Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Western Connecticut Planning Region economy

• 4.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.5% the month before

• 336,154

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 621,232

  people in Western Connecticut Planning Region

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $124,553

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 52%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Western 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 3.5% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.5%, up 1.0 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

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

• Blasius Closes Stores in Brookfield, Torringtonclassiccars.ride-ct.com · Oct 30, 2026
• Waterbury restaurant to close after decades of serving downtownFOX61 · Oct 20, 2026
• Ross Dress for Less expands in Connecticut amid other closuresThe News-Times · Oct 13, 2026
• Teacher layoffs a possibility with proposed New Britain school budgetWTNH · Oct 11, 2026
• Teacher layoffs possible as New Britain school board finalizes next year’s budgetWTNH · Oct 10, 2026
• WARN notice issued for 200 Bridgeport employeesWBOY Clarksburg on MSN · Oct 9, 2026

Learn and get funded in Western Connecticut Planning Region

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• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Western Connecticut Planning Region layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 143

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Western 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. Boehringer Ingelheim54 open roles
2. iCapital44 open roles
3. Philip Morris International38 open roles
4. Gartner32 open roles
5. AQR Capital19 open roles
6. CACI16 open roles
7. Charter Communications14 open roles
8. Curaleaf Holdings12 open roles
9. Caci International11 open roles
10. Creative Financial Staffing10 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Western Connecticut Planning Region

• GXO Logistics100,000+ employees
• Gartner20,001–100,000 employees
• XPO20,001–100,000 employees

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

Colleges in Western Connecticut Planning Region

Workforce development and job centers

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

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• 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

Cities in Western Connecticut Planning Region

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