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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	(p)60.8
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	(p)3.1
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	(p)7.3
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	(p)13.6
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	(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	(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	(p)5.9
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	(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	(p)5.3
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	(p)2.8
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	(p)7.9
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	57,115	56,989	57,347	57,088	57,031	57,523	57,920	57,715	56,889	(1)-	57,052	(p)56,782
2026	57,217	(p)56,793
Employment
2025	54,656	54,554	55,156	55,172	55,036	55,051	55,315	55,026	54,680	(1)-	55,024	(p)54,669
2026	54,743	(p)54,256
Unemployment
2025	2,459	2,435	2,191	1,916	1,995	2,472	2,605	2,689	2,209	(1)-	2,028	(p)2,113
2026	2,474	(p)2,537
Unemployment Rate
2025	4.3	4.3	3.8	3.4	3.5	4.3	4.5	4.7	3.9	(1)-	3.6	(p)3.7
2026	4.3	(p)4.5
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary
The Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Blair County in Pennsylvania.