Connecticut’s July jobs report from the Department of Labor confirmed that the state’s employment market is still headed in a positive direction, as the state added 700 jobs in the middle of the summer.
The growth outlined in July’s report accompanied modest revisions to June’s numbers, which were reduced by 200 and remained above 6,000 for the month.
These figures, when compared to national ones, show Connecticut employment still trending in the right direction despite a short-lived decline in May, largely due to a labor strike; as such, most of that month’s losses were reversed in June.
The state’s unemployment rate came in at 3.8%, marking three full years in which the unemployment rate has remained below 4%.
Department of Labor Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo said there are currently about 80,000 jobs available in the state. While job searching has slowed down since its peak during the pandemic, the state’s American Job Centers locations can help those looking for work build better resumes and understand how to navigate software and AI systems that review applications.
Private payrolls in Connecticut are just 500 below a record high of 1,493,143 set in January and the state’s labor force participation rate is 2.5% higher than the national equivalent. Professional services added the most jobs in the month.
The state will monitor the healthcare and social assistance field as it lost 900 jobs in July, seasonally adjusted – this could be a normal fluctuation or the result of federal policy shifts impacting social assistance services.
As a whole, the Connecticut job market in 2025 could be defined as stable, as losses and gains are largely canceling each other out. From July 2024 to July 2025, the state is up a total of 10,600 jobs, growth of about 0.6%.
With recent national attention turned to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics’ job reports and their methodologies, the Department of Labor noted its statewide reports involve surveys sent to employers regarding planned employment changes. Employers provide estimates in initial months and revised figures in following months, and those figures are compared to unemployment insurance payroll data.
