Connecticut Has Recovered 90% of Jobs Lost in ‘Great Recession’

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy

HARTFORD, CT—Despite negative headlines of rising taxes and corporate move-outs, including the high-profile relocation of GE from Fairfield, CT to Boston, outgoing Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy says the employment picture in the Nutmeg State is much different.

In fact, the latest labor statistics released by the Connecticut Department of Labor on Thursday shows that the state saw an increase of 1,500 net jobs for the month of October and that in the past 12 months Connecticut gained 25,700 private sector jobs. The October employment report represented the 99th consecutive month where monthly private sector job numbers in Connecticut exceeded the numbers in the same month in the previous year.