Mansfield's September Employment Data Released, Here's What The Numbers Reveal

MANSFIELD, CT — Mansfield's unemployment rate rose to 7.2 percent in September, up from 5 percent in August, according to data released Monday by the Connecticut Department of Labor.

The town's rate moved above Connecticut's, which held at 5.1 percent for a second straight month. The state's rate has now topped the national rate of 4.2 percent for nine consecutive months.

Of Mansfield's estimated labor force of 12,982 residents in September, 12,043 were employed and 939 were unemployed, the data show. That is 321 more unemployed residents than in August. The August estimates, published last month by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, counted 618 unemployed out of a labor force of 12,451.

Mansfield Compared With Its Neighbors And The State

The town figures come from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program and are not seasonally adjusted. On that same unadjusted basis, the statewide rate in September was 5.1 percent, with 96,521 of Connecticut's 1,907,124 labor force participants out of work.

Mansfield's 7.2 percent rate was the third highest among the state's 169 towns, behind Waterbury (8.5 percent) and Hartford (7.8 percent).

Among its neighbors, Mansfield's rate was higher than in Windham (5.9 percent), Ashford (5.7 percent), Coventry (4.7 percent), Columbia (4.5 percent), Chaplin (4.3 percent), Willington (4 percent) and Tolland (3.7 percent).

Statewide, town rates ranged from 2.8 percent in Warren to 8.5 percent in Waterbury.

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Mansfield's rate was 3.5 percent in September 2025, so the town's jobless rate is up 3.7 percentage points over the year. Last year, unlike this year, the rate fell from August to September, from 3.9 percent to 3.5 percent.

Mansfield is part of the Hartford labor market area, which added 2,000 jobs in September, a 0.3 percent increase, to 624,100, leading the state's five major areas. The area is up 6,000 jobs, or 1 percent, from a year earlier.