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Capitol Planning Region, CT jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Capitol Planning Region’s unemployment rate is 5.0%. Employers filed 8 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 651 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Capitol Planning Region economy

  • 5.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.3% the month before

  • 504,866

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 969,029

    people in Capitol Planning Region

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $91,541

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 48%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Capitol Planning Region layoffs

  • 8

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 925

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 8

    employers

WARN notices filed in Capitol Planning Region, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
G2 Secure Staffing, LLCTakes effect Aug 19, 2026Windsor Locks100—State record
Guida-Seibert Dairy CompanyTakes effect Jul 20, 2026New Britain205—State record
Stanley Black and DeckerTakes effect May 4, 2026New Britain300—State record
Talcott Resolution Life, Inc.Takes effect Apr 24, 2026Hartford101—State record
Macys Store Delivery Center (SDS) and Customer Returns Center (CRD) OperationsTakes effect Mar 14, 2026South Windsor57—State record
Connecticut Custom CarTakes effect Nov 26, 2025Enfield5—State record
ELG Utica Alloys (Harford), Inc.Takes effect Dec 31, 2025Hartford51—State record
Macys South Windsor Distribution CenterTakes effect Dec 28, 2025South Windsor106—State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Capitol Planning Region

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. CVS HEALTH55 open roles
  2. Hartford HealthCare46 open roles
  3. RTX32 open roles
  4. Eversource Energy31 open roles
  5. Creative Financial Staffing22 open roles
  6. IDEX15 open roles
  7. Hartford HealthCare13 open roles
  8. Connecticut Childrens Medical Center Foundation12 open roles
  9. Crum & Forster11 open roles
  10. Oak Ridge Legal Search11 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Capitol Planning Region

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Capitol Planning Region

Colleges in Capitol Planning Region
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of ConnecticutStorrsPublic 4-year20,000+
Central Connecticut State UniversityNew BritainPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
University of HartfordWest HartfordPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Charter Oak State CollegeNew BritainPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Goodwin UniversityEast HartfordPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Trinity CollegeHartfordPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartfordPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
University of Saint JosephWest HartfordPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Hartford International University for Religion and PeaceHartfordPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Capitol Planning Region. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Capital Workforce Partners Development Board

    Towns: Andover, Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, New Britain, Newington, Plainville, Plymouth, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southington, Stafford, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks

  • Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board, Inc.

    Towns: Ashford, Bozrah, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, East Lyme, Eastford, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Hampton, Killingly, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Mansfield, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Plainsfield, Pomfret, Preston, Putnam, Salem, Scotland, Sprague, Sterling, Stonington, Thompson, Union, Voluntown, Waterford, Willington, Windham, Woodstock

Cities in Capitol Planning Region

Other Connecticut counties

All of Connecticut

Laid off or looking for work in Capitol Planning Region?

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Connecticut’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.