What are Connecticuts main industries?
Earnings of persons employed in Connecticut increased from $81 billion in 1997 to $86.1 billion in 1998, an increase of 6.2%. The largest industries in 1998 were services, 30.2% of earnings; durable goods manufacturing, 14.5%; and finance, insurance, and real estate, 13.1%. Of the industries that accounted for at least 5% of earnings in 1998, the slowest growing from 1997 to 1998 was state and local government (9.2% of earnings in 1998), which increased 2.8%; the fastest was wholesale trade (6.7% of earnings in 1998), which increased to 11.5%.
