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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
2025	77.0	80.3	81.0	82.2	82.1	75.2	75.0	76.0	81.2	83.0	83.9	83.4	80.0
2026	80.1	82.4	82.5	83.0	83.8	77.2	(p)76.5
Manufacturing
2025	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
2026	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	(p)4.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.2	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	9.4
2026	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.2	9.2	(p)9.2
Professional & Business Services
2025	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.4
2026	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	(p)6.6
Educational & Health Services
2025	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.5
2026	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.8	10.8	(p)10.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	7.0	7.8	7.8	8.2	7.4	7.1	7.3	7.2	8.2	8.2	8.1	7.9	7.7
2026	7.8	7.8	7.8	8.1	8.2	8.3	(p)8.4
Government
2025	30.7	33.0	33.5	33.8	34.3	27.6	26.9	27.9	31.8	33.0	33.7	33.1	31.6
2026	30.7	32.9	33.1	33.2	33.6	26.5	(p)25.9
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
2025	73,952	76,625	77,468	77,700	77,428	72,022	72,703	73,644	77,020	(1)-	79,444	78,747	(2)76,068
2026	76,994	78,891	79,699	79,970	81,022	75,125	(p)74,866
Employment
2025	71,396	74,092	74,772	75,714	75,060	69,351	69,787	70,361	74,432	(1)-	77,199	76,623	(2)73,526
2026	74,655	76,349	77,171	77,727	78,427	72,708	(p)72,636
Unemployment
2025	2,556	2,533	2,696	1,986	2,368	2,671	2,916	3,283	2,588	(1)-	2,245	2,124	(2)2,542
2026	2,339	2,542	2,528	2,243	2,595	2,417	(p)2,230
Unemployment Rate
2025	3.5	3.3	3.5	2.6	3.1	3.7	4.0	4.5	3.4	(1)-	2.8	2.7	(2)3.3
2026	3.0	3.2	3.2	2.8	3.2	3.2	(p)3.0
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 State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.