Connecticut’s job seesaw teetered back down again in May, dropping 2,900 jobs after adjusted numbers showed a gain of 8,400 jobs the month before, state labor authorities say.
As a result, the state’s May unemployment rate was changed at 9.1 percent.
The state’s nonfarm employment to 1,622,700, which on a seasonally adjusted basis, represents an increase of 9,400 jobs over the year when nonfarm employment totaled 1,613,300.
“May’s numbers proved disappointing — we lost some of the jobs we gained in April and the unemployment rate remained stuck at 9.1 percent, mostly unchanged for over a year,” said Labor Statistics Supervisor Salvatore DiPillo.
“Like the nation,” DiPillo said, “Connecticut is struggling to regain jobs we lost during the recession and we’re seeing a slowdown in job growth. So far this year, we’re averaging fewer monthly job gains than we did in 2010 when the recovery first began.”
