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South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT jobs, unemployment and layoffs

South Central Connecticut Planning Region’s unemployment rate is 4.9%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 399 open professional jobs are in its cities.

South Central Connecticut Planning Region economy

  • 4.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.3% the month before

  • 299,228

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 566,803

    people in South Central Connecticut Planning Region

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $86,266

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 47%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

South Central Connecticut Planning Region layoffs

  • 1

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 293

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

WARN notices filed in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Edgewell Personal Care/SchickTakes effect Mar 2, 2026Milford293—State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in South Central 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. Yale University139 open roles
  2. Knights of Columbus10 open roles
  3. Honeywell International8 open roles
  4. Astrazeneca7 open roles
  5. Connecticut Innovations7 open roles
  6. Creative Financial Staffing6 open roles
  7. allnex5 open roles
  8. Morgan & Morgan5 open roles
  9. Revalia Bio5 open roles
  10. Yale University | Staff5 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in South Central Connecticut Planning Region

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

Colleges in South Central Connecticut Planning Region

Colleges in South Central Connecticut Planning Region
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Yale UniversityNew HavenPrivate nonprofit 4-year10,000–19,999
Quinnipiac UniversityHamdenPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew HavenPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
University of New HavenWest HavenPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Albertus Magnus CollegeNew HavenPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Workforce Alliance

    Towns: Bethany, Branford, Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Haven, Essex, Guilford, Haddam, Hamden, Killingworth, Madison, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Old Saybrook, Orange, Portland, Wallingford, West Haven, Westbrook, Woodbridge

Cities in South Central Connecticut Planning Region

Other Connecticut counties

All of Connecticut

Laid off or looking for work in South Central Connecticut 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.