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

Total Nonfarm

2023

77.8 80.1 80.3 81.6 74.7 75.4 75.0 78.6 81.3 82.5 83.1 83.3 79.5

2024

79.6 81.8 82.2 82.9 83.2 77.2 77.0 78.9 82.3 (p)83.7      

Manufacturing

2023

4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6

2024

4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 (p)4.6      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.1 9.1 9.5 9.5 9.8 9.9 9.5

2024

9.6 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.2 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.3 (p)9.4      

Professional & Business Services

2023

6.3 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6

2024

6.4 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 (p)6.6      

Educational & Health Services

2023

9.6 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.0 10.0 9.8

2024

9.9 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.4 10.4 10.4 (p)10.4      

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

6.8 7.1 6.9 7.4 6.8 6.7 7.0 7.2 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.2

2024

7.4 7.5 7.6 7.9 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.1 7.9 (p)7.9      

Government

2023

32.1 33.9 34.1 34.3 28.0 28.6 28.0 31.2 33.4 34.3 34.7 34.9 32.3

2024

32.3 34.3 34.5 34.7 35.1 28.7 28.2 29.9 33.3 (p)34.6      

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

2023

78,966 80,612 80,472 81,330 75,326 76,768 76,818 80,212 81,370 82,354 82,439 82,220 79,907

2024

80,455 82,659 83,420 83,105 83,349 77,512 78,098 78,800 80,450 (p)81,629      

Employment

2023

76,365 78,061 78,350 79,603 73,256 74,230 74,475 77,476 79,578 80,434 80,745 80,378 77,746

2024

78,339 80,493 81,114 81,486 81,254 74,968 75,616 75,945 78,734 (p)79,560      

Unemployment

2023

2,601 2,551 2,122 1,727 2,070 2,538 2,343 2,736 1,792 1,920 1,694 1,842 2,161

2024

2,116 2,166 2,306 1,619 2,095 2,544 2,482 2,855 1,716 (p)2,069      

Unemployment Rate

2023

3.3 3.2 2.6 2.1 2.7 3.3 3.1 3.4 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.7

2024

2.6 2.6 2.8 1.9 2.5 3.3 3.2 3.6 2.1 (p)2.5      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.