Erie, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Erie, 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	Erie, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2025	124.3	124.6	125.2	126.3	128.0	127.4	126.8	126.7	126.9	127.0	126.9	126.6	126.4
2026	(p)125.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	3.9	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.6	4.7	4.9	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.5
2026	(p)4.2
Manufacturing
2025	19.1	19.1	19.1	18.9	19.0	19.0	19.1	19.0	18.8	18.8	18.8	18.9	19.0
2026	(p)19.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	19.8	19.7	19.7	19.7	19.9	19.9	19.9	19.7	19.7	19.8	20.0	20.3	19.8
2026	(p)19.4
Information
2025	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
2026	(p)1.2
Financial Activities
2025	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.7
2026	(p)7.7
Professional & Business Services
2025	8.6	8.5	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.2	9.1	9.1	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9
2026	(p)8.7
Educational & Health Services
2025	30.6	31.0	31.0	31.0	30.6	30.1	30.1	30.3	30.9	31.1	31.2	31.1	30.8
2026	(p)31.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	12.7	12.6	12.8	13.2	14.4	14.9	15.0	14.9	13.8	13.5	13.1	12.9	13.7
2026	(p)12.7
Other Services
2025	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
2026	(p)5.5
Government
2025	15.4	15.6	15.6	15.8	15.7	15.0	13.9	14.2	15.6	15.8	15.9	15.5	15.3
2026	(p)15.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Erie, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	126,461	127,243	127,439	126,740	127,303	127,990	128,663	127,748	126,000	126,005	124,967	124,881	126,787
2025	125,266	125,760	126,430	125,924	125,580	125,888	126,636	126,394	125,948	(1)-	126,380	(p)125,838
Employment
2024	120,950	121,387	122,345	122,598	122,979	122,905	123,286	122,062	122,090	121,698	120,619	119,991	121,909
2025	119,283	119,829	120,876	121,205	120,739	120,420	120,854	120,280	120,637	(1)-	121,299	(p)120,614
Unemployment
2024	5,511	5,856	5,094	4,142	4,324	5,085	5,377	5,686	3,910	4,307	4,348	4,890	4,878
2025	5,983	5,931	5,554	4,719	4,841	5,468	5,782	6,114	5,311	(1)-	5,081	(p)5,224
Unemployment Rate
2024	4.4	4.6	4.0	3.3	3.4	4.0	4.2	4.5	3.1	3.4	3.5	3.9	3.8
2025	4.8	4.7	4.4	3.7	3.9	4.3	4.6	4.8	4.2	(1)-	4.0	(p)4.2
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary
The Erie, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Erie County in Pennsylvania.