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Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bridgeport fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 4.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Connecticut rate. The unemployment rate in Bridgeport peaked in May 2020 at 11.8% and is now 7.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.0% in July 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Bridgeport unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Connecticut 3.9% -0.1 -0.9
Bridgeport 4.1% -0.1 -1.0
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Bridgeport, Connecticut, National

Bridgeport, Connecticut monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Bridgeport, Connecticut Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Bridgeport peaked in May 2020 at 54,045. There are now 34,909 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 18,723 in August 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 413. Bridgeport employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Bridgeport 19,136 -220 -3,920

Number of Unemployed Persons

Bridgeport, Connecticut Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Connecticut
Unemployment Rate
Bridgeport
Unemployment Rate
Bridgeport
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 3.9% 4.1% 19,136
December
2022
3.5% 4.0% 4.2% 19,356
November
2022
3.6% 4.0% 4.2% 19,474
October
2022
3.7% 4.0% 4.1% 19,226
September
2022
3.5% 4.0% 4.1% 18,884
August
2022
3.7% 3.9% 4.0% 18,723
July
2022
3.5% 4.0% 4.0% 18,741
June
2022
3.6% 4.0% 4.1% 18,980
May
2022
3.6% 4.1% 4.2% 19,554
April
2022
3.6% 4.2% 4.4% 20,143
March
2022
3.6% 4.3% 4.6% 21,054

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.