Connecticut Shines As A Top State For Job Seekers In 2025

A new study has just been released that has ranked Connecticut as the second-best state in the US for 2025 for people who are seeking employment.

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According to Best and Worst States for Jobs by WalletHub.com, Massachusetts and Connecticut are the top and second ranked states in the US in 2025 for those who are seeking employment. In order to determine which states are the most attractive for job seekers WalletHub compared all 50 states across 34 key indicators of job market strength and economic health.

Among the 34 key indicators were: Job opportunities, unemployment rate, share of labor force employees unemployed for more than 15 weeks, industry variety, job security, employee benefits, worker protection score, median annual income, monthly average starting salary, average commute time, state income tax burden, and earned income tax credit.

Connecticut was found to have the highest employment growth out of all 50 states in 2025, tied for 5th place in average time spent working, and an unemployment rate of 3.2%, among the lowest in the country. Connecticut workers also had the second lowest share of discouraged workers, they work an average of 38 hours per week - the fourth fewest hours in the country, and the second-best state for working dads and moms. Only Massachusetts beat us in the overall rankings.

All of New England landed in the Top 10, with Massachusetts on top by having the highest ranked worker protection scores, a 2.4% annual increase in total number of available jobs, and the third-highest job security ranking for 2025. Vermont and New Hampshire came in at #4 and #5 in WalletHub's study, and Maine and Rhode Island also made the Top 10 at #9 and #10. New York? Ranked at #29.