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Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Western Connecticut Planning Region’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 745 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Western Connecticut Planning Region economy

  • 3.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.4% the month before

  • 333,297

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 621,232

    people in Western Connecticut Planning Region

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $124,553

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 52%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Western Connecticut Planning Region layoffs

  • 1

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 143

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

WARN notices filed in Western Connecticut Planning Region, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Cycling Sports Group, Inc.Takes effect Dec 21, 2026Wilton143—State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Western 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. iCapital36 open roles
  2. Philip Morris International34 open roles
  3. Boehringer Ingelheim27 open roles
  4. Gartner27 open roles
  5. AQR Capital26 open roles
  6. CACI International20 open roles
  7. Charter Communications18 open roles
  8. Robert Half16 open roles
  9. Oak Ridge Legal Search14 open roles
  10. Creative Financial Staffing11 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Western 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 Western Connecticut Planning Region

Colleges in Western Connecticut Planning Region
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of Connecticut-StamfordStamfordPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Western Connecticut State UniversityDanburyPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board

    Towns: Barkhamsted, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canaan, Cheshire, Colebrook, Cornwall, Danbury, Groshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Middlebury, Morris, Naugatuck, New Fairfield, New Hartford, New Milford, Newtown, Norfolk, North Canaan, Prospect, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman, Southbury, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Winchester, Wolcott, Woodbury

  • The WorkPlace Inc.

    Towns: Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bridgeport, Darien, Derby, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, Wilton

Cities in Western Connecticut Planning Region

Other Connecticut counties

All of Connecticut

Laid off or looking for work in Western Connecticut Planning Region?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.