Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
 Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2010

 311.2 311.2 314.9 321.0 323.9 323.4 321.1 319.7 318.9 319.6 319.7 319.8 318.7

2011

 311.8 312.6 315.1 319.4 320.9 323.4 321.7 321.0 317.9 318.8 317.8 (P) 319.3  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

  

2010

 10.3 9.9 10.4 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.0 11.0 10.9 10.4 10.8

2011

 9.9 9.8 10.2 10.8 11.0 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.4 11.4 11.1 (P) 10.7  

Manufacturing

  

2010

 19.6 19.6 19.7 20.1 20.1 20.4 20.7 20.2 20.0 20.0 20.0 19.9 20.0

2011

 19.7 19.7 19.9 20.1 20.1 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.1 20.2 19.9 (P) 20.0  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2010

 64.5 63.6 64.2 64.6 65.1 65.3 64.5 64.6 64.7 65.3 65.9 66.6 64.9

2011

 64.5 63.9 64.2 64.5 64.8 64.8 64.7 64.2 64.0 64.2 64.8 (P) 66.4  

Information

  

2010

 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7

2011

 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.4 (P) 5.4  

Financial Activities

  

2010

 23.2 23.1 23.1 23.0 23.0 23.1 22.8 22.8 22.6 22.7 22.7 22.7 22.9

2011

 22.6 22.6 22.7 22.6 22.6 22.7 22.7 22.9 22.6 22.7 22.7 (P) 22.6  

Professional & Business Services

  

2010

 36.9 37.2 37.6 38.7 38.9 38.6 38.9 39.0 38.4 38.7 38.8 39.3 38.4

2011

 37.5 37.9 37.4 38.2 38.4 38.8 38.4 38.7 38.8 38.6 38.1 (P) 38.6  

Educational & Health Services

  

2010

 47.5 48.4 48.4 48.9 49.1 47.4 47.9 48.0 48.8 49.2 49.3 49.2 48.5

2011

 48.3 49.4 49.6 49.8 49.5 49.0 49.9 50.1 50.7 50.8 50.9 (P) 50.7  

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2010

 26.6 25.8 27.4 30.1 32.2 33.3 33.7 33.6 30.7 29.0 28.3 28.2 29.9

2011

 26.8 26.2 27.6 29.7 31.1 32.9 33.4 33.6 29.2 29.4 28.5 (P) 28.8  

Other Services

  

2010

 15.9 15.9 16.0 16.1 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.2 16.3 16.3 16.3 16.2 16.1

2011

 16.1 16.1 16.3 16.3 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.5 16.4 16.4 16.5 (P) 16.3  

Government

  

2010

 61.0 62.1 62.4 62.8 62.7 62.2 59.5 58.5 60.8 61.8 61.9 61.7 61.5

2011

 60.9 61.5 61.7 61.8 61.5 61.4 58.7 57.7 59.2 59.7 59.9 (P) 59.8  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2010

 280,031 278,555 280,094 282,206 283,624 284,911 287,471 285,863 280,550 279,318 278,821 278,164 281,634

2011

 278,889 277,895 277,926 277,228 279,719 283,854 286,204 286,788 280,844 279,090 276,493 (P) 276,806  

Employment

  

2010

 256,383 254,851 256,814 260,697 261,460 262,325 264,650 263,758 260,000 258,457 257,961 257,949 259,609

2011

 257,333 256,506 257,828 259,165 260,454 262,946 265,015 264,664 261,026 260,295 257,631 (P) 258,838  

Unemployment

  

2010

 23,648 23,704 23,280 21,509 22,164 22,586 22,821 22,105 20,550 20,861 20,860 20,215 22,025

2011

 21,556 21,389 20,098 18,063 19,265 20,908 21,189 22,124 19,818 18,795 18,862 (P) 17,968  

Unemployment Rate

  

2010

 8.4 8.5 8.3 7.6 7.8 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.3 7.5 7.5 7.3 7.8

2011

 7.7 7.7 7.2 6.5 6.9 7.4 7.4 7.7 7.1 6.7 6.8 (P) 6.5  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

The Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania.