∙ Employment in Connecticut’s Labor Market Areas – May 2012

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Four of the six major Connecticut Labor Market Areas saw job improvement in May 2012, while one LMA declined and one was unchanged. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk was the largest job-generating region in May, adding 2,500 jobs (0.6%). Even Norwich-New London had a strong month (+1,300, 1.0%), boding well for summer tourism in that part of the state. Norwich-New London, however, is still the weakest labor market over the year (-2,600, -2.0%). Waterbury (+800, 1.3%) and New Haven (+100, less than 0.05%) provided smaller gains. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford (-1,400, -0.3%) was the only region that declined in jobs this May, but still has created the most positions over the year of any region in the state (+3,400, 0.6%).” Source: CTDOL

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