Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut Job Growth

There were 581,300 jobs in Hartford, Connecticut in April 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 606,246 employed persons for the month. Hartford lost 800 jobs in April 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 1,091 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Hartford job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	April 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	581,300	-800	+2,600
CPS	606,246	-1,091	+11,391

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Hartford, Connecticut Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Hartford as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for Hartford, Connecticut

CES employment for Hartford peaked in December 2018 at 586,500. Since then 5,200 jobs have been lost in Hartford according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 607,935 for Hartford in February 2019. 1,689 jobs have been lost in Hartford since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Hartford, Connecticut Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
April 2019	581,300	-800	606,246	-1,091
March 2019	582,100	0	607,337	-598
February 2019	582,100	-1,800	607,935	107
January 2019	583,900	-2,600	607,828	760
December 2018	586,500	600	607,068	-215
November 2018	585,900	1,500	607,283	213
October 2018	584,400	1,100	607,070	1,646
September 2018	583,300	-600	605,424	2,232
August 2018	583,900	1,300	603,192	2,418
July 2018	582,600	700	600,774	2,329
June 2018	581,900	900	598,445	1,893
May 2018	581,000	2,300	596,552	1,697