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Labor Market Information - State of Connecticut Private Sector Employment
  Private Sector Employment - State of Connecticut Last Updated: March 27, 2025
Connecticut's Recessionary Job Loss and Recovery     March 2008 - February 2025
March
2008		 January
2010		 February
2025		 Jobs Lost Recovered
Jobs Percent
Nonfarm Employment 1,720.9 1,601.0 1,716.4 -119.9 115.4 96.2%
Private Sector Employment 1,461.7 1,349.7 1,481.8 -112.0 132.1 117.9%
* March 2008 was employment peak. February 2010 was employment trough.    Last Updated: November 18, 2024
Month 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
 Jan 1,379.2 1,398.0 1,407.5 1,420.6 1,438.7 1,445.9 1,457.9 1,460.6 1,460.4 1,463.3 1,362.8 1,421.3 1,461.6 1,467.1 1,483.8
 Feb 1,382.1 1,400.4 1,407.3 1,418.5 1,437.7 1,448.5 1,455.8 1,461.6 1,460.0 1,461.7 1,367.5 1,432.3 1,456.7 1,470.1 1,481.8
 Mar 1,380.9 1,403.3 1,411.9 1,421.3 1,438.1 1,453.6 1,456.7 1,459.4 1,459.5 1,449.0 1,375.2 1,438.6 1,459.0 1,469.8
 Apr 1,388.7 1,397.3 1,414.9 1,426.5 1,439.5 1,449.3 1,455.7 1,457.7 1,461.3 1,193.7 1,376.4 1,441.8 1,453.7 1,469.7
 May 1,386.2 1,400.0 1,414.4 1,427.1 1,444.5 1,448.5 1,457.8 1,461.9 1,460.0 1,228.3 1,382.7 1,440.6 1,460.2 1,475.1
 Jun 1,384.9 1,401.4 1,417.1 1,426.7 1,446.8 1,448.7 1,459.8 1,464.6 1,459.4 1,277.9 1,386.1 1,440.8 1,467.8 1,477.4
 Jul 1,390.0 1,400.7 1,418.4 1,430.0 1,442.3 1,454.2 1,458.3 1,463.2 1,459.9 1,311.5 1,401.4 1,446.2 1,463.8 1,476.3
 Aug 1,390.4 1,402.2 1,420.9 1,430.6 1,442.7 1,454.2 1,458.5 1,464.0 1,458.4 1,332.9 1,402.3 1,446.2 1,464.0 1,474.6
 Sep 1,390.7 1,404.8 1,420.0 1,432.0 1,444.1 1,453.4 1,459.0 1,464.2 1,459.0 1,349.5 1,399.9 1,446.8 1,465.1 1,475.1
 Oct 1,388.3 1,407.2 1,419.5 1,432.9 1,447.1 1,453.8 1,457.4 1,465.6 1,460.5 1,361.4 1,414.8 1,445.3 1,466.9 1,474.7
 Nov 1,390.0 1,407.2 1,420.7 1,435.5 1,448.1 1,452.6 1,458.2 1,463.7 1,461.8 1,361.2 1,418.3 1,445.7 1,466.1 1,474.9
 Dec 1,392.7 1,409.3 1,417.9 1,436.7 1,447.0 1,455.2 1,457.5 1,466.5 1,459.1 1,359.0 1,423.5 1,447.8 1,462.1 1,481.6
Month 1996 Y/Y 1997 Y/Y 1998 Y/Y 1999 Y/Y 2000 Y/Y 2001 Y/Y 2002 Y/Y 2003 Y/Y 2004 Y/Y 2005 Y/Y 2006 Y/Y 2007 Y/Y 2008 Y/Y 2009 Y/Y 2010 Y/Y
 Jan 1,340.3 1,367.8 1,404.2 1,428.9 1,443.6 1,449.5 1,425.7 1,405.7 1,399.4 1,414.6 1,429.0 1,445.7 1,460.1 1,414.8 1,349.7
 Feb 1,346.6 1,368.8 1,408.7 1,429.5 1,445.2 1,444.3 1,424.5 1,402.6 1,399.9 1,417.5 1,430.3 1,445.4 1,460.5 1,407.8 1,350.2
 Mar 1,349.9 1,374.3 1,411.6 1,432.1 1,449.8 1,441.7 1,424.4 1,399.9 1,402.0 1,416.3 1,430.5 1,445.2 1,461.7 1,397.3 1,352.5
 Apr 1,352.3 1,377.7 1,407.8 1,431.4 1,449.0 1,438.7 1,424.4 1,398.3 1,405.0 1,422.0 1,436.3 1,446.8 1,458.7 1,381.3 1,362.0
 May 1,358.2 1,379.9 1,413.5 1,429.8 1,449.2 1,441.3 1,422.3 1,398.6 1,407.3 1,418.9 1,434.2 1,450.6 1,456.1 1,382.2 1,365.2
 Jun 1,361.8 1,381.6 1,416.2 1,431.8 1,453.4 1,439.6 1,419.7 1,396.1 1,406.8 1,418.4 1,434.6 1,453.4 1,454.1 1,376.2 1,365.6
 Jul 1,359.2 1,379.3 1,421.9 1,437.4 1,459.2 1,440.7 1,415.1 1,396.4 1,408.8 1,420.0 1,436.3 1,453.2 1,449.5 1,371.4 1,370.9
 Aug 1,367.4 1,381.2 1,421.8 1,439.9 1,456.5 1,438.0 1,413.4 1,395.8 1,410.4 1,419.5 1,438.2 1,453.1 1,447.0 1,370.1 1,373.1
 Sep 1,367.1 1,388.4 1,417.5 1,435.9 1,457.0 1,433.1 1,411.6 1,396.0 1,411.9 1,420.4 1,437.1 1,452.2 1,442.9 1,370.2 1,373.5
 Oct 1,370.5 1,392.9 1,421.0 1,438.2 1,454.7 1,431.8 1,408.6 1,401.4 1,412.5 1,419.7 1,439.6 1,453.2 1,436.5 1,366.3 1,377.5
 Nov 1,375.2 1,395.9 1,424.4 1,439.8 1,454.5 1,428.0 1,406.8 1,402.6 1,414.5 1,421.8 1,440.6 1,454.2 1,431.3 1,365.7 1,377.1
 Dec 1,374.7 1,400.4 1,425.9 1,442.9 1,455.9 1,426.1 1,405.0 1,398.8 1,415.2 1,423.5 1,444.8 1,455.3 1,423.4 1,364.5 1,378.7
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