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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

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
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 57.9 58.1 58.4 58.7 (p)57.9            

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 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.9 (p)9.9            

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 13.5 13.6 13.6 13.7 (p)13.4            

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 9.0 9.1 9.0 8.9 (p)8.9            

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 9.1 9.0 9.1 8.9 (p)8.4            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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

 72,395 72,241 72,471 72,263 72,442 73,184 73,711 73,564 73,327 (1)- 74,287 74,214 (2)73,100

2026

 73,775 74,063 74,200 74,715 75,232 75,841 (p)75,788            

Employment

2025

 69,624 69,372 69,842 69,899 69,749 70,145 70,370 69,953 70,429 (1)- 71,656 71,812 (2)70,259

2026

 71,060 71,101 71,602 72,231 72,545 73,117 (p)73,182            

Unemployment

2025

 2,771 2,869 2,629 2,364 2,693 3,039 3,341 3,611 2,898 (1)- 2,631 2,402 (2)2,841

2026

 2,715 2,962 2,598 2,484 2,687 2,724 (p)2,606            

Unemployment Rate

2025

 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.3 3.7 4.2 4.5 4.9 4.0 (1)- 3.5 3.2 (2)3.9

2026

 3.7 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.6 (p)3.4            

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(2) 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.