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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Nonfarm

2023

6,059.8 6,060.7 6,070.7 6,068.5 6,070.6 6,085.8 6,086.0 6,097.4 6,102.3 6,106.9 6,114.7 6,115.1

2024

6,125.9 6,133.6 6,146.9 6,147.9 6,168.3 6,178.8 6,192.0 6,198.2 (p)6,205.0      

Mining & Logging

2023

23.1 23.2 23.2 23.2 23.1 23.0 22.7 22.6 22.5 22.5 22.7 22.7

2024

23.0 23.0 23.2 23.5 23.4 23.0 23.2 23.2 (p)23.1      

Construction

2023

262.2 262.4 260.9 259.0 259.8 260.2 260.0 260.0 260.0 258.6 257.2 256.7

2024

256.8 256.5 257.7 257.2 257.1 258.3 258.9 258.2 (p)257.1      

Manufacturing

2023

567.8 567.4 567.5 567.0 566.8 566.6 565.3 565.0 567.1 562.6 564.7 565.4

2024

566.3 566.3 566.4 566.3 566.9 567.0 567.4 566.8 (p)566.3      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

1,144.1 1,142.6 1,143.6 1,143.7 1,144.9 1,145.6 1,143.2 1,143.6 1,145.7 1,140.0 1,138.6 1,135.8

2024

1,134.6 1,135.5 1,139.1 1,142.1 1,141.2 1,141.1 1,145.5 1,143.4 (p)1,140.0      

Information

2023

94.4 94.4 94.5 94.0 94.0 93.3 92.5 92.1 91.8 92.5 92.8 92.0

2024

93.1 93.8 93.9 93.5 93.5 91.2 91.8 92.7 (p)91.7      

Financial Activities

2023

339.0 338.8 339.4 339.4 339.1 340.0 339.3 339.1 339.1 340.4 340.9 341.8

2024

342.2 342.4 343.0 342.4 343.1 344.0 343.5 343.2 (p)343.2      

Professional & Business Services

2023

844.5 842.8 844.8 842.4 842.8 841.5 840.4 840.1 841.9 837.3 837.1 837.9

2024

836.1 835.2 838.1 832.9 835.6 838.9 836.5 838.8 (p)840.9      

Educational & Health Services

2023

1,290.4 1,293.8 1,299.5 1,300.6 1,304.2 1,311.7 1,316.0 1,320.9 1,323.7 1,333.3 1,340.2 1,342.1

2024

1,348.8 1,352.2 1,354.6 1,357.8 1,364.0 1,370.5 1,376.0 1,380.2 (p)1,383.5      

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

557.4 556.8 557.5 558.3 559.6 563.0 561.6 561.4 563.7 566.7 565.5 567.0

2024

568.9 572.3 574.5 573.8 584.6 590.3 586.6 588.2 (p)594.3      

Other Services

2023

255.2 255.7 256.6 256.6 257.0 257.1 257.4 257.6 257.6 259.5 261.1 259.1

2024

261.1 260.2 259.9 261.2 262.0 263.2 262.5 263.3 (p)264.5      

Government

2023

681.7 682.8 683.2 684.3 679.3 683.8 687.6 695.0 689.2 693.5 693.9 694.6

2024

695.0 696.2 696.5 697.2 696.9 691.3 700.1 700.2 (p)700.4      

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

2023

6,491,922 6,501,070 6,506,696 6,508,068 6,506,252 6,505,214 6,509,096 6,517,407 6,528,382 6,537,482 6,539,215 6,538,180

2024

6,544,313 6,559,343 6,578,843 6,595,827 6,605,422 6,602,525 6,602,521 6,580,413 (p)6,555,813      

Employment

2023

6,246,642 6,261,864 6,275,725 6,286,248 6,291,960 6,295,428 6,299,780 6,304,791 6,311,095 6,316,766 6,317,946 6,317,432

2024

6,323,745 6,338,334 6,355,886 6,373,099 6,382,246 6,379,498 6,378,474 6,357,456 (p)6,333,986      

Unemployment

2023

245,280 239,206 230,971 221,820 214,292 209,786 209,316 212,616 217,287 220,716 221,269 220,748

2024

220,568 221,009 222,957 222,728 223,176 223,027 224,047 222,957 (p)221,827      

Unemployment Rate

2023

3.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4

2024

3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 (p)3.4      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary