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  2023 Workforce Sector Economic Scorecard - State of Connecticut Last Updated: March 23, 2023
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.
Month 2022 2023 Year-to-Year comparisons
Jan 1,646.5 1,681.9 Plus Grade
Feb 1,658.8 1,687.5 Plus Grade
Mar 1,665.9
Apr 1,667.6
May 1,666.6
Jun 1,666.9
Jul 1,670.8
Aug 1,672.1
Sep 1,673.4
Oct 1,669.4
Nov 1,674.6
Dec 1,673.1
2022 2023 Year-to-Year comparisons
1,862.0 1,837.5 Minus Grade
1,864.5 1,835.1 Minus Grade
1,866.0
1,865.8
1,863.6
1,859.1
1,852.5
1,845.6
1,840.2
1,837.0
1,837.1
1,838.1
2022 2023 Year-to-Year comparisons
1,956.7 1,912.9 Minus Grade
1,953.7 1,910.9 Minus Grade
1,950.4
1,947.7
1,943.4
1,937.0
1,928.7
1,919.9
1,916.1
1,913.8
1,913.7
1,914.3
2022 2023 Year-to-Year comparisons
4.8 3.9 Plus Grade
4.6 4.0 Plus Grade
4.3
4.2
4.1
4.0
4.0
3.9
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
2022 2023 Year-to-Year comparisons
94.6 75.4 Plus Grade
89.2 75.8 Plus Grade
84.5
81.9
79.8
78.0
76.2
74.2
75.9
76.8
76.6
76.2
2022 2023 Year-to-Year comparisons
4,832 3,819 Plus Grade
4,478 3,872 Plus Grade
4,029
3,790
3,442
3,198
3,709
3,851
3,872
3,870
3,875
3,894
Total Up Down NC Net %
6 4 2 0 +33%
6 4 2 0 +33%
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