Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region economy

• 4.9%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.2% the month before

• 50,795

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 95,829

  people in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $87,564

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 38%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region 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 4.9%, up 0.7 points from a year ago

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Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region layoffs

No layoff notices naming Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Employers hiring most in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

1. Connecticut Social Equity2 open roles
2. Danaher2 open roles
3. Putnam Plastics2 open roles
4. Hotel Lucine1 open role
5. International Paper1 open role
6. Messer Americas1 open role
7. Pursuit Aerospace1 open role
8. Rogers1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

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• 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

Cities in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

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