State of Connecticut Labor Market Information - 2021 Workforce Sector Economic Scorecard

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State of Connecticut Labor Market Information - 2021 Workforce Sector Economic Scorecard

Last Updated: November 18, 2021

	2021 Connecticut Workforce Sector Scorecard	Seasonally Adjusted	Select Year >>
	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, Residents Employed and Residents Unemployed, the Unemployment Rate, the size of the Labor Force, and the Average Weekly Initial Claims - the number of those filing initial, new and additional, claims for unemployment. For charts, trends and data for the six labor market economic indicators and historical totals follow the column header links or "trends" buttons. All workforce sector indicators are seasonally adjusted figures.

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Nonfarm
Employment

Month	2020	2021

Jan	1,698.0	1,571.8


Feb	1,696.3	1,574.9


Mar	1,683.3	1,580.1


Apr	1,403.9	1,581.3


May	1,437.5	1,589.4


Jun	1,490.9	1,590.9


Jul	1,525.0	1,602.0


Aug	1,549.5	1,605.0


Sep	1,569.2	1,611.5


Oct	1,577.7	1,616.8


Nov	1,575.4


Dec	1,570.8

Residents
Employed

2020	2021

1,850.7	1,690.5


1,846.2	1,567.0


1,842.2	1,586.5


1,669.7	1,601.2


1,671.1	1,616.4


1,675.5	1,674.4


1,681.9	1,677.1


1,687.7	1,680.3


1,691.4	1,688.8


1,692.7	1,697.5


1,691.8


1,691.0

Labor
Force

2020	2021

1,921.0	1,839.7


1,918.0	1,712.6


1,915.6	1,729.6


1,826.6	1,741.6


1,886.5	1,759.1


1,890.7	1,813.4


1,895.8	1,809.2


1,841.9	1,810.2


1,844.1	1,812.1


1,844.5	1,812.6


1,843.5


1,843.0

Unemployment
Rate

2020	2021

3.7	8.1


3.7	8.5


3.8	8.3


8.6	8.1


11.4	8.1


11.4	7.7


11.3	7.3


8.4	7.2


8.3	6.8


8.2	6.4


8.2


8.2

Residents
Unemployed

2020	2021

70.3	149.2


71.8	145.6


73.4	143.0


156.9	140.4


215.4	142.8


215.2	139.0


213.9	132.1


154.2	129.9


152.6	123.4


151.7	115.1


151.8


152.0

Average Weekly
Initial Claims

2020	2021

3,079	8,040


3,243	8,184


25,989	10,553


37,632	4,609


31,592	9,346


10,446	4,524


10,794	3,937


10,073	4,699


7,408	3,730


7,295	3,502


7,072


4,493

2021 Workforce Scorecard Totals
[(Up/Total)-(Down/Total)] x 100 = Net%

Total	Up	Down	NC	Net %

6	0	6	0	-100%


6	0	6	0	-100%


6	1	5	0	-67%


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%


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