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  State of Connecticut, Employment Sectors & United States Nonfarm Employment Last Updated: January 26th, 2026
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Connecticut's unemployment rate rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 4.2% while the state's nonfarm industry employment declined 500 jobs (-0.03%) in December 2025, to a level of 1,713,900 (preliminary, seasonally adjusted data). The statewide jobless rate is now up a full percentage point since December 2024 (3.2%), while nonfarm payroll employment in the state is down 2,200 (-0.1%) positions from a year ago. The Connecticut November 2025 nonfarm job number held the 2,100 estimated gain (0.1%) on the normal monthly revision. Connecticut does remains below the U.S. unemployment rate (currently 4.4% for December 2025) for the 36th month in a row. December 2025 average temperatures were said to be below normal for many parts of the country. This labor statistics release presents current estimated data from two different monthly surveys (businesses and households) produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in association with the states. The January 2026 data release will be with newly benchmarked data (date still to be determined).
Connecticut's Private Sector employment was lower by 1,000 positions (-0.1%) in December 2025 to 1,476,400 and is down by 5,400 jobs (-0.4%) from the December 2024 level. November's private sector job estimate revision disclosed a 1,600 job gain (0.1%), a little lower than the previously reported 1,900 increase. The full government supersector was higher by 500 (0.2%) in December to a level of 237,500 jobs and is now higher by 3,200 (1.4%) positions over the year and is also now fully recovered (102.6%) from the Covid decline. Connecticut's total government supersector consists of all civilian federal, state, local, and tribal government employment, including public education and Native American casino jobs located on federally recognized tribal reservations.

Five of the ten major industry supersectors gained jobs or were unchanged in December 2025, while five supersectors declined. The Information supersector was unchanged in December 2025.

The five industry supersectors that increased employment or held steady in December 2025 included:

The five industry supersectors that declined jobs in December 2025 were:


NONFARM  EMPLOYMENT
Jobs - by Place of Work
CONNECTICUT AND THE UNITED STATES - Seasonally Adjusted
November October September August November Over Month Over Year
 2025 P 2025 R 2025 R 2025 2024 Change Rate   Change  Rate  
CONNECTICUT 1,714,400 1,712,300 1,713,000 1,719,800 1,712,600 2,100 0.1% 1,800 0.1%
Total Private 1,477,700 1,475,800 1,476,700 1,483,600 1,478,200 1,900 0.1% -500 0.0%
Goods Producing Industries
  Mining 500 500 500 500 500 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
  Construction   64,000 63,400 63,000 62,400 63,100 600 0.9%   900 1.4%
  Manufacturing 153,500 153,400 153,300 153,500 155,500 100 0.1% -2,000 -1.3%
    Durable Goods   121,300 121,000 120,900 120,700 122,100 300 0.2%   -800 -0.7%
    Nondurable Goods 32,200 32,400 32,400 32,800 33,400 -200 -0.6% -1,200 -3.6%
Service Providing Industries
  Trade, Transportation & Utilities 294,700 294,900 296,400 298,500 298,900 -200 -0.1%   -4,200 -1.4%
    Wholesale 60,800 61,000 61,200 61,800 61,100 -200 -0.3% -300 -0.5%
    Retail     162,400 162,200 162,500 162,900 164,200 200 0.1%   -1,800 -1.1%
    Transp, Warehousing & Utilities 71,500 71,700 72,700 73,800 73,600 -200 -0.3% -2,100 -2.9%
  Information   30,200 30,700 30,800 31,000 30,200 -500 -1.6%   0 0.0%
  Financial Activities 118,900 118,900 118,500 120,100 118,500 0 0.0% 400 0.3%
    Finance & Insurance   99,100 99,000 98,700 100,000 98,600 100 0.1%   500 0.5%
    Real Estate, Rental & Leasing 19,800 19,900 19,800 20,100 19,900 -100 -0.5% -100 -0.5%
  Professional & Business Services 223,400 223,600 222,800 223,500 221,600 -200 -0.1%   1,800 0.8%
    Prof, Scientific & Tech Services 104,100 104,000 104,200 103,900 101,200 100 0.1% 2,900 2.9%
    Management of Companies  30,600 30,800 30,900 31,000 30,900 -200 -0.6%   -300 -1.0%
    Admn & Support & Waste Mgt Serv 88,700 88,800 87,700 88,600 89,500 -100 -0.1% -800 -0.9%
  Educational & Health Services 371,900 370,500 371,100 373,100 370,800 1,400 0.4%   1,100 0.3%
    Private Educational Services 72,500 72,800 73,500 73,800 75,300 -300 -0.4% -2,800 -3.7%
    Health Care & Social Assistance 299,400 297,700 297,600 299,300 295,500 1,700 0.6%   3,900 1.3%
  Leisure and Hospitality 155,200 154,400 155,300 156,000 154,900 800 0.5% 300 0.2%
    Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 29,100 28,400 28,800 28,700 28,000 700 2.5%   1,100 3.9%
    Accommodation & Food Services 126,100 126,000 126,500 127,300 126,900 100 0.1% -800 -0.6%
  Other Services   65,400 65,500 65,000 65,000 64,200 -100 -0.2%   1,200 1.9%
  Government** 236,700 236,500 236,300 236,200 234,400 200 0.1% 2,300 1.0%
UNITED STATES  159,552,000 159,488,000 159,593,000 159,485,000 158,619,000 64,000 0.0% 933,000 0.6%
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