April 2024 Connecticut payroll jobs increased 1,100 (0.1%) to a level of 1,705,800, as the state's jobless rate ticked lower by one-tenth of one percent to 4.4% (preliminary data, seasonally adjusted). Over the year, statewide industry payroll employment is 21,600 (1.3%) positions higher than the April 2023 level of 1,684,200. The state has now recovered 102.5% (298,300) of the 291,100 nonagricultural jobs lost during the March-April 2020 COVID lockdown period. March statewide preliminary payroll gains of +4,900 were revised much lower to a +500 jobs gain on the monthly survey revision. The April 2024 unemployment rate dropped one-tenth over-the-month but is one and one-tenth percentage points higher than a year ago (3.3%). This release includes labor statistics from two different monthly surveys (households and establishments) produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in cooperation with the States.
Connecticut's Private Sector employment added 300 (0.02%) positions in April 2024 to 1,471,500 and is higher by 17,700 jobs (1.2%) from the April 2023 level (1,453,800). The state's Private Sector has fully recovered (103.8%) from the April 2020 COVID employment lockdown low point. March's preliminary Private Sector job gain of 4,400 (0.3%) was revised to an unchanged (0.0%) job outcome. The Government supersector was up by 800 jobs (0.3%) in April to a level of 234,300 jobs and is higher by 3,900 (1.7%) positions from year-ago levels. The public sector is now 87.8% recovered from the overall COVID April 2020 employment trough. There were no revisions to March's 2024 total government gain of 500. Connecticut's total Government supersector includes all civilian federal, state, local, and tribal government employment, including public education and Native American casino jobs located on federally recognized tribal reservations.
Seven of the ten major industry supersectors increased jobs in April 2024, while three declined.
The seven industry supersectors that added employment in April 2024 included:
CONNECTICUT AND THE UNITED STATES - Seasonally Adjusted
April
March
February
January
April
Over Month
Over Year
2024 P
2024 R
2024
2024
2023
Change
Rate
Change
Rate
CONNECTICUT
1,705,800
1,704,700
1,704,200
1,701,600
1,684,200
1,100
0.1%
21,600
1.3%
Total Private
1,471,500
1,471,200
1,471,200
1,468,300
1,453,800
300
0.0%
17,700
1.2%
Goods Producing
Industries
Mining
500
500
500
500
600
0
0.0%
-100
-16.7%
Construction
63,600
63,400
62,700
61,700
62,300
200
0.3%
1,300
2.1%
Manufacturing
159,400
158,800
158,600
158,400
158,400
600
0.4%
1,000
0.6%
Durable Goods
125,100
124,600
124,300
124,200
123,800
500
0.4%
1,300
1.1%
Nondurable Goods
34,300
34,200
34,300
34,200
34,600
100
0.3%
-300
-0.9%
Service
Providing Industries
Trade, Transportation & Utilities
297,900
297,600
297,200
297,600
294,900
300
0.1%
3,000
1.0%
Wholesale
62,300
61,700
61,200
61,400
61,000
600
1.0%
1,300
2.1%
Retail
164,500
164,800
164,500
164,600
167,600
-300
-0.2%
-3,100
-1.8%
Transp, Warehousing & Utilities
71,100
71,100
71,500
71,600
66,300
0
0.0%
4,800
7.2%
Information
30,000
29,900
30,000
30,000
31,500
100
0.3%
-1,500
-4.8%
Financial Activities
118,900
118,300
118,500
118,100
118,400
600
0.5%
500
0.4%
Finance & Insurance
99,100
98,500
98,700
98,500
98,700
600
0.6%
400
0.4%
Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
19,800
19,800
19,800
19,600
19,700
0
0.0%
100
0.5%
Professional & Business Services
219,100
219,700
222,400
224,000
221,100
-600
-0.3%
-2,000
-0.9%
Prof, Scientific & Tech Services
100,400
100,100
100,500
100,700
100,500
300
0.3%
-100
-0.1%
Management of Companies
31,400
31,500
31,700
31,800
31,500
-100
-0.3%
-100
-0.3%
Admn & Support & Waste Mgt Serv
87,300
88,100
90,200
91,500
89,100
-800
-0.9%
-1,800
-2.0%
Educational & Health Services
363,000
362,000
361,200
360,500
351,900
1,000
0.3%
11,100
3.2%
Educational Services
72,700
72,500
72,900
73,500
70,100
200
0.3%
2,600
3.7%
Health Care & Social Assistance
290,300
289,500
288,300
287,000
281,800
800
0.3%
8,500
3.0%
Leisure and Hospitality
154,400
155,600
154,600
153,700
152,500
-1,200
-0.8%
1,900
1.2%
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
28,900
29,000
28,400
28,000
27,900
-100
-0.3%
1,000
3.6%
Accommodation & Food Services
125,500
126,600
126,200
125,700
124,600
-1,100
-0.9%
900
0.7%
Other Services
64,700
65,400
65,500
63,800
62,200
-700
-1.1%
2,500
4.0%
Government**
234,300
233,500
233,000
233,300
230,400
800
0.3%
3,900
1.7%
UNITED STATES
158,286,000
158,111,000
157,796,000
157,560,000
155,484,000
175,000
0.1%
2,802,000
1.8%
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