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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
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	(p)53.0
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	(p)7.5
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	(p)9.8
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	(p)12.1
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	(p)4.6
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	(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
2025	(1)52,289	(1)52,274	(1)52,067	(1)51,907	(1)51,389	(1)51,729	(1)52,053	(1)52,605	(1)52,079	(2)-	(1)52,797	(1)52,639	(1)(3)52,166
2026	52,912	52,968	(p)53,309
Employment
2025	(1)49,544	(1)49,520	(1)49,581	(1)49,814	(1)49,220	(1)49,267	(1)49,409	(1)49,798	(1)49,790	(2)-	(1)50,639	(1)50,451	(1)(3)49,730
2026	50,394	50,238	(p)50,917
Unemployment
2025	(1)2,745	(1)2,754	(1)2,486	(1)2,093	(1)2,169	(1)2,462	(1)2,644	(1)2,807	(1)2,289	(2)-	(1)2,158	(1)2,188	(1)(3)2,436
2026	2,518	2,730	(p)2,392
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)5.2	(1)5.3	(1)4.8	(1)4.0	(1)4.2	(1)4.8	(1)5.1	(1)5.3	(1)4.4	(2)-	(1)4.1	(1)4.2	(1)(3)4.7
2026	4.8	5.2	(p)4.5
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) 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.