 1,545.0 1,563.1 1,575.7 1,607.9 1,633.2 1,664.4 1,687.0 1,703.9 1,682.4 1,661.6 1,649.1 1,666.0 1,675.7 1,696.6 1,712.5 1,682.2
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Month 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Jan 1,770.5 1,729.6 1,739.2 1,757.1 1,717.8 1,746.4 1,798.5 1,798.1 1,833.7 1,825.8 1,858.3 1,865.6 1,680.9 1,859.1 1,840.3 1,863.3 1,893.4
Feb 1,764.8 1,729.9 1,739.8 1,754.7 1,716.1 1,751.9 1,800.2 1,800.7 1,837.1 1,828.9 1,858.6 1,858.9 1,678.7 1,860.0 1,842.7 1,867.2 1,890.7
Mar 1,760.8 1,730.8 1,740.4 1,750.8 1,716.0 1,757.1 1,800.9 1,803.8 1,839.4 1,833.4 1,859.0 1,851.7 1,678.0 1,859.6 1,845.3 1,871.5 1,886.9
Apr 1,758.7 1,732.4 1,740.5 1,745.5 1,718.1 1,762.0 1,800.5 1,807.0 1,840.4 1,838.5 1,859.8 1,678.9 1,678.3 1,857.6 1,848.0 1,875.6 1,888.0
May 1,757.2 1,734.8 1,740.4 1,739.7 1,721.6 1,766.6 1,799.1 1,810.0 1,840.1 1,843.0 1,861.3 1,679.3 1,679.6 1,854.3 1,850.5 1,879.4 1,885.9
Jun 1,755.6 1,737.0 1,741.1 1,734.1 1,725.3 1,771.4 1,797.1 1,813.0 1,838.4 1,846.6 1,863.4 1,678.4 1,701.8 1,849.7 1,853.0 1,882.4 1,882.7
Jul 1,753.3 1,738.7 1,743.3 1,729.2 1,728.4 1,776.4 1,794.9 1,815.8 1,835.7 1,849.4 1,865.4 1,682.8 1,723.3 1,844.6 1,855.2 1,885.1 1,879.8
Aug 1,749.6 1,739.7 1,746.8 1,725.6 1,730.6 1,781.1 1,793.2 1,818.5 1,832.5 1,851.8 1,867.3 1,685.3 1,745.5 1,840.2 1,856.6 1,888.0 1,876.7
Sep 1,744.6 1,740.0 1,751.1 1,723.4 1,732.5 1,785.2 1,792.4 1,821.2 1,829.2 1,853.8 1,869.4 1,689.0 1,767.3 1,837.4 1,857.3 1,890.8 1,870.5
Oct 1,738.9 1,739.6 1,755.1 1,722.2 1,734.7 1,789.0 1,792.6 1,823.7 1,826.6 1,855.3 1,871.0 1,688.5 1,790.5 1,836.3 1,857.8 1,893.0
Nov 1,733.9 1,739.2 1,757.6 1,721.2 1,737.7 1,792.6 1,793.8 1,826.6 1,824.9 1,856.6 1,871.6 1,687.0 1,813.5 1,836.6 1,858.7 1,893.4 1,860.5
Dec 1,730.7 1,739.0 1,758.2 1,719.8 1,741.5 1,795.8 1,795.7 1,830.0 1,824.5 1,857.6 1,869.9 1,684.2 1,836.5 1,838.2 1,860.4 1,893.2
Month 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Jan 1,721.2 1,696.5 1,677.5 1,670.0 1,657.6 1,648.7 1,664.7 1,669.2 1,697.3 1,721.9 1,719.0 1,697.2 1,700.1 1,698.8 1,698.5 1,747.9 1,785.3 1,798.6
Feb 1,720.3 1,693.2 1,676.8 1,667.6 1,655.5 1,650.0 1,665.7 1,670.4 1,696.7 1,725.9 1,715.3 1,699.1 1,699.0 1,697.6 1,701.7 1,752.3 1,787.2 1,798.8
Mar 1,719.2 1,690.8 1,677.1 1,664.9 1,652.0 1,651.5 1,667.9 1,672.7 1,695.7 1,728.5 1,711.0 1,701.4 1,698.3 1,696.2 1,705.6 1,756.3 1,788.5 1,798.5
Apr 1,717.3 1,689.4 1,678.5 1,662.0 1,648.0 1,653.2 1,671.1 1,675.5 1,694.9 1,729.4 1,706.7 1,703.6 1,697.2 1,695.3 1,710.2 1,759.5 1,789.2 1,797.6
May 1,715.1 1,688.5 1,680.7 1,659.1 1,644.4 1,654.9 1,674.3 1,678.5 1,695.0 1,729.0 1,703.1 1,705.5 1,695.4 1,695.2 1,715.3 1,761.8 1,790.0 1,796.2
Jun 1,712.9 1,687.6 1,682.9 1,656.6 1,642.2 1,656.7 1,676.6 1,681.4 1,696.2 1,727.9 1,700.4 1,707.0 1,693.5 1,695.4 1,720.3 1,763.8 1,790.6 1,794.6
