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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	193.9	195.0	195.4	(p)194.5
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	12.6	12.6	12.9	(p)13.0
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	31.8	31.8	31.9	(p)32.1
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	42.8	42.8	42.7	(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	1.0	1.0	0.9	(p)0.9
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	6.3	6.3	6.4	(p)6.4
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	23.0	23.1	23.4	(p)23.6
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	31.9	31.9	31.5	(p)31.6
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	15.9	16.7	17.1	(p)17.3
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	9.5	9.6	9.8	(p)9.7
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	19.1	19.2	18.8	(p)17.3
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	237,091	236,012	236,946	236,430	237,340	238,871	239,748	239,953	237,843	(1)-	239,812	238,224	(2)238,025
2026	238,778	238,441	239,995	240,905	243,025	244,483	(p)244,972
Employment
2025	227,603	226,390	228,156	227,940	228,326	228,271	228,432	227,952	228,036	(1)-	230,868	230,059	(2)228,367
2026	229,546	228,385	231,056	232,520	233,998	235,080	(p)235,790
Unemployment
2025	9,488	9,622	8,790	8,490	9,014	10,600	11,316	12,001	9,807	(1)-	8,944	8,165	(2)9,658
2026	9,232	10,056	8,939	8,385	9,027	9,403	(p)9,182
Unemployment Rate
2025	4.0	4.1	3.7	3.6	3.8	4.4	4.7	5.0	4.1	(1)-	3.7	3.4	(2)4.1
2026	3.9	4.2	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.8	(p)3.7
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 York-Hanover, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes York County in Pennsylvania.