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Lebanon, 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	Lebanon, PA. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2025	56.2	56.4	56.7	56.7	57.0	57.3	56.5	56.6	57.7	57.9	58.2	58.7	57.2
2026	57.6	57.9	(p)58.0
Manufacturing
2025	9.7	9.7	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7
2026	9.7	9.8	(p)9.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.7	13.9	13.9	14.1	13.8
2026	13.6	13.6	(p)13.5
Education and Health Services
2025	8.8	8.9	9.0	8.9	8.9	8.7	8.7	8.6	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	8.9
2026	8.9	9.0	(p)9.0
Government
2025	9.2	9.2	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.6	9.1	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.0
2026	9.0	9.0	(p)9.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Lebanon, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2025	(1)72,395	(1)72,241	(1)72,471	(1)72,263	(1)72,442	(1)73,184	(1)73,711	(1)73,564	(1)73,327	(2)-	(1)74,287	(1)74,214	(1)(3)73,100
2026	73,775	74,063	(p)74,252
Employment
2025	(1)69,624	(1)69,372	(1)69,842	(1)69,899	(1)69,749	(1)70,145	(1)70,370	(1)69,953	(1)70,429	(2)-	(1)71,656	(1)71,812	(1)(3)70,259
2026	71,060	71,101	(p)71,653
Unemployment
2025	(1)2,771	(1)2,869	(1)2,629	(1)2,364	(1)2,693	(1)3,039	(1)3,341	(1)3,611	(1)2,898	(2)-	(1)2,631	(1)2,402	(1)(3)2,841
2026	2,715	2,962	(p)2,599
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)3.8	(1)4.0	(1)3.6	(1)3.3	(1)3.7	(1)4.2	(1)4.5	(1)4.9	(1)4.0	(2)-	(1)3.5	(1)3.2	(1)(3)3.9
2026	3.7	4.0	(p)3.5
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) 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 Lebanon, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Lebanon County in Pennsylvania.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment