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Bridgeport

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Bridgeport, CT, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Mar 2024
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – February 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2024
County Employment and Wages in Connecticut — Third Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Mar 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2021
Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area — December 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2024
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Economy at a Glance:
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
Data Series Back
Data
Sept
2023
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Dec
2023
Jan
2024
Feb
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

464.4 463.4 464.9 (p)461.9 (p)464.8  

Employment(1)

449.5 446.5 447.5 (p)443.2 (p)440.7  

Unemployment(1)

14.9 16.9 17.4 (p)18.8 (p)24.1  

Unemployment Rate(2)

3.2 3.6 3.7 (p)4.1 (p)5.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

408.1 410.6 411.3 408.5 400.3 (p)401.3

12-month % change

1.0 1.2 1.0 0.3 0.2 (p)0.8

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

14.2 14.5 14.1 13.4 12.3 (p)12.6

12-month % change

0.0 2.1 1.4 0.0 -2.4 (p)0.0

Manufacturing(3)

29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 (p)29.2

12-month % change

-0.7 -1.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 (p)0.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

65.2 66.0 67.0 67.9 64.8 (p)64.0

12-month % change

-0.2 -0.6 -1.0 -0.9 -2.6 (p)-1.5

Information(3)

12.7 12.8 12.7 12.6 12.6 (p)12.5

12-month % change

-0.8 0.0 -0.8 -3.1 -3.8 (p)-4.6

Financial Activities(3)

36.0 36.1 36.0 35.9 35.9 (p)35.8

12-month % change

1.1 2.0 1.1 0.8 1.1 (p)1.1

Professional and Business Services(3)

65.5 65.5 65.3 64.0 63.7 (p)63.7

12-month % change

-2.1 -2.8 -3.1 -3.9 -0.9 (p)-0.5

Education and Health Services(3)

81.0 82.1 83.1 81.5 80.6 (p)82.1

12-month % change

4.1 4.6 5.5 3.0 2.0 (p)3.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

44.3 43.8 42.7 42.4 40.6 (p)40.3

12-month % change

3.0 4.3 2.6 1.7 2.3 (p)2.0

Other Services(3)

17.3 17.4 17.5 18.1 17.6 (p)17.8

12-month % change

2.4 3.0 2.9 5.2 2.9 (p)3.5

Government(3)

42.8 43.3 43.8 43.6 43.1 (p)43.3

12-month % change

1.4 1.4 1.4 1.9 0.7 (p)0.9

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary