Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Northwest Hills Planning Region’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 37 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Independent page. Not from or affiliated with the State of Connecticut.

Looking for work in Connecticut? See where you stand.

Not sure you match what employers here are hiring for? Get a free read on your fit, the jobs open near you and a plan for the weeks ahead.

Show me jobs near me

Northwest Hills Planning Region economy

4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
60,949
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
112,848
people in Northwest Hills Planning Region
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$91,035
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Northwest Hills 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 2.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.2%, up 0.7 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Northwest Hills Planning Region. Each link goes to the publisher.

Blasius Closes Stores in Brookfield, Torringtonclassiccars.ride-ct.com · Oct 30, 2026
CT AI Workforce Training: 1 in 52 Jobs, $20M Hub [2026]shattered.io · Oct 29, 2026
Connecticut workforce program aims to give workers experience with AI toolsWTNH on MSN · Oct 28, 2026
Waterbury restaurant to close after decades of serving downtownFOX61 · Oct 20, 2026
Community to rally for more Hartford Public School funding amid layoffsWTNH · Oct 17, 2026
Ross Dress for Less expands in Connecticut amid other closuresThe News-Times · Oct 13, 2026
Teacher layoffs possible as New Britain school board finalizes next year’s budgetWTNH · Oct 10, 2026
West Hartford Business Buzz: October 5, 2026We-Ha · Oct 5, 2026

Learn and get funded in Northwest Hills Planning Region

Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Northwest Hills Planning Region layoffs

No layoff notices naming Northwest Hills 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Northwest Hills 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.

Fuelcell Energy9 open roles
The Hotchkiss School4 open roles
Howmet Aerospace3 open roles
Bachmann Chemical and Engineering2 open roles
CapstoneONE Search2 open roles
Dymax2 open roles
Hartford HealthCare2 open roles
Northwest Community Bank2 open roles
Aptyx1 open role
Becton , Dickinson and Company1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Northwest Hills Planning Region. 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
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

Cities in Northwest Hills Planning Region

Other Connecticut counties

All of Connecticut

Laid off or looking for work in Northwest Hills Planning Region?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Connecticut’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Connecticut unemployment benefits and severance rules.

Applying and hearing nothing back?

Find out where you stand: your odds, the jobs that fit you and a plan for the week ahead. Free. No résumé needed.

Already a member? Log in

Get my Market Reality Assessment

Job seekers in Northwest Hills Planning Region looking to you for help, or openings you cannot fill?

Leave your work email. We'll send how organizations use NextChapter to reach job seekers in Northwest Hills Planning Region.

See how organizations use it