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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

2025

51.7 51.9 51.8 52.2 51.9 51.8 51.5 52.1 52.5 53.0 53.0 53.1 52.2

2026

52.3 52.2 52.6 53.2 52.9 53.1 (p)52.4            

Manufacturing

2025

7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5

2026

7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.6 (p)7.7            

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2025

9.7 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.8 10.0 10.1 9.7

2026

9.9 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.9 9.7 (p)9.7            

Educational & Health Services

2025

11.6 11.8 11.7 11.8 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.6 11.8 11.9 12.0 11.9 11.7

2026

11.9 12.0 12.0 12.1 12.0 12.0 (p)12.0            

Leisure & Hospitality

2025

4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.6

2026

4.5 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.8 5.0 (p)5.1            

Government

2025

7.3 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.1 7.0 6.6 6.8 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.2

2026

7.1 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.1 7.0 (p)6.4            

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

2025

52,289 52,274 52,067 51,907 51,389 51,729 52,053 52,605 52,079 (1)- 52,797 52,639 (2)52,166

2026

52,912 52,968 53,326 53,442 53,453 53,745 (p)53,324            

Employment

2025

49,544 49,520 49,581 49,814 49,220 49,267 49,409 49,798 49,790 (1)- 50,639 50,451 (2)49,730

2026

50,394 50,238 50,932 51,434 51,346 51,608 (p)51,316            

Unemployment

2025

2,745 2,754 2,486 2,093 2,169 2,462 2,644 2,807 2,289 (1)- 2,158 2,188 (2)2,436

2026

2,518 2,730 2,394 2,008 2,107 2,137 (p)2,008            

Unemployment Rate

2025

5.2 5.3 4.8 4.0 4.2 4.8 5.1 5.3 4.4 (1)- 4.1 4.2 (2)4.7

2026

4.8 5.2 4.5 3.8 3.9 4.0 (p)3.8            

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