Connecticut added 6,400 jobs in January, but the state’s employment rate remained at 6.3 percent, where it’s been since September, the state Department of Labor said Monday.
It was the seventh month in a row of seasonally adjusted job growth. The state has gained 24,600 jobs since Jan. 2014.
The private sector was responsible for much of the January increase, adding 5,500 jobs.
The education and health services supersector posted the largest number of added jobs, at 2,800, while the largest percentage increase was in the construction and mining supersector, which added 1,300 jobs, or 2.3 percent.
DOL noted that its survey of firms took place just before harsh winter weather set in, which could impact the construction industry’s numbers next month.
Following a scheduled benchmark revision process, DOL also adjusted its Dec. 2014 job estimate upward by 400 jobs.
