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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
2022	5,895.6	5,929.6	5,949.9	5,960.8	5,971.0	5,977.3	6,005.9	6,010.7	6,022.9	6,038.9	6,052.9	6,071.0
2023	6,088.8	6,096.4	6,106.1	(p)6,117.1
Mining & Logging
2022	22.0	22.0	22.0	22.0	22.2	22.1	22.3	22.5	22.7	23.1	23.1	23.1
2023	23.4	23.1	23.0	(p)23.1
Construction
2022	258.3	261.7	261.9	259.5	258.5	258.2	258.0	257.2	257.9	256.0	259.1	262.4
2023	265.5	264.9	264.8	(p)265.7
Manufacturing
2022	554.7	558.3	560.1	562.4	563.1	564.3	565.8	566.4	567.7	567.5	566.8	566.6
2023	566.2	565.6	567.9	(p)569.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	1,129.0	1,140.4	1,141.0	1,143.8	1,143.3	1,142.6	1,147.3	1,148.3	1,148.5	1,150.8	1,152.9	1,155.7
2023	1,160.1	1,159.0	1,158.0	(p)1,155.5
Information
2022	91.1	91.2	91.9	92.7	92.8	93.2	94.1	94.2	94.1	93.6	93.7	95.3
2023	96.8	96.6	97.5	(p)96.5
Financial Activities
2022	331.0	331.7	332.8	333.2	333.4	333.9	334.8	335.3	336.0	336.3	337.8	337.9
2023	338.4	339.7	340.5	(p)339.9
Professional & Business Services
2022	828.9	833.1	839.5	839.4	842.6	844.2	845.8	847.7	851.7	847.9	849.7	857.0
2023	854.4	858.1	859.0	(p)861.6
Educational & Health Services
2022	1,237.7	1,242.2	1,246.9	1,250.6	1,256.4	1,256.4	1,268.9	1,271.1	1,273.0	1,284.1	1,285.4	1,288.3
2023	1,295.6	1,295.4	1,297.4	(p)1,305.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	521.0	525.8	529.4	531.8	533.2	535.3	540.7	540.0	541.4	545.2	547.6	548.3
2023	551.6	556.5	559.5	(p)561.3
Other Services
2022	245.3	246.5	247.5	248.2	248.5	249.2	250.3	251.0	252.3	252.5	254.7	255.1
2023	254.2	254.2	253.9	(p)253.4
Government
2022	676.6	676.7	676.9	677.2	677.0	677.9	677.9	677.0	677.6	681.9	682.1	681.3
2023	682.6	683.3	684.6	(p)684.9
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
2022	(r)6,440,285	(r)6,461,662	(r)6,478,879	(r)6,489,022	(r)6,491,428	(r)6,487,238	(r)6,480,352	(r)6,475,811	(r)6,475,764	(r)6,478,553	(r)6,480,356	(r)6,481,162
2023	6,492,168	6,500,166	6,505,031	(p)6,509,436
Employment
2022	(r)6,151,448	(r)6,177,395	(r)6,197,038	(r)6,208,504	(r)6,212,506	(r)6,209,889	(r)6,203,029	(r)6,196,637	(r)6,194,769	(r)6,196,359	(r)6,198,240	(r)6,199,715
2023	6,210,879	6,216,756	6,229,014	(p)6,241,701
Unemployment
2022	(r)288,837	(r)284,267	(r)281,841	(r)280,518	(r)278,922	(r)277,349	(r)277,323	(r)279,174	(r)280,995	(r)282,194	(r)282,116	(r)281,447
2023	281,289	283,410	276,017	(p)267,735
Unemployment Rate
2022	(r)4.5	(r)4.4	(r)4.4	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(r)4.4	(r)4.4	(r)4.3
2023	4.3	4.4	4.2	(p)4.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised