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Counties in Connecticut by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

Capitol Planning Region had the highest covered employment (QCEW) of 9 counties in 2025, at 531,855 jobs. Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region had the lowest, at 29,055 jobs. The median was 128,313 jobs and the figure for Connecticut was 1,691,734 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest531,855Capitol Planning Region
Lowest29,055Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Median128,3139 counties
Connecticut1,691,734History

Map of counties, 2025

Capitol Planning Region: 531,855 jobsGreater Bridgeport Planning Region: 115,621 jobsLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 74,367 jobsNaugatuck Valley Planning Region: 159,762 jobsNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region: 29,055 jobsNorthwest Hills Planning Region: 38,012 jobsSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region: 278,572 jobsSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region: 128,313 jobsWestern Connecticut Planning Region: 289,915 jobs
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jobs, 2025. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2025

Capitol Planning Region: 531,855 jobsCapitol Planning Region531,855Western Connecticut Planning Region: 289,915 jobsWestern Connecticut Planning Regi…289,915South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 278,572 jobsSouth Central Connecticut Plannin…278,572Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 159,762 jobsNaugatuck Valley Planning Region159,762Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 128,313 jobsSoutheastern Connecticut Planning…128,313Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 115,621 jobsGreater Bridgeport Planning Region115,621Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 74,367 jobsLower Connecticut River Valley Pl…74,367Northwest Hills Planning Region: 38,012 jobsNorthwest Hills Planning Region38,012Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 29,055 jobsNortheastern Connecticut Planning…29,055Capitol Planning Region: 531,855 jobsCapitol Planning Region531,855Western Connecticut Planning Region: 289,915 jobsWestern Connecticut Planning Region289,915South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 278,572 jobsSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region278,572Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 159,762 jobsNaugatuck Valley Planning Region159,762Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 128,313 jobsSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region128,313Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 115,621 jobsGreater Bridgeport Planning Region115,621Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 74,367 jobsLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region74,367Northwest Hills Planning Region: 38,012 jobsNorthwest Hills Planning Region38,012Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 29,055 jobsNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region29,055
jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2025
jobs		Change on 2024
1Capitol Planning Region531,855+1.8%
2Western Connecticut Planning Region289,915+0.9%
3South Central Connecticut Planning Region278,572-1.2%
4Naugatuck Valley Planning Region159,762-0.2%
5Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region128,313+0.9%
6Greater Bridgeport Planning Region115,621+0.1%
7Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region74,367+0.9%
8Northwest Hills Planning Region38,012+0.9%
9Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region29,055+0.9%

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About this ranking

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Counties in Connecticut by covered employment (QCEW), 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

MLA 9

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Counties in Connecticut by covered employment (QCEW), 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/connecticut-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Counties in Connecticut by covered employment (QCEW), 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/connecticut-counties.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Counties in Connecticut by covered employment (QCEW), 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/connecticut-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest covered employment (QCEW)?

Capitol Planning Region, with 531,855 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which county has the lowest covered employment (QCEW)?

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, with 29,055 jobs in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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