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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
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary May 2021
New England - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New York-New Jersey Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2021
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2021
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1967 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2021
New York-New Jersey Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
County Employment and Wages in Connecticut — Third Quarter 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2020
New York Area Employment – July 2020 Employment News Release Sep 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk — May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2017
Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area – March 2021 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2021
Average Energy Prices, New York-Newark-Jersey City–May 2021 Average energy prices News Release Jun 2021

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

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
Data Series Back
Data		 Dec
2020		 Jan
2021		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021		 Apr
2021		 May
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)440.3 438.2 404.3 415.2 420.4 (p)422.5

Employment(1)

 (2)405.5 400.1 369.9 380.4 388.9 (p)397.3

Unemployment(1)

 (2)34.8 38.1 34.4 34.8 31.5 (p)25.2

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)7.9 8.7 8.5 8.4 7.5 (p)6.0

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 373.9 362.6 364.0 366.8 372.6 (p)378.2

12-month % change

 -8.8 -9.3 -8.4 -7.3 13.8 (p)11.0

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 12.7 11.7 11.7 12.2 13.7 (p)14.0

12-month % change

 2.4 4.5 5.4 7.0 34.3 (p)18.6

Manufacturing(4)

 27.5 26.9 26.9 27.0 26.9 (p)26.9

12-month % change

 -3.5 -4.3 -3.9 -3.6 4.3 (p)2.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 66.5 63.6 62.7 62.4 62.4 (p)62.6

12-month % change

 -6.6 -6.7 -5.6 -5.6 21.2 (p)16.4

Information(4)

 11.6 11.1 11.2 11.2 11.3 (p)11.2

12-month % change

 -4.9 -9.0 -8.2 -8.2 -0.9 (p)0.9

Financial Activities(4)

 35.7 35.4 35.5 35.6 35.4 (p)35.5

12-month % change

 -3.8 -3.3 -2.7 -2.2 0.0 (p)0.3

Professional and Business Services(4)

 62.1 60.5 61.3 60.2 62.3 (p)63.4

12-month % change

 -4.8 -4.7 -2.7 -5.5 4.4 (p)5.3

Education and Health Services(4)

 70.9 69.2 70.1 71.1 71.0 (p)72.6

12-month % change

 -9.0 -9.8 -9.7 -7.9 10.6 (p)9.3

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 31.4 29.9 29.9 31.6 33.1 (p)35.4

12-month % change

 -27.3 -27.8 -26.7 -19.6 80.9 (p)54.6

Other Services(4)

 15.5 15.4 15.3 15.6 16.0 (p)16.2

12-month % change

 -13.4 -12.5 -12.6 -8.8 55.3 (p)35.0

Government(4)

 40.0 38.9 39.4 39.9 40.5 (p)40.4

12-month % change

 -9.9 -11.8 -10.9 -9.5 -0.5 (p)-1.0

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary