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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Northeast > Connecticut > Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Hartford, CT, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Mar 2025
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2025
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — February 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2025
Planning Region Employment and Wages in Connecticut — First Quarter 2024 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Economy at a Glance:
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
Data Series Back
Data
Oct
2024
Nov
2024
Dec
2024
Jan
2025
Feb
2025
Mar
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

(2)618.0 (2)618.9 (2)616.6 614.6 610.5 (p)615.0

Employment(1)

(2)599.8 (2)600.7 (2)599.8 590.3 583.4 (p)589.9

Unemployment(1)

(2)18.2 (2)18.2 (2)16.8 24.3 27.1 (p)25.1

Unemployment Rate(3)

(2)2.9 (2)2.9 (2)2.7 3.9 4.4 (p)4.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

615.4 617.4 616.6 602.3 601.8 (p)604.0

12-month % change

0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.2 (p)0.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

24.2 23.4 22.2 20.4 19.9 (p)20.5

12-month % change

2.5 1.3 -2.2 -5.1 -5.7 (p)-6.0

Manufacturing(4)

59.7 59.8 59.6 59.7 59.0 (p)59.1

12-month % change

-1.2 -0.8 -1.3 0.3 -0.3 (p)-0.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

101.7 103.7 105.1 101.7 100.2 (p)100.4

12-month % change

-0.7 -1.1 -0.6 0.0 0.0 (p)0.3

Information(4)

5.8 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.6 (p)5.6

12-month % change

-1.7 -1.7 0.0 -3.4 -1.8 (p)-1.8

Financial Activities(4)

51.8 52.2 52.4 52.0 52.0 (p)52.3

12-month % change

-1.3 -0.6 -0.6 0.2 0.2 (p)0.8

Professional and Business Services(4)

79.7 79.3 78.8 76.4 77.0 (p)75.8

12-month % change

1.1 0.9 1.3 0.0 0.7 (p)0.1

Education and Health Services(4)

118.4 119.1 119.7 118.4 119.2 (p)119.3

12-month % change

2.6 2.3 3.3 3.9 2.9 (p)2.9

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

51.0 49.9 49.6 46.9 46.2 (p)47.7

12-month % change

1.4 1.0 1.2 -0.8 -3.8 (p)-1.4

Other Services(4)

23.4 23.8 23.7 23.5 23.7 (p)23.5

12-month % change

1.7 3.5 2.6 2.6 3.5 (p)0.9

Government(4)

99.7 100.5 99.7 97.7 99.0 (p)99.8

12-month % change

-1.2 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 -0.3 (p)-0.4

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary