Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · CT NONMETROPOLITAN AREA · October 2026
Every advertised-pay, job-posting and industry figure in this briefing comes from WageScape's own database of active job postings. The sources below back the external facts cited in the written analysis.
Sources cited in this report
Key Indicators
Connecticut's August 2026 unemployment rate of 5.1%, up from 4.1% a year ago
Connecticut Department of Labor — State labor situation report
This Month's Takeaways
Non-metro planning region average weekly wages below national average
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Planning Region Employment and Wages data
Southeastern Connecticut led all planning regions with 5.7% wage growth
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Q3 2025 planning region wage data
Local Economic Conditions
Putnam micropolitan unemployment rate at 3.8% in August 2026
Connecticut Department of Labor — Labor Situation Report, micropolitan area data
Torrington-Northwest Hills employment fell to 38,200
Connecticut Department of Labor — Micropolitan employment figures
Open Threads in the Data
Connecticut labor force declined 54,400 year-over-year amid record private payrolls
Connecticut Department of Labor — August 2026 labor force and payroll statistics
How the numbers are calculated
- Advertised pay is the median of the pay ranges employers publish in active job postings in this metro. It is not survey or payroll data.
- Percent changes compare the latest six full months with the six months before that, for the same metro and sector.
- Sectors group postings by the employer's industry (NAICS) classification into ten sectors. Where a metro has too few postings in a sector, the state figure is used instead.
- Role pay trends use the same comparison windows. "Stable" means a change of less than 3%; "moderate" 3–10%; "significant" more than 10%.
Official data for comparison