There was a slight decline in jobs in the Danbury Labor Market Area in November.  According to the latest statistics from the state Department of Labor, the Danbury area and the Waterbury Labor Market Area each saw a decline of 100 jobs. 

The Hartford area saw an increase of 500 net positions while the  Norwich-New London area, which also takes into account some Rhode Island employment, gained 400 jobs.  The Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk area led declines, dropping 900.  The New Haven area lost 400 jobs. 

Connecticut gained 900 net jobs in November.  The state has now recovered 85.5-percent of the jobs lost in the recession of 2008.  Connecticut’s unemployment rate is 3.7-percent, up one-tenth of a point from the revised October level. Trade, transportation and utilities led job declines in November in Connecticut. 

The private sector workweek, not seasonally adjusted, averaged 33.8 hours, up one-tenth of an hour from the same month a year ago.  Average hourly earnings at $33.43, were up $1.04 from the November 2018 estimate.