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York-Hanover, 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	York-Hanover, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2025	191.7	191.1	192.8	192.9	194.8	193.8	191.8	192.6	194.3	194.8	195.5	195.3	193.5
2026	192.9	192.3	192.9	(p)193.6
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	11.9	11.9	12.3	12.3	12.8	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	12.8	12.4	12.6
2026	12.1	11.8	12.2	(p)12.6
Manufacturing
2025	32.1	32.0	32.0	32.0	32.0	32.0	31.9	31.7	31.7	31.6	31.7	31.8	31.9
2026	32.0	31.8	31.9	(p)31.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	43.9	43.3	43.2	42.9	43.2	42.7	42.7	42.7	42.9	43.6	44.4	44.7	43.4
2026	43.3	42.6	42.6	(p)42.6
Information
2025	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2026	1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)1.0
Financial Activities
2025	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2
2026	6.3	6.3	6.3	(p)6.3
Professional & Business Services
2025	21.7	21.7	21.9	22.1	22.1	22.1	22.1	22.4	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.3
2026	22.9	22.9	22.9	(p)23.0
Educational & Health Services
2025	30.4	30.8	31.1	31.1	31.2	30.7	30.4	30.5	31.1	31.3	31.5	31.5	31.0
2026	31.0	31.7	31.7	(p)31.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	15.5	15.2	15.8	15.9	16.9	17.1	17.0	16.9	16.2	16.0	15.7	15.8	16.2
2026	15.6	15.5	15.7	(p)15.9
Other Services
2025	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6
2026	9.5	9.5	9.4	(p)9.5
Government
2025	19.6	19.6	19.8	19.8	19.8	19.2	17.9	18.6	19.8	19.5	19.6	19.3	19.4
2026	19.2	19.2	19.2	(p)19.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	York-Hanover, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2025	(1)237,091	(1)236,012	(1)236,946	(1)236,430	(1)237,340	(1)238,871	(1)239,748	(1)239,953	(1)237,843	(2)-	(1)239,812	(1)238,224	(1)(3)238,025
2026	238,778	238,441	(p)240,103
Employment
2025	(1)227,603	(1)226,390	(1)228,156	(1)227,940	(1)228,326	(1)228,271	(1)228,432	(1)227,952	(1)228,036	(2)-	(1)230,868	(1)230,059	(1)(3)228,367
2026	229,546	228,385	(p)231,155
Unemployment
2025	(1)9,488	(1)9,622	(1)8,790	(1)8,490	(1)9,014	(1)10,600	(1)11,316	(1)12,001	(1)9,807	(2)-	(1)8,944	(1)8,165	(1)(3)9,658
2026	9,232	10,056	(p)8,948
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)4.0	(1)4.1	(1)3.7	(1)3.6	(1)3.8	(1)4.4	(1)4.7	(1)5.0	(1)4.1	(2)-	(1)3.7	(1)3.4	(1)(3)4.1
2026	3.9	4.2	(p)3.7
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 York-Hanover, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes York County in Pennsylvania.