Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region economy

• 4.6%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  4.3% the month before

• 49,062

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 95,829

  people in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $87,564

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 38%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Northeastern Connecticut 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. Danaher2 open roles
2. Web Industries2 open roles
3. Autozone1 open role
4. Central Wire1 open role
5. Confidential1 open role
6. Halter1 open role
7. International Paper1 open role
8. Messer Americas1 open role
9. Pursuit Aerospace1 open role
10. Putnam Plastics1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

• 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 Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

• Putnam4 jobs
• Danielson

Other Connecticut counties

• Capitol Planning Region
• Western Connecticut Planning Region
• South Central Connecticut Planning Region
• Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
• Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
• Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
• Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
• Northwest Hills Planning Region