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

Total Nonfarm

2023

54.4 54.9 55.3 55.8 56.4 56.6 56.2 56.2 56.8 57.1 57.1 57.4 56.2

2024

56.3 56.7 56.9 57.2 57.9 58.0 57.3 57.6 58.2 (p)58.3      

Manufacturing

2023

9.1 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.4

2024

9.3 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.7 (p)9.7      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

14.0 14.0 14.1 14.3 14.4 14.4 14.3 14.2 14.3 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.3

2024

14.3 14.2 14.4 14.6 14.7 14.5 14.6 14.5 14.6 (p)14.6      

Education and Health Services

2023

8.1 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.5

2024

8.5 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.9 (p)8.9      

Government

2023

8.7 8.8 8.9 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.5 8.5 9.0 9.1 9.0 9.1 8.9

2024

9.1 9.3 9.3 9.1 9.2 9.1 8.3 8.4 9.1 (p)9.1      

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

2023

73,430 73,265 73,374 74,333 75,314 76,214 76,512 76,852 75,723 76,010 75,804 75,206 75,170

2024

74,998 75,499 75,863 76,399 76,898 76,928 77,417 76,320 75,474 (p)75,578      

Employment

2023

71,106 70,896 71,405 72,538 73,271 73,800 74,058 74,030 73,779 74,066 74,072 73,472 73,041

2024

72,871 73,269 73,771 74,610 74,809 74,400 74,778 73,558 73,640 (p)73,511      

Unemployment

2023

2,324 2,369 1,969 1,795 2,043 2,414 2,454 2,822 1,944 1,944 1,732 1,734 2,129

2024

2,127 2,230 2,092 1,789 2,089 2,528 2,639 2,762 1,834 (p)2,067      

Unemployment Rate

2023

3.2 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.7 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.8

2024

2.8 3.0 2.8 2.3 2.7 3.3 3.4 3.6 2.4 (p)2.7      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Lebanon, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Lebanon County in Pennsylvania.