Pennsylvania: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Pennsylvania
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2012	5,711.5	5,730.6	5,748.1	5,731.2	5,735.7	5,726.8	5,724.3	5,728.6	5,732.5	5,734.5	5,738.2	5,742.6
2013	5,746.5	5,748.2	5,746.3	(P) 5,753.0
Mining & Logging
2012	37.8	38.8	38.5	37.8	37.3	37.1	36.7	36.3	36.1	35.6	36.1	36.6
2013	37.7	37.9	37.2	(P) 36.4
Construction
2012	227.9	229.0	229.7	226.2	223.7	224.4	223.0	222.6	224.7	226.7	225.3	228.1
2013	226.6	228.0	228.2	(P) 225.0
Manufacturing
2012	567.5	568.8	568.8	568.8	568.2	568.4	567.7	566.7	564.8	565.7	566.8	565.8
2013	566.7	571.1	569.2	(P) 568.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	1,098.3	1,101.3	1,105.1	1,102.5	1,102.0	1,102.0	1,102.5	1,103.1	1,102.3	1,103.4	1,104.7	1,105.5
2013	1,106.9	1,108.5	1,100.3	(P) 1,101.4
Information
2012	90.5	90.2	91.0	90.2	90.9	90.0	90.2	90.0	89.8	89.3	90.2	90.2
2013	91.2	90.7	90.1	(P) 90.2
Financial Activities
2012	308.7	308.9	309.1	309.0	309.4	310.1	310.6	310.7	311.0	311.2	310.6	309.7
2013	308.0	307.4	309.5	(P) 309.7
Professional & Business Services
2012	726.0	728.2	732.3	730.4	731.5	731.2	731.4	731.4	732.7	733.5	733.2	733.7
2013	736.5	739.0	735.5	(P) 741.7
Educational & Health Services
2012	1,160.6	1,163.5	1,167.9	1,165.3	1,168.5	1,168.8	1,166.6	1,168.8	1,171.4	1,172.9	1,173.7	1,174.5
2013	1,176.8	1,173.2	1,176.5	(P) 1,177.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	518.6	521.2	525.8	521.9	520.6	521.6	521.7	523.1	522.4	520.9	522.0	520.7
2013	519.6	518.4	524.4	(P) 527.6
Other Services
2012	254.4	254.6	255.3	255.1	255.4	256.0	255.6	255.9	256.5	256.8	256.8	257.0
2013	257.3	256.8	258.2	(P) 259.4
Government
2012	721.2	726.1	724.6	724.0	728.2	717.2	718.3	720.0	720.8	718.5	718.8	720.8
2013	719.2	717.2	717.2	(P) 715.6
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Pennsylvania
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2012	(1) 6,435,696	(1) 6,446,829	(1) 6,460,881	(1) 6,473,003	(1) 6,475,943	(1) 6,478,406	(1) 6,482,187	(1) 6,493,111	(1) 6,507,352	(1) 6,517,349	(1) 6,531,175	(1) 6,535,418
2013	6,552,621	6,540,540	6,508,184	(P) 6,504,549
Employment
2012	(1) 5,945,902	(1) 5,959,338	(1) 5,968,110	(1) 5,969,468	(1) 5,964,807	(1) 5,959,560	(1) 5,958,851	(1) 5,965,851	(1) 5,978,634	(1) 5,992,771	(1) 6,004,962	(1) 6,016,258
2013	6,015,286	6,008,898	5,995,207	(P) 6,008,238
Unemployment
2012	(1) 489,794	(1) 487,491	(1) 492,771	(1) 503,535	(1) 511,136	(1) 518,846	(1) 523,336	(1) 527,260	(1) 528,718	(1) 524,578	(1) 526,213	(1) 519,160
2013	537,335	531,642	512,977	(P) 496,311
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.8	(1) 7.9	(1) 8.0	(1) 8.1	(1) 8.1	(1) 8.1	(1) 8.0	(1) 8.1	(1) 7.9
2013	8.2	8.1	7.9	(P) 7.6
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. (P) Preliminary

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