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State of Connecticut Labor Market Information - 2018 Workforce Sector Economic Scorecard

Last Updated: January 17, 2019

	2018 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	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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