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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
2023	59.2	59.3	59.6	60.5	61.2	61.5	60.8	60.9	61.3	61.4	61.6	61.9	60.8
2024	60.4	60.4	60.7	61.2	61.8	62.3	(p)62.0
Mining, Logging, and Construction
2023	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9
2024	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.1	(p)3.2
Manufacturing
2023	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.0
2024	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	(p)7.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.8	14.0	14.3	14.5	14.0
2024	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	(p)13.9
Information
2023	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
2024	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	(p)0.8
Financial Activities
2023	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
2024	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	(p)1.7
Professional & Business Services
2023	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6
2024	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	(p)5.7
Educational & Health Services
2023	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.8	11.9	12.1	11.8	11.9	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.0
2024	12.1	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	(p)12.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	5.2	5.2	5.4	6.0	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.4	6.3	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
2024	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.3	6.7	7.1	(p)7.0
Other Services
2023	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8
2024	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	(p)2.8
Government
2023	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.9	7.9	7.6	7.7	8.0	8.0	8.1	8.1	7.9
2024	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.9	7.8	(p)7.5
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
2023	58,212	58,051	58,159	58,400	59,091	60,082	59,792	60,051	59,177	59,106	59,205	58,932	59,022
2024	59,127	59,409	59,684	59,592	59,970	60,264	(p)60,701
Employment
2023	55,840	55,605	56,119	56,790	57,339	57,917	57,593	57,620	57,520	57,408	57,648	57,292	57,058
2024	57,168	57,344	57,784	58,067	58,205	58,050	(p)58,341
Unemployment
2023	2,372	2,446	2,040	1,610	1,752	2,165	2,199	2,431	1,657	1,698	1,557	1,640	1,964
2024	1,959	2,065	1,900	1,525	1,765	2,214	(p)2,360
Unemployment Rate
2023	4.1	4.2	3.5	2.8	3.0	3.6	3.7	4.0	2.8	2.9	2.6	2.8	3.3
2024	3.3	3.5	3.2	2.6	2.9	3.7	(p)3.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Blair County in Pennsylvania.