The City of Norwalk profile section of the 2019 Operating Budget indicated as of March 2019, that Norwalk’s total labor force was 50,597 and that it was 96% employed. It identified a diversified employer base that was not dominated by any single company or business sector. However, that was not entirely true. The City of Norwalk is the largest employer in the city with approximately 3,500 +/- full time, part time and contracted employees.

Largest employers in Norwalk listed for 2019 included but not limited to:

Name of Company	Nature of Business	Est. # Employees	Reported in 2019
City of Norwalk	Local Government	3500
Norwalk Hospital	Medical Services	2500
GE	Diversified Manufacturing	1400	Layoffs HQ moved to MA
Altice USA	Telecomms & Media	1,180
Stew Leonard’s	Retail Dairy/Grocery	900	Layoffs
MBI	Direct Mail	800
Diageo	Premium Beverage	700	Moved to NYC
Datto, Inc.	Data Protection Services	650
Aon Hewitt	Business Mgmt. Consultants	600
Pepperidge Farm	Baked Goods	450
Reed Exhibition	Trade Show Publisher	450
Fact Set	Research Systems	400
Act Media	In-store advertising	350
Frontier Comm.	Voice and Internet Service Provider	307	Layoffs Bankruptcy
UPS	Package Delivery	300
Priceline	Internet Marketing	300
Vertrue	Internet Marketing	300
Information Resources	Consumer Products	250
Norwalk Comm College	Education	238	Merging state colleges
Xerox	Office Equipment	236	Layoffs
Crius Energy	Energy Resale	200	Acquired Layoffs
Combustion Engineering	Engineering Services	200
Klaff’s	Lighting & Plumbing	200	Closed store
Octogon Marketing	Branding & Marketing	200
King Industries	Chemical Manufacturing	195
Carlson Marketing Group	Marketing Consultant	175
R.T. Vanderbilt Holding Co.	Chemical Mining	170
Financial Accounting Foundation	Accounting Services	171
ShopRite	Grocery	150
Stop & Shop	Grocery	150
Maritime Aquarium	Educational Entertainment	133
Bridgewater Associates	Global Investment Management	175
Marsh USA	Insurance	125
Omega Engineering	Engineering Services	120
LogicSource	Sourcing & Procurement	110
Callanen Int’l	Watches	105
In Marketing Services	Marketing Consultant	100
Dooney & Bourke	Leather Goods	100

US Regional Metro Employment Rankings

The Milken Institute has tracked the economic performance of US metros for two decades using job, wage, salary, and high-tech gross domestic product (GDP) indicators. Metros are ranked on performance, with indicators helping to identify drivers behind success or failure. Below are the Top 25 metro markets out of 200 US metro areas for 2020.

Metropolitan Statistical Area/ Metropolitan Division	State	2020 Rank	2018 Rank	Change
San Francisco-Redwood City South San Francisco	CA	1	4	3
Provo-Orem	UT	2	1	-1
Austin-Round Rock	TX	3	3	Steady
Reno	NV	4	11	7
San Jose- Sunnyvale-Santa Clara	CA	5T	2	-3
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford	FL	5T	7	2
Boise	ID	7	12	5
Seattle-Mesa-Scottsdale	AZ	8	8	Steady
Charleston-North Charleston	NC	13	16	3
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin	TN	14	25	11
Spartanburg	SC	15	28	13
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia	NC/SC	16	13	-3
Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley	CA	17	14	-3
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood	CO	18	24	6
Olympia-Tumwater	WA	19	19	Steady
Greeley	CO	20	42	22
Fort Collins	CO	21	9	-12
Ogden-Clearfield	UT	22	21	-1
Cape Coral-Fort Meyers	FL	23	46	23
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro	OR/WA	24	33	9
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario	CA	25T	15	-10
Salt Lake City	UT	25T	10	-15

Tri-State Area Metro Rankings

With the exception of the New York City Metro and Greater Boston – the northeast and Connecticut, in particular lags behind the rest of the US when it comes to high tech job growth, wages and other GDP indicators. Pre- COVID, Connecticut was struggling with tremendous debt ($2.7B deficit projected July 1, 2020.) The pandemic has now added to the state’s fiscal woes with a projected revenue drop of 20% due to lost wages and jobs.

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2020/06/16/how-covid-19-is-driving-big-job-losses-in-state-and-local-government

Metropolitan Statistical Area/ Metropolitan Division	State	2020 Rank	2018 Rank	Change
NY- Jersey City- White Plains	NY/NJ	57	94	37
Boston	MA	64	48	-16
Cambridge-Newton-Framingham	MA	83	78	-5
Trenton	NJ	94	66	-28
Worcester	MA	107	92	-15
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	NY	119	129	10
Springfield	MA	121	115	-6
Syracuse	NY	123	144	21
Camden	NJ	140	106	-34
Buffalo- Cheektowaga- Niagara Falls	NY	146	143	-3
Rochester	NY	148	158	10
Dutchess – Putnam Counties	NY	156	166	10
Nassau County	NY	163	133	-30
Bridgeport- Stamford- Norwalk	CT	170	175	5
Hartford-W. Hartford-E. Hartford	CT	176	171	-5
Utica- Rome	NY	178	180	2
New Haven – Milford	CT	188	176	-12

https://milkeninstitute.org/reports/best-performing-cities-2020