Connecticut’s unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent in October as the state lost 1,500 net jobs, state labor officials said Monday.
The private sector shed 1,000 jobs during the recent month, with the government sector (which also includes tribal casinos) losing 500.
It was the first monthly job loss since June, noted state Department of Labor research director Andy Condon.
The “trade, transportation and utilities” supersector lost 1,000 net jobs on its own. Meanwhile, the largest gainer in October was “construction and mining,” which added 700 net jobs.
DOL on Monday revised its previous September estimates upward, and now believes the state added 4,700 jobs that month instead of 3,600.
That would almost wipe out the impact of a previous downward revision, by 1,200 jobs, for August.
Over the past year, employment in Connecticut is up by 4,800 jobs, or 0.3 percent.
The state is 116 months into its job recovery from the 2008-2010 recession, and employment totals remain below their pre-recession level by 18,300 jobs.
The private sector has recovered nearly 106 percent of the 112,000 jobs it lost during the downturn, but government jobs — down by 1,700 over the past year, continue to slow Connecticut’s full recovery.