WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut added 4,900 jobs in March, helping to restore jobs lost in January because of extreme weather, state labor officials said Thursday.

However, the state has regained less than 55 percent of the jobs lost from March 2008 to February 2010 during the recession, economists said. In contrast, the U.S. Department of Labor reported earlier this month that businesses nationally have filled slightly more jobs than had been lost over six years.