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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

2024

51.9 52.0 52.3 52.6 52.5 52.3 52.1 52.3 52.7 53.2 53.5 53.2 52.6

2025

52.5 52.7 52.8 53.1 52.8 53.1 (p)52.9            

Manufacturing

2024

7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6

2025

7.5 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.6 (p)7.6            

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2024

9.6 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.6

2025

9.6 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.4 (p)9.4            

Educational & Health Services

2024

11.2 11.4 11.4 11.5 11.4 11.3 11.3 11.2 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.7 11.4

2025

11.6 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 (p)11.7            

Leisure & Hospitality

2024

4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6

2025

4.4 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.8 (p)4.8            

Government

2024

7.2 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.7 6.9 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.3 7.2

2025

7.4 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.2 7.2 (p)6.8            

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

2024

53,389 53,461 53,435 53,008 52,803 52,868 53,269 53,318 52,574 52,921 52,667 52,341 53,005

2025

52,850 53,060 52,996 52,630 52,031 52,351 (p)52,765            

Employment

2024

50,999 50,954 51,234 51,250 50,935 50,703 50,963 50,860 50,802 51,053 50,820 50,353 50,911

2025

50,220 50,456 50,637 50,629 49,968 49,955 (p)50,221            

Unemployment

2024

2,390 2,507 2,201 1,758 1,868 2,165 2,306 2,458 1,772 1,868 1,847 1,988 2,094

2025

2,630 2,604 2,359 2,001 2,063 2,396 (p)2,544            

Unemployment Rate

2024

4.5 4.7 4.1 3.3 3.5 4.1 4.3 4.6 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.8 4.0

2025

5.0 4.9 4.5 3.8 4.0 4.6 (p)4.8            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

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