Connecticut Jobless Rate Unchanged In December

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A new report shows Connecticut ended the year on a high note in terms of job gains, but the state’s unemployment rate remains unchanged.
Monday’s monthly Department of Labor employment report indicates Connecticut gained 6,000 net jobs in December, while the state’s unemployment rate for that month remained at 4.6 percent.
Preliminary data show Connecticut added a total of 7,700 jobs over 2017. Andy Condon, the agency’s director of the Off