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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New England > Connecticut > Bridgeport

Bridgeport

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Bridgeport Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jul 2022
New England - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New York-New Jersey Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2022
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2022
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1967 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2022
New York-New Jersey Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
County Employment and Wages in Connecticut — Third Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Mar 2022
New York Area Employment – July 2021 Employment News Release Sep 2021
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 — March 2022 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2022
Average Energy Prices, New York-Newark-Jersey City — May 2022 Average energy prices News Release Jun 2022
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Economy at a Glance:
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
Data Series Back
Data		 Jan
2022		 Feb
2022		 Mar
2022		 Apr
2022		 May
2022		 June
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 456.2 456.1 462.1 454.4 466.1 (p)470.6

Employment(1)

 433.4 432.7 442.1 437.2 447.2 (p)450.9

Unemployment(1)

 22.8 23.4 20.0 17.2 18.9 (p)19.7

Unemployment Rate(2)

 5.0 5.1 4.3 3.8 4.1 (p)4.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 386.0 386.9 388.6 391.5 395.6 (p)400.2

12-month % change

 4.6 4.8 4.0 3.2 2.6 (p)2.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 12.2 12.2 12.5 13.1 13.1 (p)13.3

12-month % change

 8.0 9.9 6.8 3.1 0.8 (p)-0.7

Manufacturing(3)

 28.7 28.9 29.1 29.3 29.5 (p)29.6

12-month % change

 5.9 6.3 6.2 6.5 6.1 (p)5.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 65.5 65.3 65.2 64.5 65.5 (p)66.1

12-month % change

 1.4 3.2 3.2 2.5 2.3 (p)1.8

Information(3)

 11.9 11.6 11.7 11.6 11.7 (p)11.7

12-month % change

 2.6 -0.9 -1.7 -3.3 -2.5 (p)-3.3

Financial Activities(3)

 35.8 35.3 34.9 35.0 35.6 (p)36.2

12-month % change

 2.3 1.1 -0.3 0.0 1.7 (p)2.3

Professional and Business Services(3)

 64.4 63.2 63.9 64.9 64.7 (p)64.7

12-month % change

 7.2 4.1 4.2 2.4 0.6 (p)-0.2

Education and Health Services(3)

 74.3 76.1 76.5 75.5 75.8 (p)75.3

12-month % change

 3.1 4.8 3.9 2.6 2.8 (p)3.3

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 35.8 36.4 37.3 39.7 41.7 (p)44.8

12-month % change

 17.0 17.8 15.5 15.1 10.9 (p)8.5

Other Services(3)

 16.1 16.2 16.1 16.3 16.5 (p)16.9

12-month % change

 7.3 8.0 5.9 6.5 5.1 (p)4.3

Government(3)

 41.3 41.7 41.4 41.6 41.5 (p)41.6

12-month % change

 -0.7 0.0 -1.7 -1.9 -2.4 (p)-1.0

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