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Connecticut’s jobs picture continued to gain momentum in September as the state added another 3,600 jobs during the month, state labor data shows.
The state Department of Labor (DOL) said Thursday Connecticut’s unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.6 percent as statewide employment rose slightly to 1,699,200 seasonally adjusted jobs.
DOL did, however, deliver some bad news Thursday, announcing it revised downward its previously-stated 2,800 job gain in August to a gain of 1,200 jobs.
In total, DOL said there were 68,300 unemployed states residents, seasonally adjusted, at the end of September.
DOL said private sector employment grew by 3,800 net jobs last month, which is up by 10,800 seasonally-adjusted jobs compared to the year-ago period.
Four of the state’s 10 major industry supersectors added jobs during the month, and five declined. Trade transportation and utilities remained unchanged at 294,100 total jobs.
The education and healthcare sectors led job gainers adding an “unusually large” 4,300 jobs, DOL said. Trailing were manufacturing, information and leisure and hospitality supersectors, which added 600, 300 and 100 net jobs, respectively.
Job declines were led by “other services” with a loss of 600 jobs. Professional and business services shed another 400 jobs. The government sector, including federal, state, and local workers, lost 200 jobs during the month.
“September was another good month for payroll job growth in Connecticut, pushing us above any level seen last year,” said Andy Condon, who leads the agency’s Office of Research. “However, almost all the growth came from an unusually high increase in the education component of the education and health services sector. We will have to wait and see if this level holds up in future months.”
Connecticut has recovered 85.1 percent (102,400 jobs) of the 120,300 seasonally adjusted jobs lost during the 2008-2010 Great Recession. The state, DOL said, still needs another 17,900 net new jobs to reach an overall nonfarm employment expansion.
The Hartford region led employment growth in the state with a gain of 1,400 jobs.
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