2018 Workforce Sector Economic Scorecard - State of Connecticut Last Updated: January 17, 2019

Taken together, this group of six economic indicators presents an overall picture of the current conditions in the Connecticut labor market. Current levels and the change from the previous period, as well as the year-to-year changes in the number of nonfarm employment jobs #1, residents employed #2 and residents unemployed #5, the unemployment rate #4, the size of the labor force #3, and the average weekly initial claims #6 - the number of those filing initial, new and additional, claims for unemployment. All workforce sector indicators are seasonally adjusted figures.

Nonfarm Employment Month 2017 2018 Jan 1,683.5 1,689.4 Feb 1,683.9 1,692.0 Mar 1,682.2 1,688.5 Apr 1,678.4 1,686.6 May 1,679.2 1,692.7 Jun 1,683.9 1,698.0 Jul 1,680.2 1,698.5 Aug 1,680.8 1,701.8 Sep 1,681.4 1,700.4 Oct 1,679.6 1,703.4 Nov 1,679.9 1,704.4 Dec 1,685.6 1,705.5

Residents Employed 2017 2018 1,826.6 1,823.2 1,829.1 1,821.2 1,831.1 1,818.4 1,832.2 1,815.2 1,832.3 1,813.6 1,831.6 1,812.6 1,830.3 1,815.8 1,828.8 1,818.4 1,827.3 1,823.4 1,826.4 1,829.4 1,826.0 1,839.0 1,826.0 1,847.3

Labor Force 2017 2018 1,923.0 1,909.9 1,925.1 1,908.2 1,925.8 1,904.7 1,925.0 1,901.0 1,922.9 1,898.5 1,919.9 1,896.5 1,917.0 1,898.5 1,914.3 1,899.2 1,912.8 1,903.5 1,912.0 1,909.3 1,912.3 1,916.6 1,912.6 1,923.6

Unemployment Rate 2017 2018 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.1 4.5 4.0

Residents Unemployed 2017 2018 93.9 86.8 94.0 86.9 93.7 86.3 92.7 85.8 91.2 84.9 89.6 83.9 88.2 82.8 87.0 80.9 86.4 80.0 86.1 80.0 86.2 77.7 86.4 76.2

Average Weekly Initial Claims 2017 2018 3,763 3,409 3,421 3,739 4,266 4,080 3,736 3,481 3,929 3,142 3,820 3,211 3,858 3,445 3,611 3,106 3,812 3,014 3,523 3,064 3,668 3,555 3,413 4,399

2018 Workforce Scorecard Totals  [(Up/Total)-(Down/Total)] x 100 = Net% Total Up Down NC Net % 6 4 2 0 +33% 6 3 3 0 0% 6 4 2 0 +33% 6 4 2 0 +33% 6 4 2 0 +33% 6 4 2 0 +33% 6 4 2 0 +33% 6 4 2 0 +33% 6 4 2 0 +33% 6 5 1 0 +67% 6 6 0 0 +100% 6 5 1 0 +67%

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