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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
Sector	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.