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Altoona, 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	Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2025	60.6	60.6	61.2	62.0	62.7	62.7	61.9	62.2	61.7	61.7	61.9	61.7	61.7
2026	60.8	60.4	60.7	61.4	61.9	62.2	(p)62.1
Mining, Logging, and Construction
2025	2.9	2.8	3.0	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.2
2026	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	(p)3.4
Manufacturing
2025	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3
2026	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	(p)7.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	14.3	14.2	14.3	14.2	14.3	14.2	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.2	14.5	14.5	14.2
2026	14.0	13.7	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.6	(p)13.7
Information
2025	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
2026	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	(p)0.8
Financial Activities
2025	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
2026	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	(p)1.5
Professional & Business Services
2025	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
2026	5.9	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	(p)6.1
Educational & Health Services
2025	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.4	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5
2026	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.6	(p)12.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	5.1	5.1	5.3	5.8	6.2	6.3	6.1	6.1	5.7	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.6
2026	5.2	5.1	5.2	5.6	6.0	6.2	(p)6.3
Other Services
2025	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8
2026	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	(p)2.9
Government
2025	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.8	7.4	7.6	7.7	7.8	7.9	7.8	7.8
2026	7.7	7.8	7.9	7.8	7.9	7.8	(p)7.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2025	56,889	56,613	56,902	57,157	57,526	58,014	58,151	58,286	57,077	(1)-	57,325	57,051	(2)57,363
2026	57,217	56,768	57,162	57,529	58,217	58,718	(p)58,721
Employment
2025	54,334	54,049	54,604	55,163	55,438	55,481	55,454	55,425	54,810	(1)-	55,258	54,924	(2)54,995
2026	54,743	54,256	54,889	55,589	56,131	56,439	(p)56,598
Unemployment
2025	2,555	2,564	2,298	1,994	2,088	2,533	2,697	2,861	2,267	(1)-	2,067	2,127	(2)2,368
2026	2,474	2,512	2,273	1,940	2,086	2,279	(p)2,123
Unemployment Rate
2025	4.5	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.6	4.4	4.6	4.9	4.0	(1)-	3.6	3.7	(2)4.1
2026	4.3	4.4	4.0	3.4	3.6	3.9	(p)3.6
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary
The Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Blair County in Pennsylvania.