Bridgeport-Stamford corridor trails in job creation

The Bridgeport-Stamford metropolitan area ranked in the bottom 30 percent nationally for jobs created in August on a net basis, registering a 0.6 percent gain from a year ago as calculated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was half the hiring pace in the New Haven area, with Danbury next best in Connecticut with a 0.9 percent increase in employment. New Bedford, Mass. led the Northeast with a 4.2 percent rise in employment to rank 10th nationally, with Lake Charles, La. tops nationally at 5.8 percent. Waterbury had the largest drop in Connecticut at 0.6 percent, with Portsmouth, N.H. worst in the Northeast with a 1.7 percent decline. Alex.Soule@scni.com; 203-842-2545; @casoulman

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