New Haven, Connecticut Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New Haven fell 0.0 percentage points in May 2018 to 4.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Connecticut rate. The unemployment rate in New Haven peaked in November 2010 at 9.6% and is now 5.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.3% in April 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare New Haven unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5
Connecticut	4.5%	0.0	-0.2
New Haven	4.3%	0.0	-0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2018 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: New Haven, Connecticut, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

New Haven, Connecticut Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in New Haven peaked in December 2010 at 31,416. There are now 17,567 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. New Haven employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in New Haven, Connecticut) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
New Haven	13,849	-88	-1,743

Number of Unemployed Persons

New Haven, Connecticut Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Connecticut Unemployment Rate	New Haven Unemployment Rate	New Haven Unemployed
June 2018	4.0%	—	—	—
May 2018	3.8%	4.5%	4.3%	13,849
April 2018	3.9%	4.5%	4.3%	13,937
March 2018	4.1%	4.5%	4.4%	14,232
February 2018	4.1%	4.6%	4.6%	14,860
January 2018	4.1%	4.5%	4.7%	15,126
December 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.5%	14,745
November 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.5%	14,710
October 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.5%	14,646
September 2017	4.2%	4.5%	4.5%	14,684
August 2017	4.4%	4.5%	4.5%	14,809
July 2017	4.3%	4.6%	4.6%	15,021