Net private-sector job growth from January to February totaled 1,800 in Connecticut, according to payroll processor ADP.
That represented a growth rate of 0.12 percent, slightly behind the New England average of 0.16 percent.
The numbers, which are based on ADP’s internal records, show New England added 10,000 jobs last month. Over the past six months it has averaged 9,000 new jobs per month.
Nationwide, private sector employment increased in all four major regions and all nine U.S. Census Bureau divisions during February 2016, according to the monthly ADP Regional Employment Report.
“February saw 21,000 more jobs added nationally than January’s number, with the vast majority of that increased growth coming from the West and Northeast,” said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and head of the ADP Research Institute. “Weakness in manufacturing and energy continues to be a drag on the South and Midwest.”
Connecticut labor officials will release its own estimates later this week.
