# Cities in Connecticut by employed residents, 2025

All 19 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/connecticut-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Stamford, CT | 78,474 |
| 2 | Bridgeport, CT | 73,861 |
| 3 | New Haven, CT | 66,812 |
| 4 | Hartford, CT | 54,135 |
| 5 | Norwalk, CT | 51,413 |
| 6 | Waterbury, CT | 49,217 |
| 7 | Danbury, CT | 47,652 |
| 8 | New Britain, CT | 36,162 |
| 9 | Bristol, CT | 32,873 |
| 10 | Meriden, CT | 29,925 |
| 11 | West Haven, CT | 27,224 |
| 12 | Middletown, CT | 26,187 |
| 13 | Shelton, CT | 21,830 |
| 14 | Norwich, CT | 19,214 |
| 15 | Torrington, CT | 18,665 |
| 16 | Naugatuck, CT | 17,489 |
| 17 | New London, CT | 13,175 |
| 18 | Ansonia, CT | 9,936 |
| 19 | Derby, CT | 6,436 |