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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

2016

 5,753.9 5,784.6 5,826.3 5,896.7 5,913.8 5,893.3 5,860.4 5,855.2 5,924.5 5,963.1 5,972.8 5,958.5 5,883.6

2017

 5,808.3 5,859.0 5,872.7 5,936.3 5,974.3 (p)5,988.7              

Mining & Logging

2016

 27.3 26.2 25.8 25.1 24.9 24.6 24.5 24.4 24.4 24.4 23.7 23.1 24.9

2017

 23.0 23.0 22.9 23.2 23.3 (p)24.0              

Construction

2016

 218.2 213.2 223.3 237.6 243.5 248.4 252.0 251.6 249.8 247.9 243.0 233.1 238.5

2017

 224.9 222.2 227.3 240.0 247.5 (p)256.5              

Manufacturing

2016

 557.9 556.7 557.9 557.6 559.3 563.1 562.3 561.0 556.0 555.2 552.7 557.2 558.1

2017

 550.3 550.7 551.5 549.7 550.5 (p)553.0              

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2016

 1,119.8 1,108.3 1,112.5 1,118.6 1,127.6 1,125.8 1,118.7 1,119.4 1,124.7 1,136.2 1,153.9 1,166.7 1,127.7

2017

 1,124.4 1,114.7 1,113.0 1,121.9 1,129.3 (p)1,129.7              

Information

2016

 83.6 83.6 83.8 85.0 81.2 86.4 86.0 85.7 84.3 84.9 85.3 85.6 84.6

2017

 83.5 82.7 83.0 83.0 83.1 (p)84.7              

Financial Activities

2016

 314.4 314.3 314.2 314.9 316.1 319.2 320.0 319.9 316.9 316.2 316.5 317.3 316.7

2017

 315.1 314.6 316.2 315.8 316.0 (p)321.1              

Professional & Business Services

2016

 773.1 773.5 778.9 795.0 795.2 794.9 797.6 796.6 800.4 803.2 805.5 798.1 792.7

2017

 781.0 782.6 786.7 804.8 813.0 (p)825.6              

Educational & Health Services

2016

 1,193.2 1,220.4 1,223.0 1,234.2 1,219.3 1,188.9 1,187.5 1,184.7 1,229.2 1,252.7 1,262.7 1,257.1 1,221.1

2017

 1,223.9 1,263.8 1,262.7 1,262.7 1,249.4 (p)1,222.4              

Leisure & Hospitality

2016

 516.8 519.5 533.1 552.2 575.1 587.0 591.8 593.4 569.8 565.3 547.5 544.1 558.0

2017

 528.4 531.9 537.8 560.0 588.5 (p)613.0              

Other Services

2016

 252.4 252.9 255.0 256.4 258.3 261.5 262.2 261.4 257.6 258.3 258.6 257.3 257.7

2017

 257.4 257.5 256.5 258.4 260.9 (p)266.9              

Government

2016

 697.2 716.0 718.8 720.1 713.3 693.5 657.8 657.1 711.4 718.8 723.4 718.9 703.9

2017

 696.4 715.3 715.1 716.8 712.8 (p)691.8              

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

2016

 (1)6,425,448 (1)6,444,353 (1)6,474,709 (1)6,459,383 (1)6,484,977 (1)6,521,308 (1)6,572,241 (1)6,509,403 (1)6,474,896 (1)6,461,574 (1)6,439,865 (1)6,395,720 (1)6,471,990

2017

 6,379,662 6,397,696 6,418,764 6,450,613 6,479,922 (p)6,511,190              

Employment

2016

 (1)6,062,725 (1)6,082,788 (1)6,104,818 (1)6,124,645 (1)6,141,429 (1)6,150,960 (1)6,176,968 (1)6,128,090 (1)6,129,267 (1)6,122,494 (1)6,127,195 (1)6,088,963 (1)6,120,029

2017

 6,041,855 6,055,155 6,092,381 6,148,163 6,143,362 (p)6,181,410              

Unemployment

2016

 (1)362,723 (1)361,565 (1)369,891 (1)334,738 (1)343,548 (1)370,348 (1)395,273 (1)381,313 (1)345,629 (1)339,080 (1)312,670 (1)306,757 (1)351,961

2017

 337,807 342,541 326,383 302,450 336,560 (p)329,780              

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (1)5.6 (1)5.6 (1)5.7 (1)5.2 (1)5.3 (1)5.7 (1)6.0 (1)5.9 (1)5.3 (1)5.2 (1)4.9 (1)4.8 (1)5.4

2017

 5.3 5.4 5.1 4.7 5.2 (p)5.1              

Footnotes
 (1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation.
(p) Preliminary