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Waterbury-Shelton, CT

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexes
Northeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2025
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — November 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Dec 2025

Waterbury-Shelton, CT Economy at a Glance:

Waterbury-Shelton, CT

Data Series	Back Data	Apr 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug 2025	Sept 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		242.4	242.6	242.4	244.5	240.9	239.2
Employment(1)		232.9	232.1	233.3	233.3	230.5	228.8
Unemployment(1)		9.4	10.4	9.1	11.2	10.4	10.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.9	4.3	3.7	4.6	4.3	4.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		161.0	162.6	164.5	162.0	161.5	(p)162.0
12-month % change		1.1	0.6	1.2	1.1	1.1	(p)-0.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		8.1	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.4	(p)8.4
12-month % change		6.6	7.7	5.0	2.4	1.2	(p)1.2
Manufacturing(3)		17.7	17.5	17.8	17.8	17.9	(p)17.7
12-month % change		-3.3	-4.4	-2.7	-2.2	-0.6	(p)-1.1
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		30.1	30.3	30.3	29.9	29.8	(p)29.9
12-month % change		1.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	(p)-0.7
Information(3)		4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	(p)4.6
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	-2.1	0.0	0.0	(p)-2.1
Financial Activities(3)		5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	(p)5.5
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	1.8	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		18.8	18.9	19.1	19.4	19.1	(p)19.0
12-month % change		-0.5	-1.6	-0.5	1.0	-1.0	(p)-1.6
Education and Health Services(3)		36.6	36.4	36.7	36.4	36.4	(p)36.4
12-month % change		2.8	2.5	3.7	2.2	2.8	(p)0.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		13.4	14.5	15.5	15.4	15.1	(p)14.0
12-month % change		-0.7	0.0	3.3	1.3	1.3	(p)-1.4
Other Services(3)		5.1	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.3	(p)5.2
12-month % change		0.0	-1.9	-1.9	0.0	1.9	(p)2.0
Government(3)		21.1	21.3	21.3	19.1	19.2	(p)21.3
12-month % change		2.4	2.4	2.4	2.1	2.1	(p)1.4
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