Unemployment rate

Connecticut’s unemployment rate dropped below the federal threshold for extended benefits.

Connecticut employers added 4,100 jobs in July, pushing the unemployment rate down to 5.4 percent, from 5.7 percent, its lowest since May 2008, the state…

Connecticut Republicans say a UConn study released on Monday confirms what they have been saying for months – that Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy’s…

Labor officials say New York's unemployment rate has reached its lowest level in nearly five years. It dropped from 7.7% in October to 7.4% in…

Connecticut’s Department of Labor held its first job fair of the fall hiring season Friday in Danbury. During the summer the the state’s unemployment rate…

Connecticut residents who are looking for work were no doubt disappointed to learn the unemployment rate rose slightly to 8.1 percent in June. The…

Job growth in Connecticut was essentially flat in June. That's according to the latest unemployment numbers released by the state labor department. The…