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Pennsylvania: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Pennsylvania
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

5,970.1 5,999.4 6,040.4 6,079.6 6,099.2 6,101.9 6,067.8 6,063.2 6,122.3 6,153.8 6,181.6 6,155.9 6,086.3

2024

6,026.1 6,069.8 6,104.4 6,147.5 6,198.2 6,218.4 6,195.3 6,186.8 6,223.2 (p)6,246.8      

Mining & Logging

2023

22.5 22.7 22.9 23.3 23.2 23.2 23.0 22.8 22.7 22.6 22.8 22.5 22.9

2024

22.5 22.7 22.9 23.6 23.7 23.2 23.5 23.6 23.3 (p)23.1      

Construction

2023

243.5 242.8 248.4 259.6 264.8 269.7 271.7 270.8 268.0 266.4 258.5 252.0 259.7

2024

239.5 239.1 244.5 255.8 260.1 266.8 270.6 271.2 267.0 (p)266.0      

Manufacturing

2023

564.8 564.5 566.0 566.2 566.6 570.7 568.7 566.9 565.5 561.7 565.6 567.1 566.2

2024

564.0 564.1 564.0 565.0 567.5 571.2 571.2 568.1 564.9 (p)561.3      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

1,149.2 1,135.2 1,136.4 1,134.5 1,141.0 1,139.8 1,130.2 1,127.5 1,135.2 1,144.2 1,166.6 1,173.8 1,142.8

2024

1,136.7 1,128.1 1,130.2 1,132.2 1,141.1 1,134.7 1,134.7 1,129.7 1,138.2 (p)1,150.4      

Information

2023

93.7 94.1 94.0 93.3 93.2 93.7 93.5 93.2 92.4 93.1 93.5 92.1 93.3

2024

91.5 92.6 92.7 92.3 93.2 92.3 93.3 93.7 91.8 (p)92.6      

Financial Activities

2023

336.5 336.5 337.7 337.6 338.3 342.7 342.7 341.9 339.1 340.2 340.7 342.0 339.7

2024

340.4 340.5 341.3 341.0 342.4 346.2 346.1 345.7 342.7 (p)342.5      

Professional & Business Services

2023

830.2 831.0 837.1 844.0 845.2 842.7 840.9 837.3 843.7 845.5 847.6 836.1 840.1

2024

820.7 822.1 827.3 833.3 835.4 845.4 843.7 843.4 843.4 (p)843.7      

Educational & Health Services

2023

1,279.5 1,306.1 1,313.6 1,317.5 1,307.5 1,285.9 1,282.6 1,286.8 1,328.6 1,351.4 1,364.4 1,355.9 1,315.0

2024

1,330.5 1,361.2 1,367.9 1,371.6 1,364.2 1,353.2 1,350.2 1,353.0 1,386.6 (p)1,400.9      

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

521.2 522.8 535.6 553.0 575.3 597.0 600.1 596.3 571.9 566.2 553.0 550.8 561.9

2024

533.0 538.1 549.8 565.5 602.1 629.1 628.6 624.4 596.9 (p)590.9      

Other Services

2023

251.5 252.3 254.7 255.4 257.7 260.6 262.1 260.6 256.9 258.2 260.0 257.6 257.3

2024

257.2 256.7 257.3 258.5 261.3 268.3 269.7 269.1 263.3 (p)265.0      

Government

2023

677.5 691.4 694.0 695.2 686.4 675.9 652.3 659.1 698.3 704.3 708.9 706.0 687.4

2024

690.1 704.6 706.5 708.7 707.2 688.0 663.7 664.9 705.1 (p)710.4      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

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

Labor Force

2023

6,458,764 6,472,469 6,481,725 6,465,472 6,502,615 6,551,567 6,570,144 6,589,348 6,536,467 6,556,090 6,550,212 6,485,240 6,518,343

2024

6,504,082 6,573,585 6,613,168 6,587,371 6,613,374 6,600,745 6,658,235 6,554,140 6,488,616 (p)6,491,108      

Employment

2023

6,201,060 6,206,749 6,256,059 6,278,838 6,295,827 6,318,409 6,327,464 6,314,948 6,338,519 6,351,788 6,361,805 6,296,371 6,295,653

2024

6,275,521 6,331,438 6,388,159 6,398,551 6,401,153 6,353,646 6,393,739 6,276,813 6,293,520 (p)6,274,612      

Unemployment

2023

257,704 265,720 225,666 186,634 206,788 233,158 242,680 274,400 197,948 204,302 188,407 188,869 222,690

2024

228,561 242,147 225,009 188,820 212,221 247,099 264,496 277,327 195,096 (p)216,496      

Unemployment Rate

2023

4.0 4.1 3.5 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.7 4.2 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.4

2024

3.5 3.7 3.4 2.9 3.2 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.0 (p)3.3      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary