Connecticut Lost 266,000 Jobs in April.

Nonfarm employment in Connecticut fell by a staggering 266,000 jobs in April, according to numbers released Thursday by the state’s labor department. That left 1,4 million jobs in the state, the lowest number in decades.

Before the ravages of the pandemic began in March, Connecticut had yet to recover all the jobs it lost in the recession of 2008-2009. The peak jobs number remains 1.716 million in April 2008.

Restoring the conditions for jobs and opportunity to thrive will continue to be the long-range challenge of the state’s leaders.