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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2024

123.0 123.7 124.7 125.9 126.7 127.0 126.4 125.9 126.8 127.2 127.0 126.9 125.9

2025

124.8 125.1 125.7 127.2 127.8 128.2 (p)127.5            

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2024

3.9 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.4

2025

4.1 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.7 (p)4.7            

Manufacturing

2024

19.2 19.1 19.2 19.1 19.1 19.3 19.3 19.2 19.1 19.1 19.1 19.1 19.2

2025

18.9 18.8 18.8 18.8 18.9 19.2 (p)19.2            

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2024

20.2 20.0 19.9 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.3 20.3 20.2 20.3 20.6 20.8 20.3

2025

20.2 20.0 20.0 20.4 20.4 20.4 (p)20.4            

Information

2024

1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1

2025

1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 (p)1.1            

Financial Activities

2024

7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5

2025

7.5 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.6 (p)7.7            

Professional & Business Services

2024

8.6 8.5 8.7 8.9 9.0 9.1 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9

2025

8.6 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 9.0 (p)8.9            

Educational & Health Services

2024

29.5 30.1 30.4 30.4 29.9 29.5 29.4 29.7 30.6 30.8 30.9 30.8 30.2

2025

30.7 31.0 31.1 31.3 30.9 30.6 (p)30.6            

Leisure & Hospitality

2024

12.5 12.5 12.7 13.4 14.3 14.9 15.2 14.8 13.8 13.5 13.1 13.1 13.7

2025

12.8 12.7 13.0 13.5 14.1 14.8 (p)14.7            

Other Services

2024

5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.7

2025

5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 (p)5.9            

Government

2024

15.0 15.5 15.5 15.6 15.4 14.7 14.1 13.9 15.5 15.8 15.8 15.7 15.2

2025

15.3 15.8 15.7 15.8 15.7 15.0 (p)14.3            

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 (p)126,481            

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 (p)120,698            

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 (p)5,783            

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 (p)4.6            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Erie, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Erie County in Pennsylvania.