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Pennsylvania: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Pennsylvania
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2024	6,114.5	6,121.1	6,131.0	6,128.1	6,134.2	6,135.6	6,139.6	6,147.9	6,153.0	6,156.8	6,160.7	6,180.8
2025	6,191.8	6,196.8	(p)6,217.7
Mining & Logging
2024	22.2	22.2	22.1	21.8	21.7	21.7	21.6	21.5	21.2	21.0	21.0	21.3
2025	21.5	21.9	(p)21.9
Construction
2024	260.6	260.9	260.6	258.9	259.1	259.5	259.7	259.3	258.9	260.5	261.1	261.1
2025	261.4	261.5	(p)261.6
Manufacturing
2024	565.2	564.6	564.8	563.5	563.8	563.9	562.9	562.6	562.5	560.1	559.0	558.9
2025	560.0	562.1	(p)561.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	1,137.7	1,137.8	1,138.9	1,138.5	1,138.3	1,137.6	1,139.7	1,140.6	1,142.0	1,141.8	1,142.0	1,144.1
2025	1,143.7	1,143.9	(p)1,143.4
Information
2024	92.2	92.2	92.4	91.4	91.3	90.7	90.2	90.1	89.8	89.8	89.6	89.7
2025	90.5	89.1	(p)89.5
Financial Activities
2024	340.3	340.3	340.2	340.0	339.7	340.2	339.7	339.0	338.9	340.4	339.9	340.7
2025	339.8	340.7	(p)340.2
Professional & Business Services
2024	834.1	834.4	836.8	836.1	836.3	834.6	833.9	834.2	836.1	832.0	830.7	838.4
2025	834.1	837.0	(p)843.4
Educational & Health Services
2024	1,343.3	1,347.7	1,350.6	1,353.2	1,355.6	1,359.7	1,363.7	1,365.7	1,371.1	1,371.1	1,374.4	1,378.9
2025	1,384.8	1,392.6	(p)1,399.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	565.2	566.0	568.3	567.6	569.7	569.8	566.8	567.3	568.0	570.8	572.6	575.4
2025	580.4	574.7	(p)581.2
Other Services
2024	259.0	259.2	259.5	259.9	260.6	261.5	262.1	263.3	263.7	265.6	265.0	266.1
2025	266.9	267.6	(p)269.8
Government
2024	694.7	695.8	696.8	697.2	698.1	696.4	699.3	704.3	700.8	703.7	705.4	706.2
2025	708.7	705.7	(p)706.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Pennsylvania
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2024	(r)6,617,742	(r)6,614,779	(r)6,609,415	(r)6,602,080	(r)6,593,538	(r)6,583,449	(r)6,571,301	(r)6,560,005	(r)6,551,642	(r)6,546,403	(r)6,546,710	(r)6,548,147
2025	6,541,865	6,539,006	(p)6,542,331
Employment
2024	(r)6,375,351	(r)6,374,602	(r)6,370,980	(r)6,364,920	(r)6,357,236	(r)6,347,496	(r)6,334,789	(r)6,322,041	(r)6,311,821	(r)6,305,029	(r)6,304,800	(r)6,306,288
2025	6,295,655	6,290,637	(p)6,290,817
Unemployment
2024	(r)242,391	(r)240,177	(r)238,435	(r)237,160	(r)236,302	(r)235,953	(r)236,512	(r)237,964	(r)239,821	(r)241,374	(r)241,910	(r)241,859
2025	246,210	248,369	(p)251,514
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)3.7	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)3.7	(r)3.7	(r)3.7	(r)3.7
2025	3.8	3.8	(p)3.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised