Connecticut employers added 700 jobs in July, while the jobs added in June were revised downward, according to a report released Monday by the state Department of Labor.<\/p>\n
The state\u2019s unemployment rate remained at 3.8% for the second consecutive month, making it the third straight year that Connecticut\u2019s rate has been below what economists consider a full employment rate of 4%, the department said.<\/p>\n
July\u2019s estimated gain of 700 jobs was well below the gain in June, but that total was revised downward by 200 jobs to 6,100, the DOL said.<\/p>\n
Still, private sector employment totaled 1,482,500 in July, 500 jobs below the record high set in January, the department said.<\/p>\n
The professional, scientific and technical services sector gained the most jobs in July, adding 1,300 jobs. The sector includes IT companies, lawyers, accountants and consultants.<\/p>\n
The state\u2019s labor force participation rate fell by 2,500 in July after declining by 3,700 in June. The department said the decline may be \u201ca normal fluctuation for a state with an aging population,\u201d though it added that the declines also could be related \u201cto federal immigration policy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the consecutive months of declines, the state\u2019s labor force participation rate was 64.7%, well above the national rate of 62.2%.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith around 80,000 jobs available in the state, there is opportunity for job seekers,\u201d said Labor Commissioner Dant\u00e9 Bartolomeo. \u201cAfter the rapid post-pandemic growth, it\u2019s taking longer to find a job than it did a few years ago, but CTDOL has resources to help.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that job seekers should visit American Job Centers for help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Connecticut employers added 700 jobs in July, while the jobs added in June were revised downward, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[28,134],"class_list":["post-92395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jobs","tag-business","tag-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}