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Williamsport, 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
Williamsport, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

51.2 51.5 51.6 52.1 51.9 51.9 51.8 51.8 52.4 52.8 53.0 52.7 52.1

2024

51.8 52.0 52.2 52.8 52.9 52.8 52.4 52.5 53.2 (p)53.4      

Manufacturing

2023

7.6 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.6

2024

7.6 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.7 (p)7.7      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.5

2024

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

Educational & Health Services

2023

11.0 11.0 11.1 11.0 11.0 10.9 11.0 10.9 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.4 11.1

2024

11.3 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.3 11.3 11.4 11.5 (p)11.6      

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5

2024

4.3 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.7 (p)4.6      

Government

2023

7.0 7.2 7.2 7.2 6.8 6.8 6.5 6.7 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.1 7.1

2024

7.1 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.6 7.4 (p)7.4      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Williamsport, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

55,368 55,416 55,295 55,070 55,140 55,429 55,747 55,928 55,524 55,696 55,832 55,370 55,485

2024

55,878 56,180 56,484 56,263 56,236 55,834 56,098 55,460 55,245 (p)55,204      

Employment

2023

52,871 52,865 53,077 53,455 53,398 53,423 53,760 53,686 53,889 54,000 54,212 53,612 53,521

2024

53,705 53,894 54,388 54,603 54,413 53,741 53,917 53,138 53,578 (p)53,386      

Unemployment

2023

2,497 2,551 2,218 1,615 1,742 2,006 1,987 2,242 1,635 1,696 1,620 1,758 1,964

2024

2,173 2,286 2,096 1,660 1,823 2,093 2,181 2,322 1,667 (p)1,818      

Unemployment Rate

2023

4.5 4.6 4.0 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.6 4.0 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.5

2024

3.9 4.1 3.7 3.0 3.2 3.7 3.9 4.2 3.0 (p)3.3      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Williamsport Pa., Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Lycoming County in Pennsylvania.