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Connecticut: jobs and unemployment
Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Connecticut from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20265.1%#50 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20254.0%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20251.94M+0.2% on a year earlier
Employed, 20251.86M77,806 unemployed
Labor forceEmployed
| Year | Unemployment rate | Labor force | Employed | Unemployed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0% | 1,937,208 | 1,859,402 | 77,806 | |
| 2024 | 3.3% | 1,932,754 | 1,868,860 | 63,894 | |
| 2023 | 3.2% | 1,909,214 | 1,848,062 | 61,152 | |
| 2022 | 4.0% | 1,925,558 | 1,848,019 | 77,539 | |
| 2021 | 6.4% | 1,851,390 | 1,732,404 | 118,986 | |
| 2020 | 8.0% | 1,877,913 | 1,727,900 | 150,013 | |
| 2019 | 3.6% | 1,933,458 | 1,864,182 | 69,276 | |
| 2018 | 3.9% | 1,920,261 | 1,845,523 | 74,738 | |
| 2017 | 4.4% | 1,918,564 | 1,833,921 | 84,643 | |
| 2016 | 4.9% | 1,906,741 | 1,814,158 | 92,583 | |
| 2015 | 5.6% | 1,903,404 | 1,796,504 | 106,900 | |
| 2014 | 6.6% | 1,898,732 | 1,773,090 | 125,642 | |
| 2013 | 7.9% | 1,874,692 | 1,725,770 | 148,922 | |
| 2012 | 8.4% | 1,893,565 | 1,734,913 | 158,652 | |
| 2011 | 9.0% | 1,919,324 | 1,746,327 | 172,997 | |
| 2010 | 9.5% | 1,918,073 | 1,735,686 | 182,387 | |
| 2009 | 8.3% | 1,908,696 | 1,751,195 | 157,501 | |
| 2008 | 5.6% | 1,898,576 | 1,791,857 | 106,719 | |
| 2007 | 4.5% | 1,876,029 | 1,791,089 | 84,940 | |
| 2006 | 4.4% | 1,847,677 | 1,766,274 | 81,403 | |
| 2005 | 4.9% | 1,808,542 | 1,720,558 | 87,984 | |
| 2004 | 5.0% | 1,787,054 | 1,696,908 | 90,146 | |
| 2003 | 5.4% | 1,793,913 | 1,696,219 | 97,694 | |
| 2002 | 4.4% | 1,781,083 | 1,703,536 | 77,547 | |
| 2001 | 2.9% | 1,754,017 | 1,702,622 | 51,395 | |
| 2000 | 2.1% | 1,764,203 | 1,726,508 | 37,695 | |
| 1999 | 2.5% | 1,744,360 | 1,700,550 | 43,810 | |
| 1998 | 3.2% | 1,738,821 | 1,682,614 | 56,207 | |
| 1997 | 4.7% | 1,753,844 | 1,671,437 | 82,407 | |
| 1996 | 5.2% | 1,748,779 | 1,657,282 | 91,497 | |
| 1995 | 5.3% | 1,739,897 | 1,647,652 | 92,245 | |
| 1994 | 5.6% | 1,757,935 | 1,659,834 | 98,101 | |
| 1993 | 6.5% | 1,794,761 | 1,678,486 | 116,275 | |
| 1992 | 7.3% | 1,820,253 | 1,687,285 | 132,968 | |
| 1991 | 6.5% | 1,830,597 | 1,711,923 | 118,674 | |
| 1990 | 4.9% | 1,822,363 | 1,732,728 | 89,635 | |
| 1989 | 3.6% | 1,796,399 | 1,731,049 | 65,350 | |
| 1988 | 2.9% | 1,773,704 | 1,722,258 | 51,446 | |
| 1987 | 3.2% | 1,772,942 | 1,716,788 | 56,154 | |
| 1986 | 3.7% | 1,756,103 | 1,690,526 | 65,577 | |
| 1985 | 4.5% | 1,722,424 | 1,645,610 | 76,814 | |
| 1984 | 4.6% | 1,684,212 | 1,606,021 | 78,191 | |
| 1983 | 6.0% | 1,630,976 | 1,533,252 | 97,724 | |
| 1982 | 6.8% | 1,618,515 | 1,507,758 | 110,757 | |
| 1981 | 6.1% | 1,603,953 | 1,505,424 | 98,529 | |
| 1980 | 5.7% | 1,589,268 | 1,498,315 | 90,953 | |
| 1979 | 5.1% | 1,565,208 | 1,485,071 | 80,137 | |
| 1978 | 5.3% | 1,512,562 | 1,432,247 | 80,315 | |
| 1977 | 7.0% | 1,485,777 | 1,381,208 | 104,569 | |
| 1976 | 9.2% | 1,451,846 | 1,318,663 | 133,183 |
BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.