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State College, 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	State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	77.9	80.5	80.4	81.0	80.7	74.2	73.8	75.4	79.5	81.0	81.9	81.4	79.0
2025	77.9	80.4	(p)80.3
Manufacturing
2024	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3
2025	4.3	4.3	(p)4.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.2	9.1	9.0	9.0	9.3	9.4	9.8	9.8	9.4
2025	9.5	9.4	(p)9.3
Professional & Business Services
2024	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.3	6.4	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.4
2025	6.1	6.2	(p)6.2
Educational & Health Services
2024	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.1
2025	10.2	10.2	(p)10.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	7.3	7.8	7.6	7.9	7.2	7.0	7.1	7.0	7.9	8.0	7.8	7.7	7.5
2025	7.5	7.6	(p)7.6
Government
2024	31.4	33.3	33.3	33.4	33.7	27.3	26.8	28.5	31.7	32.8	33.6	32.9	31.6
2025	30.3	32.6	(p)32.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(1)76,705	(1)78,790	(1)78,789	(1)78,180	(1)78,132	(1)72,674	(1)73,020	(1)74,221	(1)76,171	(1)77,408	(1)77,385	(1)76,573	(1)76,504
2025	74,907	77,041	(p)77,356
Employment
2024	(1)74,456	(1)76,487	(1)76,443	(1)76,519	(1)76,065	(1)70,131	(1)70,483	(1)71,305	(1)74,410	(1)75,361	(1)75,426	(1)74,678	(1)74,314
2025	72,467	74,658	(p)74,818
Unemployment
2024	(1)2,249	(1)2,303	(1)2,346	(1)1,661	(1)2,067	(1)2,543	(1)2,537	(1)2,916	(1)1,761	(1)2,047	(1)1,959	(1)1,895	(1)2,190
2025	2,440	2,383	(p)2,538
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)2.9	(1)2.9	(1)3.0	(1)2.1	(1)2.6	(1)3.5	(1)3.5	(1)3.9	(1)2.3	(1)2.6	(1)2.5	(1)2.5	(1)2.9
2025	3.3	3.1	(p)3.3
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary
The State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.