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Connecticut jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Connecticut’s unemployment rate is 5.1%. 2,803 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 22 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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Connecticut economy

  • 5.1%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.2% the month before

  • 1,882,270

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 3,598,348

    people in Connecticut

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $93,760

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 47%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Connecticut outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Population up 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 5.1%, up 1.1 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Connecticut. Each link goes to the publisher.

Learn and get funded in Connecticut

Connecticut layoffs

  • 22

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 2,933

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 19

    employers

Layoff notices filed in Connecticut, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
EndeavorsTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Not provided7—State record
S and S WorldwideTakes effect Dec 26, 2026Colchester——State record
Cycling Sports Group, Inc.Takes effect Dec 21, 2026Wilton143—State record
S and S WorldwideTakes effect Oct 20, 2026Colchester70—State record
IDEX Health and Science LLCTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Bristol44—State record
IDEX Health and Science LLCTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Bristol15—State record
ConduentTakes effect Aug 28, 2026—2—State record
G2 Secure Staffing, LLCTakes effect Aug 19, 2026Windsor Locks100—State record
Guida-Seibert Dairy CompanyTakes effect Jul 20, 2026New Britain205—State record
IDEX Health and Science LLCTakes effect Jul 15, 2026Bristol73—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Connecticut

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. RTX153 open roles
  2. Yale University140 open roles
  3. Creative Financial Staffing58 open roles
  4. Yale New Haven Health55 open roles
  5. Boehringer Ingelheim54 open roles
  6. Hartford HealthCare54 open roles
  7. iCapital42 open roles
  8. Eversource Energy38 open roles
  9. Philip Morris International36 open roles
  10. State of Connecticut34 open roles
  11. Hartford HealthCare32 open roles
  12. Hartford Insurance Group22 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Connecticut

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Connecticut

  • 27

    public and private non-profit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 201,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Connecticut

Largest colleges in Connecticut
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of ConnecticutStorrsPublic 4-year20,000+
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfieldPrivate non-profit 4-year10,000–19,999
Yale UniversityNew HavenPrivate non-profit 4-year10,000–19,999
Central Connecticut State UniversityNew BritainPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Fairfield UniversityFairfieldPrivate non-profit 4-year5,000–9,999
Quinnipiac UniversityHamdenPrivate non-profit 4-year5,000–9,999
Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew HavenPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
University of HartfordWest HartfordPrivate non-profit 4-year5,000–9,999
University of New HavenWest HavenPrivate non-profit 4-year5,000–9,999
Albertus Magnus CollegeNew HavenPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Charter Oak State CollegeNew BritainPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Connecticut CollegeNew LondonPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999

All 27 Connecticut colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Connecticut. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Connecticut? How to file for unemployment in Connecticut (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

  • Capital Workforce Partners Development Board

    Towns: Andover, Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, New Britain, Newington, Plainville, Plymouth, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southington, Stafford, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks

  • Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board, Inc.

    Towns: Ashford, Bozrah, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, East Lyme, Eastford, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Hampton, Killingly, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Mansfield, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Plainsfield, Pomfret, Preston, Putnam, Salem, Scotland, Sprague, Sterling, Stonington, Thompson, Union, Voluntown, Waterford, Willington, Windham, Woodstock

  • Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board

    Towns: Barkhamsted, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canaan, Cheshire, Colebrook, Cornwall, Danbury, Groshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Middlebury, Morris, Naugatuck, New Fairfield, New Hartford, New Milford, Newtown, Norfolk, North Canaan, Prospect, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman, Southbury, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Winchester, Wolcott, Woodbury

  • The WorkPlace Inc.

    Towns: Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bridgeport, Darien, Derby, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, Wilton

  • Workforce Alliance

    Towns: Bethany, Branford, Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Haven, Essex, Guilford, Haddam, Hamden, Killingworth, Madison, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Old Saybrook, Orange, Portland, Wallingford, West Haven, Westbrook, Woodbridge

16 American Job Centers in Connecticut

Job fairs and business events in Connecticut

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Connecticut.

Conferences in Connecticut

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Connecticut, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 5 with dates announced.

All conferences

Connecticut counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Connecticut cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Show all 82

Laid off or looking for work in Connecticut?

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See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; layoff notices from Connecticut’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Connecticut unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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