Connecticut · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Connecticut

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Connecticut, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Connecticut had about 1,691,700 people on their payrolls across roughly 149,209 establishments, with average annual pay of $90,970.

Total employment in Connecticut grew 9.5% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 1,691,700. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Connecticut are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

1,691,700Employment, 2025
149,209Establishments
$90,970Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Connecticut	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	5,305	0.3%	0.39	est. · 1.00
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	481	0.0%	0.08	est. · 0.99
23	Construction	68,046	4.0%	0.74	est. · 1.00
31-33	Manufacturing	153,161	9.0%	1.12	pub.
22	Utilities	7,480	0.4%	0.79	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	59,838	3.5%	0.91	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	164,514	9.7%	0.98	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	75,300	4.5%	0.91	pub.
51	Information	33,175	2.0%	1.02	est. · 1.00
52	Finance and Insurance	96,016	5.7%	1.39	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	19,949	1.2%	0.75	est. · 1.00
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	102,701	6.1%	0.87	est. · 1.00
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	30,453	1.8%	1.08	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	90,021	5.3%	0.91	pub.
61	Educational Services	178,321	10.5%	1.23	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	319,076	18.9%	1.17	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	35,918	2.1%	1.09	est. · 1.00
72	Accommodation and Food Services	135,103	8.0%	0.87	est. · 1.00
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	56,904	3.4%	1.11	est. · 1.00
92	Public Administration	58,937	3.5%	0.69	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	1,691,668	149,209	$90,966	0.5%	pub.
2024	1,683,378	148,930	$87,516	0.9%	pub.
2023	1,668,508	147,393	$83,769	1.6%	pub.
2022	1,642,536	139,569	$81,237	3.2%	pub.
2021	1,591,093	131,105	$77,840	3.0%	pub.
2020	1,545,338	124,952	$75,317	7.5%	pub.
2019	1,670,703	122,995	$69,771	0.2%	pub.
2018	1,673,925	120,871	$67,742	0.3%	pub.
2017	1,669,616	118,612	$66,637	0.2%	pub.
2016	1,666,554	116,804	$65,870	0.2%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Connecticut	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	151,953	9.0%	1.28
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	103,637	6.1%	0.92
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	49,620	2.9%	0.88
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	34,564	2.0%	1.22
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	12,691	0.8%	0.80
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	36,705	2.2%	1.28
23-0000	Legal occupations	14,492	0.9%	1.03
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	127,677	7.5%	1.29
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	22,582	1.3%	1.00
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	117,229	6.9%	1.10
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	92,363	5.5%	1.08
33-0000	Protective service occupations	37,983	2.3%	0.93
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	133,925	7.9%	0.90
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	55,696	3.3%	1.12
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	42,940	2.5%	1.22
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	136,931	8.1%	0.94
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	200,051	11.8%	1.00
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,535	0.1%	0.32
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	50,382	3.0%	0.72
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	53,968	3.2%	0.82
51-0000	Production occupations	83,965	5.0%	0.89
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	130,777	7.7%	0.88

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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