Connecticut’s payroll reaches new all-time high: Department of Labor report

WTNH – Tuesday, July 21, 2026
By Bailey Wright and Ellie Sennhenn

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut’s mid-year labor situation released by the Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Monday shows the state’s payroll reached a new all-time high.

Total employment is now 1,726,500 jobs, according to Commissioner Dante Bartolomeo’s report.

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