Jul 1,710.9 1,686.6 1,683.8 1,655.1 1,641.8 1,658.6 1,677.5 1,684.0 1,698.0 1,726.8 1,698.5 1,707.9 1,692.2 1,695.8 1,724.4 1,766.3 1,791.2 1,793.0
Aug 1,709.1 1,685.4 1,683.0 1,654.6 1,642.8 1,660.6 1,676.9 1,686.8 1,700.3 1,726.2 1,697.0 1,707.7 1,692.1 1,696.4 1,727.7 1,769.4 1,792.1 1,791.1
Sep 1,707.5 1,683.9 1,680.9 1,655.0 1,644.6 1,662.4 1,675.1 1,689.9 1,703.3 1,725.8 1,695.9 1,706.7 1,693.4 1,696.3 1,731.0 1,772.8 1,793.6 1,788.5
Oct 1,705.6 1,682.4 1,678.0 1,655.9 1,646.2 1,663.5 1,672.9 1,692.9 1,707.1 1,725.2 1,695.3 1,705.0 1,695.6 1,695.8 1,734.7 1,776.3 1,795.4 1,785.2
Nov 1,703.0 1,680.9 1,674.9 1,657.2 1,647.3 1,664.1 1,670.7 1,695.3 1,711.8 1,724.1 1,695.2 1,703.1 1,697.6 1,695.6 1,738.8 1,779.8 1,796.8 1,781.2
Dec 1,699.8 1,679.0 1,672.3 1,658.1 1,647.9 1,664.4 1,669.3 1,696.9 1,716.9 1,722.1 1,695.8 1,701.5 1,698.8 1,696.4 1,743.2 1,782.8 1,798.0 1,776.2
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Month  2010 Y/Y 2011 Y/Y 2012 Y/Y 2013 Y/Y 2014 Y/Y 2015 Y/Y 2016 Y/Y 2017 Y/Y 2018 Y/Y 2019 Y/Y 2020 Y/Y 2021 Y/Y 2022 Y/Y 2023 Y/Y 2024 Y/Y 2025 Y/Y 2026 Y/Y
 Jan 1,729.6 1,739.2 1,757.1 1,717.8 1,746.4 1,798.5 1,798.1 1,833.7 1,825.8 1,858.3 1,865.6 1,680.9 1,859.1 1,840.3 1,863.3 1,893.4
 Feb 1,729.9 1,739.8 1,754.7 1,716.1 1,751.9 1,800.2 1,800.7 1,837.1 1,828.9 1,858.6 1,858.9 1,678.7 1,860.0 1,842.7 1,867.2 1,890.7
 Mar 1,730.8 1,740.4 1,750.8 1,716.0 1,757.1 1,800.9 1,803.8 1,839.4 1,833.4 1,859.0 1,851.7 1,678.0 1,859.6 1,845.3 1,871.5 1,886.9
 Apr 1,732.4 1,740.5 1,745.5 1,718.1 1,762.0 1,800.5 1,807.0 1,840.4 1,838.5 1,859.8 1,678.9 1,678.3 1,857.6 1,848.0 1,875.6 1,888.0
 May 1,734.8 1,740.4 1,739.7 1,721.6 1,766.6 1,799.1 1,810.0 1,840.1 1,843.0 1,861.3 1,679.3 1,679.6 1,854.3 1,850.5 1,879.4 1,885.9
 Jun 1,737.0 1,741.1 1,734.1 1,725.3 1,771.4 1,797.1 1,813.0 1,838.4 1,846.6 1,863.4 1,678.4 1,701.8 1,849.7 1,853.0 1,882.4 1,882.7
 Jul 1,738.7 1,743.3 1,729.2 1,728.4 1,776.4 1,794.9 1,815.8 1,835.7 1,849.4 1,865.4 1,682.8 1,723.3 1,844.6 1,855.2 1,885.1 1,879.8
 Aug 1,739.7 1,746.8 1,725.6 1,730.6 1,781.1 1,793.2 1,818.5 1,832.5 1,851.8 1,867.3 1,685.3 1,745.5 1,840.2 1,856.6 1,888.0 1,876.7
 Sep 1,740.0 1,751.1 1,723.4 1,732.5 1,785.2 1,792.4 1,821.2 1,829.2 1,853.8 1,869.4 1,689.0 1,767.3 1,837.4 1,857.3 1,890.8 1,870.5
 Oct 1,739.6 1,755.1 1,722.2 1,734.7 1,789.0 1,792.6 1,823.7 1,826.6 1,855.3 1,871.0 1,688.5 1,790.5 1,836.3 1,857.8 1,893.0
 Nov 1,739.2 1,757.6 1,721.2 1,737.7 1,792.6 1,793.8 1,826.6 1,824.9 1,856.6 1,871.6 1,687.0 1,813.5 1,836.6 1,858.7 1,893.4 1,860.5
 Dec 1,739.0 1,758.2 1,719.8 1,741.5 1,795.8 1,795.7 1,830.0 1,824.5 1,857.6 1,869.9 1,684.2 1,836.5 1,838.2 1,860.4 1,893.2
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