Connecticut employers add jobs for ninth consecutive month

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s unemployment rate continued to drop in September as state employers added back jobs for the ninth consecutive month.

The state Department of Labor reported Thursday that unemployment was 6.8% in September. That's down from 7.2% in August and 8.3% in September of 2020.

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According to the report, employers added an estimated 4,700 jobs to the economy last month.

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The director of the Labor Department’s Office of Research said the state has now regained just over 70% of jobs lost as a result of the pandemic lockdown in March and April of 2020.

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