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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New England > Connecticut > Bridgeport

Bridgeport

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Bridgeport Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2019
New England - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New York-New Jersey Consumer price indexes Table May 2023
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1982-84 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table May 2023
Consumer Price Index - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (1967 = 100) Consumer price indexes Table May 2023
New York-New Jersey Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
County Employment and Wages in Connecticut — Fourth Quarter 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2019
New York Area Employment – July 2018 Employment News Release Aug 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk — May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2017
Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area — September 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2019
Average Energy Prices, New York-Newark-Jersey City–August 2019 Average energy prices News Release Sep 2019
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Economy at a Glance:
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
Data Series Back
Data		 Aug
2022		 Sept
2022		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 470.1 465.1 462.9 460.5 (p)458.4 (p)466.2

Employment(1)

 449.5 446.3 443.7 443.7 (p)443.5 (p)446.1

Unemployment(1)

 20.6 18.8 19.2 16.8 (p)14.9 (p)20.1

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.4 4.0 4.1 3.7 (p)3.2 (p)4.3

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 400.5 400.2 402.6 401.8 (p)401.3  

12-month % change

 2.9 3.2 2.3 1.8 (p)2.0  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 13.4 13.6 13.7 13.4 (p)12.4  

12-month % change

 -2.2 0.7 0.0 1.5 (p)-5.3  

Manufacturing(3)

 30.0 29.7 30.0 30.0 (p)30.0  

12-month % change

 6.4 5.7 6.4 5.3 (p)5.3  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 66.1 66.2 66.5 67.5 (p)68.9  

12-month % change

 2.8 3.1 2.8 1.5 (p)1.8  

Information(3)

 11.6 11.9 12.0 12.0 (p)12.0  

12-month % change

 -4.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 (p)0.8  

Financial Activities(3)

 35.5 35.0 35.0 35.0 (p)35.0  

12-month % change

 -0.6 1.4 -1.1 1.7 (p)-0.3  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 66.1 65.6 65.0 64.7 (p)64.5  

12-month % change

 1.5 2.2 -2.0 -2.9 (p)-2.0  

Education and Health Services(3)

 74.8 75.8 77.2 77.0 (p)77.8  

12-month % change

 3.7 3.0 2.7 1.3 (p)3.3  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 47.4 44.1 44.5 42.9 (p)42.2  

12-month % change

 10.2 9.2 11.5 10.3 (p)11.3  

Other Services(3)

 16.9 16.4 16.3 16.4 (p)16.3  

12-month % change

 3.0 3.1 1.9 1.2 (p)-0.6  

Government(3)

 38.7 41.9 42.4 42.9 (p)42.2  

12-month % change

 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.9 (p)1.0  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary