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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	Feb 2025
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Feb 2025
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — January 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Feb 2025
Planning Region Employment and Wages in Connecticut — First Quarter 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Oct 2024
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 — December 2024	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Feb 2025

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

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT

Data Series	Back Data	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		473.9	466.4	466.0	467.9	466.9	(p)471.3
Employment(1)		456.8	449.5	453.3	455.6	453.4	(p)457.9
Unemployment(1)		17.1	16.9	12.6	12.3	13.5	(p)13.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.6	3.6	2.7	2.6	2.9	(p)2.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		417.4	412.1	411.1	412.1	412.3	(p)412.2
12-month % change		0.9	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.2	(p)0.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		14.3	14.2	13.8	14.0	13.8	(p)13.3
12-month % change		-2.7	-2.7	-2.8	-3.4	-2.1	(p)-0.7
Manufacturing(3)		29.1	28.9	28.9	28.9	28.9	(p)29.1
12-month % change		-1.4	-1.4	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		64.4	64.2	63.9	64.8	66.3	(p)67.6
12-month % change		-2.3	-1.5	-2.0	-1.8	-1.0	(p)-0.4
Information(3)		12.5	12.7	12.5	12.5	12.4	(p)12.4
12-month % change		-3.8	-1.6	-1.6	-2.3	-2.4	(p)-1.6
Financial Activities(3)		37.0	36.5	36.4	36.4	36.4	(p)36.8
12-month % change		1.1	0.6	1.1	0.8	1.1	(p)2.5
Professional and Business Services(3)		65.5	64.5	64.6	64.3	63.8	(p)62.8
12-month % change		-1.5	-2.4	-1.4	-1.8	-2.3	(p)-1.9
Education and Health Services(3)		83.4	82.8	84.2	84.9	85.6	(p)85.4
12-month % change		5.0	5.7	4.0	3.4	3.0	(p)4.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		50.6	48.9	44.9	44.1	42.3	(p)42.3
12-month % change		4.3	3.2	1.4	0.7	-0.9	(p)-0.2
Other Services(3)		18.1	17.9	17.6	17.6	17.8	(p)17.8
12-month % change		1.7	0.6	1.7	1.1	1.7	(p)-1.7
Government(3)		42.5	41.5	44.3	44.6	45.0	(p)44.7
12-month % change		1.9	3.5	3.5	3.0	2.7	(p)2.5
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