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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Bridgeport, CT, Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Sep 2024
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2024
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – July 2024	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Aug 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 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area — June 2024	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Aug 2024

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Economy at a Glance:

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT

Data Series	Back Data	Feb 2024	Mar 2024	Apr 2024	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		466.5	469.7	462.6	474.1	472.0	(p)473.7
Employment(1)		440.3	449.5	446.1	453.5	458.1	(p)456.6
Unemployment(1)		26.2	20.3	16.5	20.6	13.9	(p)17.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		5.6	4.3	3.6	4.4	2.9	(p)3.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		401.9	404.2	406.7	413.7	418.5	(p)417.4
12-month % change		0.9	0.9	1.4	1.4	0.7	(p)0.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		12.5	13.1	13.9	14.3	14.3	(p)14.3
12-month % change		-0.8	2.3	0.0	0.7	-1.4	(p)-2.7
Manufacturing(3)		29.2	29.1	29.0	29.0	29.1	(p)29.1
12-month % change		0.0	-0.7	0.3	-0.3	-1.7	(p)-1.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		63.7	64.0	63.5	64.9	65.1	(p)64.4
12-month % change		-2.0	-1.7	-0.3	-0.5	-1.4	(p)-2.3
Information(3)		12.5	12.5	12.4	12.7	12.5	(p)12.5
12-month % change		-4.6	-4.6	-4.6	-1.6	-3.8	(p)-3.8
Financial Activities(3)		35.9	35.9	36.0	36.2	36.8	(p)36.8
12-month % change		1.4	1.1	1.4	1.7	1.9	(p)0.5
Professional and Business Services(3)		64.3	64.1	64.6	65.8	65.6	(p)65.6
12-month % change		0.5	-0.3	-1.5	-0.3	-1.2	(p)-1.4
Education and Health Services(3)		82.6	82.8	83.5	83.2	83.7	(p)83.5
12-month % change		4.2	4.2	4.8	4.1	4.4	(p)5.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		40.2	41.6	42.5	45.9	49.4	(p)50.6
12-month % change		1.8	2.5	1.7	3.1	2.9	(p)4.3
Other Services(3)		17.7	17.7	17.6	17.8	17.6	(p)18.2
12-month % change		2.9	2.9	1.7	1.7	-1.7	(p)2.2
Government(3)		43.3	43.4	43.7	43.9	44.4	(p)42.4
12-month % change		0.9	0.9	4.8	1.9	1.1	(p)1.7
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