Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · New Haven-Milford, CT MSA · 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 unemployment rate at 5.1%, up 1.0 pt year-over-year
Connecticut Department of Labor — August 2026 state labor market report
CT labor force down 54,400 (2.8%) year-over-year to 1.879 million
Connecticut Department of Labor — August 2026 labor force statistics
Local Economic Conditions
New Haven LMA lost 200 nonfarm jobs in August 2026, -0.1%
Connecticut Department of Labor — September 2026 metro labor market release
Education/health services largest metro sector at 89,200 jobs
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — New Haven Area Economic Summary, updated Sept 3, 2026
Looking Ahead
Connecticut WARN notices up 42% year-over-year in 2026
Connecticut Department of Labor WARN filings — 2026 WARN Act notice tracking
National wage growth fell to 3.0% annual, below 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 employment situation report
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