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Labor Market Information - Connecticut Industry Sector Employment

Industry Sectors Employment (CES) - State of Connecticut

Last Updated: October 19, 2020

Connecticut recouped 17,000 more nonfarm payroll jobs in September 2020 (up 1.1%) after a revised 21,900 increase in August. Over the year, nonfarm employment in the state has dropped by 103,200 (-6.1%) positions and now holds at 1,585,100 seasonally adjusted. The preliminary August 2020 job gain of 20,400 was revised higher by 1,500 jobs. These are nonfarm job estimates from the business survey administered by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Private Sector employment increased by 14,700 (1.1%) to 1,359,600 jobs over the month in September and are now down by 90,900 (-6.3%) jobs since September 2019. The Government supersector added 2,300 net jobs in September (1.0%) to a total of 225,500 but is lower by 12,300 jobs (-5.2%) over the year. Local government (8,300) strength offset decreasing federal government employment from a winding down of Census (-300) and a big loss in state government (-5,700) in September. The Government supersector includes all federal, state and local employment, including public education and Native American casino employment located on tribal land.

Seven of the ten major industry supersectors had employment gains in September.

Leisure and Hospitality (+6,900, 5.7%, 127,900)
Professional and Business Services (+4,300, 2.1%, 212,300)
Government (+2,300, 1.0%, 225,500)
Trade, Transportation & Utilities (+2,000, 0.7%, 278,000)
Manufacturing (+1,500, 1.0%, 155,900)
Educational and Health Services (+1,300, 0.4%, 322,500)
Information (+600, 2.1%, 29,600)

Three industry supersector experienced declines.

Other Services (-700, -1.2%, 56,300)
Financial Activities (-700, -0.6%, 119,400)
Construction and Mining (-500, -0.9%, 57,700)

Labor Market Information - Connecticut, Employment Sectors & United States Nonfarm Employment

		Year to Year				Month to Month				Previous Three Months
		Sep 2020	Sep 2019	Change	Rate %	Sep 2020	Aug 2020	Change	Rate %	Jul 2020	Jun 2020	May 2020
Graph	Follow link below for more charts & data	State of Connecticut Employment
	Connecticut Nonfarm Employment	1,585,100	1,688,300	-103,200	-6.1%	1,585,100	1,568,100	17,000	1.1%	1,546,200	1,513,900	1,436,600
	Private Sector	1,359,600	1,450,500	-90,900	-6.3%	1,359,600	1,344,900	14,700	1.1%	1,327,800	1,295,700	1,229,000

Graph	Follow link below for more charts & data	Goods Producing Industries
	Construction	57,100	59,400	-2,300	-3.9%	57,100	57,600	-500	-0.9%	57,200	56,400	53,500

	Manufacturing	155,900	162,200	-6,300	-3.9%	155,900	154,400	1,500	1.0%	156,200	155,200	153,200
Graph	Follow link below for more charts & data	Service Providing Industries
	Trade, Transportation and Utilities	278,000	292,200	-14,200	-4.9%	278,000	276,000	2,000	0.7%	272,300	264,500	246,800

	Information	29,600	31,500	-1,900	-6.0%	29,600	29,000	600	2.1%	29,000	29,200	28,400

	Financial Activities	119,400	123,800	-4,400	-3.6%	119,400	120,100	-700	-0.6%	118,700	118,200	118,700

	Professional and Business Services	212,300	219,200	-6,900	-3.1%	212,300	208,000	4,300	2.1%	206,500	202,500	200,300

	Educational and Health Services	322,500	339,600	-17,100	-5.0%	322,500	321,200	1,300	0.4%	313,500	312,800	299,700

	Leisure and Hospitality	127,900	157,100	-29,200	-18.6%	127,900	121,000	6,900	5.7%	117,000	104,100	82,400

	Other Services	56,300	64,900	-8,600	-13.3%	56,300	57,000	-700	-1.2%	56,800	52,300	45,500

	Government	225,500	237,800	-12,300	-5.2%	225,500	223,200	2,300	1.0%	218,400	218,200	207,600
Graph	Follow link below for more charts & data	United States Employment
	United States Nonfarm Employment	141,720,000	151,368,000	-9,648,000	-6.4%	141,720,000	141,059,000	661,000	0.5%	139,543,000	137,818,000	133,002,000

NOTE: Although consistent with prior Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) methodology, Connecticut's official unemployment rate for September produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program continues to be impacted by collection and classification challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collection and misclassification issues in the Current Population Survey (CPS), the foundation of the state's household-based labor force statistics, caused unemployment to be underestimated. The effect of the CPS misclassification problem on Connecticut's LAUS unemployment rate has declined since April and is now estimated to be in line with the misclassification at the national level. The BLS continues to work to overcome these problems as quickly as possible.


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