CT loses 300 jobs in August; unemployment rate falls to 5.1% - Hartford Business Journal

Private-sector employment hit a record high even as government job losses ended Connecticut’s five-month streak of overall gains. Click here to purchase a paywall bypass link for this article Connecticut’s five-month stretch of job gains ended in August with a loss of 300 payroll positions, although private-sector employment reached a record high, according to the state Department of Labor. Declining government employment accounted for the overall loss. Meanwhile, the state’s unemployment rate fell to 5.1%, down from 5.2% in July, the DOL said. The department also increased its estimate of July hiring, reporting a gain of 3,100 jobs compared with the 2,800 initially announced. Connecticut’s job growth rate of 0.