Connecticut added 600 jobs in December, a slowdown for job growth compared to the last few months but still enough to drop the state’s official unemployment rate from 6% to 5.8%.
State officials called the results encouraging but did acknowledge the impact of the COVID-19 omicron variant, which has disrupted business operations across the country.
Connecticut added 5,600 jobs in November, the state Department of Labor announced Thursday, locking in the state’s 11th consecutive month of job growth as Connecticut’s gradual bounceback from the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
The state’s unemployment rate dropped from 6.4% in October to 6% in November, according to labor officials, and October’s jobs increase was revised up from 5,900 to 7,100.
Connecticut added an estimated 4,700 jobs in September, the ninth consecutive month of job growth as the state’s recovery from the lockdowns of early 2020 continues to pick up steam.
Calculations by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate Connecticut’s official unemployment rate in September stood at 6.8%, down from 7.2% in August.
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