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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2012	315.2	317.3	322.2	324.1	327.4	329.0	327.0	327.4	325.7	327.7	327.1	328.7	324.9
2013	321.3	321.3	325.1	(P) 326.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2012	9.9	9.8	10.1	10.4	10.6	10.8	10.8	11.0	10.9	11.1	10.7	10.1	10.5
2013	9.6	9.5	9.8	(P) 10.2
Manufacturing
2012	20.0	20.0	20.1	20.2	20.4	20.7	20.7	20.6	20.2	20.2	20.3	20.3	20.3
2013	20.0	20.0	20.1	(P) 20.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	63.6	63.2	63.6	63.5	64.0	64.1	63.5	63.8	63.8	64.6	65.7	66.4	64.2
2013	64.4	63.3	63.7	(P) 63.8
Information
2012	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.1	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0
2013	4.9	4.9	4.8	(P) 4.9
Financial Activities
2012	21.8	21.8	21.8	21.8	22.0	22.2	22.3	22.3	22.2	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.1
2013	22.1	22.1	22.2	(P) 22.1
Professional & Business Services
2012	41.0	40.9	41.2	42.4	43.4	43.4	43.5	43.6	43.0	43.6	43.0	44.0	42.8
2013	42.7	42.9	42.6	(P) 44.1
Educational & Health Services
2012	49.3	50.3	50.7	50.7	51.0	49.8	49.9	49.8	50.8	51.5	51.2	51.3	50.5
2013	50.8	51.3	51.4	(P) 51.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	27.2	27.1	30.2	30.9	32.5	34.4	34.7	34.5	31.5	30.6	30.0	30.6	31.2
2013	29.1	28.8	31.8	(P) 31.8
Other Services
2012	16.9	17.1	17.3	17.3	17.4	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.6	17.6	17.6	17.5	17.4
2013	17.4	17.5	17.6	(P) 17.7
Government
2012	60.4	62.0	62.0	61.8	60.9	61.0	59.0	59.3	60.8	61.3	61.4	61.3	60.9
2013	60.3	61.0	61.1	(P) 61.0
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
2012	(1) 281,234	(1) 281,904	(1) 284,222	(1) 283,720	(1) 288,213	(1) 293,040	(1) 295,606	(1) 294,248	(1) 290,105	(1) 290,501	(1) 287,610	(1) 289,393	(1) 288,316
2013	289,282	284,834	(P) 285,142
Employment
2012	(1) 260,437	(1) 260,659	(1) 263,772	(1) 264,950	(1) 267,802	(1) 270,704	(1) 272,889	(1) 271,819	(1) 270,019	(1) 270,259	(1) 268,059	(1) 269,008	(1) 267,531
2013	265,506	263,394	(P) 265,500
Unemployment
2012	(1) 20,797	(1) 21,245	(1) 20,450	(1) 18,770	(1) 20,411	(1) 22,336	(1) 22,717	(1) 22,429	(1) 20,086	(1) 20,242	(1) 19,551	(1) 20,385	(1) 20,785
2013	23,776	21,440	(P) 19,642
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.5	(1) 7.2	(1) 6.6	(1) 7.1	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.7	(1) 7.6	(1) 6.9	(1) 7.0	(1) 6.8	(1) 7.0	(1) 7.2
2013	8.2	7.5	(P) 6.9
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals. (P) Preliminary
The Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania.

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