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In September 2023, Connecticut had 103,000 job openings, at a rate of 5.7 percent. The unemployed-per-job-opening ratio was 0.6.
Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were unchanged in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT, metropolitan area for the year ended September 2023.
Data Series | Back Data |
May 2023 |
June 2023 |
July 2023 |
Aug 2023 |
Sept 2023 |
Oct 2023 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
1,897.6 | 1,897.3 | 1,896.8 | 1,896.5 | 1,897.8 | (p)1,899.0 | |
Employment(1) |
1,826.5 | 1,827.1 | 1,827.9 | 1,829.2 | 1,832.3 | (p)1,833.3 | |
Unemployment(1) |
71.1 | 70.1 | 68.9 | 67.3 | 65.5 | (p)65.7 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | (p)3.5 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
1,691.8 | 1,689.3 | 1,691.2 | 1,691.3 | 1,695.0 | (p)1,698.7 | |
12-month % change |
1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | (p)1.8 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | (p)0.5 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 | |
Construction(3) |
58.8 | 59.8 | 61.3 | 61.6 | 60.6 | (p)61.2 | |
12-month % change |
-3.3 | -0.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | (p)0.0 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
157.6 | 157.7 | 157.2 | 157.8 | 158.8 | (p)158.0 | |
12-month % change |
0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | (p)-0.7 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
300.1 | 299.5 | 299.8 | 300.1 | 300.0 | (p)302.6 | |
12-month % change |
0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | (p)2.8 | |
Information(3) |
32.1 | 31.4 | 31.6 | 31.6 | 31.7 | (p)32.0 | |
12-month % change |
2.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | (p)2.6 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
115.3 | 114.7 | 114.9 | 114.7 | 114.7 | (p)114.4 | |
12-month % change |
-2.9 | -3.0 | -2.9 | -2.8 | -3.0 | (p)-3.1 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
225.3 | 224.8 | 223.7 | 223.8 | 223.6 | (p)223.4 | |
12-month % change |
1.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | (p)1.8 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
351.5 | 351.2 | 354.0 | 355.3 | 356.1 | (p)357.5 | |
12-month % change |
3.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | (p)3.6 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
156.4 | 156.7 | 155.9 | 155.5 | 155.1 | (p)154.3 | |
12-month % change |
5.2 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | (p)1.6 | |
Other Services(3) |
63.4 | 61.5 | 61.4 | 60.8 | 62.3 | (p)63.1 | |
12-month % change |
3.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | -1.1 | 1.1 | (p)1.9 | |
Government(3) |
230.8 | 231.5 | 230.9 | 229.6 | 231.6 | (p)231.7 | |
12-month % change |
1.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.9 | (p)2.3 | |
Footnotes |