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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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	6,023.7	6,059.5	6,105.7	6,136.3	6,166.6	6,155.3	6,117.0	6,116.1	6,169.9	6,202.6	6,222.4	6,223.1	6,141.5
2025	6,101.6	6,131.7	(p)6,177.9
Mining & Logging
2024	21.7	21.8	21.9	21.8	21.9	21.9	21.8	21.7	21.3	21.0	21.1	21.1	21.6
2025	21.2	21.5	(p)21.7
Construction
2024	242.6	242.4	248.8	258.2	263.4	269.3	271.5	270.1	266.8	267.6	261.5	256.7	259.9
2025	244.7	243.1	(p)249.0
Manufacturing
2024	561.9	561.5	563.8	562.4	563.4	568.1	566.5	564.6	561.8	558.3	559.3	559.9	562.6
2025	556.3	559.5	(p)559.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	1,142.7	1,129.0	1,131.3	1,128.2	1,135.0	1,132.9	1,126.1	1,127.0	1,134.9	1,147.2	1,168.3	1,181.5	1,140.3
2025	1,144.1	1,134.8	(p)1,134.7
Information
2024	91.7	92.0	92.2	90.7	90.7	91.0	90.9	91.0	90.2	90.0	89.6	89.5	90.8
2025	89.5	88.0	(p)88.8
Financial Activities
2024	338.0	338.1	338.6	337.9	338.4	342.8	343.2	342.0	338.9	340.1	340.0	341.3	339.9
2025	338.1	339.2	(p)338.8
Professional & Business Services
2024	817.9	820.7	830.4	838.1	841.0	837.2	834.9	832.0	838.0	839.8	839.8	838.9	834.1
2025	819.7	823.4	(p)833.5
Educational & Health Services
2024	1,331.6	1,361.4	1,366.2	1,369.9	1,358.1	1,335.6	1,330.3	1,330.4	1,373.2	1,389.4	1,397.0	1,392.4	1,361.3
2025	1,374.5	1,403.9	(p)1,412.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	529.5	531.4	547.2	562.2	586.6	605.1	603.2	601.3	574.2	569.5	559.7	558.9	569.1
2025	545.6	540.4	(p)555.5
Other Services
2024	255.5	255.9	257.5	258.6	261.2	265.3	266.7	266.3	262.8	264.9	264.2	264.7	262.0
2025	263.1	264.0	(p)267.7
Government
2024	690.6	705.3	707.8	708.3	706.9	686.1	661.9	669.7	707.8	714.8	721.9	718.2	699.9
2025	704.8	713.9	(p)716.1
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
2024	(r)6,565,772	(r)6,592,556	(r)6,610,525	(r)6,571,987	(r)6,595,546	(r)6,611,267	(r)6,654,499	(r)6,623,575	(r)6,545,871	(r)6,559,353	(r)6,507,168	(r)6,483,002	(r)6,576,760
2025	6,486,208	6,516,344	(p)6,558,601
Employment
2024	(r)6,314,012	(r)6,326,135	(r)6,373,319	(r)6,370,909	(r)6,376,807	(r)6,354,358	(r)6,372,905	(r)6,328,211	(r)6,337,032	(r)6,335,242	(r)6,290,994	(r)6,269,824	(r)6,337,479
2025	6,209,725	6,241,532	(p)6,303,132
Unemployment
2024	(r)251,760	(r)266,421	(r)237,206	(r)201,078	(r)218,739	(r)256,909	(r)281,594	(r)295,364	(r)208,839	(r)224,111	(r)216,174	(r)213,178	(r)239,281
2025	276,483	274,812	(p)255,469
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)3.8	(r)4.0	(r)3.6	(r)3.1	(r)3.3	(r)3.9	(r)4.2	(r)4.5	(r)3.2	(r)3.4	(r)3.3	(r)3.3	(r)3.6
2025	4.3	4.2	(p)3.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised