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Labor Market Information - Manufacturing Sector State of Connecticut

Last Updated: September 18, 2023

Manufacturing Sector ~ State of Connecticut

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1 Month Ago				1 Year Ago				January 2010 Recession Trough				March 2008 Employment Peak
Aug 2023	Jul 2023	Change	Rate %	Aug 2023	Aug 2022	Change	Rate %	Aug 2023	Jan 2010	Change	Rate %	Aug 2023	Mar 2008	Change	Rate %
157,600	157,200	400	0.3%	157,600	157,800	-200	-0.1%	157,600	162,300	-4,700	-2.9%	157,600	185,800	-28,200	-15.2%

The manufacturing sector consists of establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products. Planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering.

Month	2014	Y/Y	2015	Y/Y	2016	Y/Y	2017	Y/Y	2018	Y/Y	2019	Y/Y	2020	Y/Y	2021	Y/Y	2022	Y/Y	2023	Y/Y
Jan	158,500		156,700		156,400		157,700		159,900		162,100		160,900		151,700		154,300		158,400
Feb	158,300		156,600		156,400		157,700		160,000		162,000		160,900		152,000		155,300		158,700
Mar	157,900		156,900		156,300		158,100		159,800		162,100		160,200		152,800		156,100		158,300
Apr	157,700		157,100		156,100		158,200		160,200		162,100		149,000		152,500		156,900		157,500
May	157,000		157,200		156,100		158,500		160,500		162,100		151,000		152,700		156,800		157,600
Jun	156,600		157,300		156,100		158,900		160,700		162,100		151,900		152,000		156,900		157,700
Jul	156,600		157,100		156,400		159,000		160,900		162,300		152,000		153,300		157,200		157,200
Aug	156,700		156,900		156,600		159,400		160,900		161,600		152,100		152,900		157,800		157,600
Sep	156,700		157,600		156,700		158,900		160,700		161,700		152,500		153,500		158,100
Oct	157,000		156,600		156,800		159,200		161,300		161,700		152,300		153,900		159,100
Nov	156,900		156,600		156,700		159,400		161,500		161,600		152,000		154,400		158,800
Dec	156,700		156,500		157,400		159,800		162,100		161,100		151,900		154,800		159,100

Month	2004	Y/Y	2005	Y/Y	2006	Y/Y	2007	Y/Y	2008	Y/Y	2009	Y/Y	2010	Y/Y	2011	Y/Y	2012	Y/Y	2013	Y/Y
Jan	195,200		194,400		191,700		189,600		186,700		177,500		162,300		163,200		162,800		161,200
Feb	195,100		194,000		191,900		189,700		186,100		175,100		162,100		163,500		163,200		161,200
Mar	195,200		193,800		188,500		189,500		185,800		173,000		162,100		163,600		162,600		161,000
Apr	195,200		193,600		191,900		188,200		185,900		171,000		162,200		163,700		162,300		160,900
May	194,800		193,500		191,800		188,000		185,900		169,600		162,600		163,600		162,200		160,700
Jun	194,700		193,100		191,500		188,000		185,300		168,000		162,600		163,500		162,100		160,400
Jul	195,400		192,600		191,600		187,800		184,800		166,100		163,200		163,600		161,600		160,400
Aug	195,300		192,200		191,100		187,500		184,300		165,300		163,100		164,100		161,600		159,800
Sep	195,000		191,600		190,400		187,000		183,800		165,000		163,400		163,300		161,100		159,600
Oct	194,800		191,700		189,900		186,500		182,900		163,900		163,400		163,100		161,300		159,600
Nov	194,800		191,400		189,800		186,400		181,600		163,300		163,300		163,100		161,200		159,000
Dec	194,400		191,000		190,000		186,100		180,000		163,000		163,200		162,800		161,100		158,800

Month	1994	Y/Y	1995	Y/Y	1996	Y/Y	1997	Y/Y	1998	Y/Y	1999	Y/Y	2000	Y/Y	2001	Y/Y	2002	Y/Y	2003	Y/Y
Jan	253,500		250,800		243,900		242,500		246,800		242,500		233,900		232,600		215,600		202,500
Feb	252,500		250,200		244,300		242,800		247,000		241,600		234,200		231,700		214,400		201,400
Mar	252,200		250,000		243,700		242,600		247,600		241,200		233,600		230,900		213,300		200,300
Apr	252,900		248,500		243,400		244,100		247,300		240,600		233,700		229,200		212,000		199,900
May	252,700		248,100		243,800		244,300		247,100		239,400		233,500		227,800		211,000		198,800
Jun	252,200		247,500		243,200		244,700		246,700		238,500		233,500		226,300		209,600		197,900
Jul	253,000		245,900		242,300		243,000		248,600		238,700		236,000		225,000		208,300		196,600
Aug	252,600		246,500		244,600		245,000		246,500		238,200		235,600		223,300		207,900		196,200
Sep	252,200		245,900		243,300		243,500		246,600		236,800		235,100		221,000		206,600		195,800
Oct	251,500		245,100		244,600		244,600		245,400		236,200		234,400		219,700		205,400		195,700
Nov	251,300		244,800		245,400		245,300		244,200		235,800		233,900		218,200		204,200		195,600
Dec	251,200		245,100		245,600		244,300		243,100		235,600		233,200		217,000		203,300		195,300


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