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Waterbury, Connecticut Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Waterbury fell 0.2 percentage points in November 2021 to 6.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points higher than the Connecticut rate. The unemployment rate in Waterbury peaked in July 2020 at 13.0% and is now 6.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Waterbury unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 4.2% -0.4 -2.5
Connecticut 6.0% -0.4 -2.2
Waterbury 6.9% -0.2 -2.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2021 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Waterbury, Connecticut, National

Waterbury, Connecticut monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Waterbury, Connecticut Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Waterbury peaked in July 2020 at 14,623. There are now 7,095 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
Waterbury 7,528 -149 -2,602

Number of Unemployed Persons

Waterbury, Connecticut Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Connecticut
Unemployment Rate		 Waterbury
Unemployment Rate		 Waterbury
Unemployed
December
2021		 3.9% — — —
November
2021		 4.2% 6.0% 6.9% 7,528
October
2021		 4.6% 6.4% 7.1% 7,677
September
2021		 4.7% 6.8% 7.2% 7,763
August
2021		 5.2% 7.2% 7.4% 7,825
July
2021		 5.4% 7.3% 8.3% 8,781
June
2021		 5.9% 7.7% 8.2% 8,692
May
2021		 5.8% 8.1% 8.2% 8,449
April
2021		 6.0% 8.1% 9.0% 9,270
March
2021		 6.0% 8.3% 8.8% 8,942
February
2021		 6.2% 8.5% 8.5% 8,481
January
2021		 6.4% 8.1% 8.7% 9,397

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. ↩

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