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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

2017

 5,811.5 5,850.0 5,871.8 5,945.6 5,978.5 5,962.2 5,918.9 5,921.1 5,986.6 6,022.7 6,039.7 6,037.8 5,945.5

2018

 5,879.4 5,921.2 5,947.4 6,018.0 6,051.2 6,062.3 6,023.5 6,010.7 6,070.3 6,114.4 6,117.5 (p)6,116.0  

Mining & Logging

2017

 24.1 24.6 25.1 25.7 26.4 26.9 27.3 27.5 27.6 27.5 27.8 27.6 26.5

2018

 26.8 27.2 27.3 27.9 28.7 29.1 29.4 29.7 29.8 30.2 30.5 (p)30.6  

Construction

2017

 221.1 220.9 225.9 243.0 254.7 261.6 263.5 263.6 261.0 259.7 256.9 250.9 248.6

2018

 231.5 231.6 238.8 251.2 259.2 266.2 267.9 265.0 266.0 265.0 262.5 (p)252.9  

Manufacturing

2017

 556.0 556.1 558.1 560.1 561.4 566.0 565.8 564.8 561.7 561.5 561.9 564.2 561.5

2018

 559.8 560.7 561.8 563.4 565.9 572.4 570.6 568.8 566.5 568.4 565.2 (p)567.8  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2017

 1,126.4 1,112.1 1,110.0 1,117.7 1,123.6 1,122.9 1,113.5 1,115.0 1,123.7 1,132.7 1,151.5 1,166.7 1,126.3

2018

 1,125.2 1,113.8 1,114.8 1,121.1 1,128.6 1,129.7 1,119.0 1,117.6 1,126.2 1,137.0 1,160.0 (p)1,167.7  

Information

2017

 83.0 83.5 82.8 83.2 83.9 85.0 84.1 84.3 82.2 81.0 81.2 82.1 83.0

2018

 80.5 80.8 81.0 80.9 80.9 82.3 81.8 81.9 80.6 79.8 79.6 (p)79.3  

Financial Activities

2017

 316.5 317.7 318.3 318.6 320.6 324.2 324.9 324.7 321.8 321.1 322.4 323.3 321.2

2018

 320.0 321.4 321.4 322.1 324.0 327.3 328.6 326.8 326.1 327.9 328.4 (p)328.0  

Professional & Business Services

2017

 783.0 781.2 784.5 798.9 803.2 803.6 803.1 803.7 807.2 814.8 814.2 809.6 800.6

2018

 790.2 792.5 794.5 814.7 821.4 823.8 822.0 821.0 833.4 841.1 836.1 (p)829.2  

Educational & Health Services

2017

 1,219.5 1,249.6 1,250.8 1,256.9 1,245.3 1,213.5 1,213.2 1,210.0 1,255.8 1,277.7 1,287.9 1,282.4 1,246.9

2018

 1,249.5 1,281.7 1,286.8 1,291.2 1,273.9 1,252.4 1,251.2 1,252.5 1,282.7 1,307.9 1,308.8 (p)1,309.6  

Leisure & Hospitality

2017

 528.0 530.3 539.5 561.5 583.0 599.7 600.7 603.4 576.0 569.9 554.0 553.7 566.6

2018

 539.8 539.3 545.1 564.6 590.2 617.7 624.0 617.9 586.9 580.7 565.1 (p)571.9  

Other Services

2017

 257.3 257.3 258.6 260.1 262.6 265.9 265.5 264.8 259.7 260.8 260.7 262.6 261.3

2018

 259.4 259.3 261.1 264.3 265.0 271.0 271.1 266.4 262.8 261.6 261.9 (p)262.6  

Government

2017

 696.6 716.7 718.2 719.9 713.8 692.9 657.3 659.3 709.9 716.0 721.2 714.7 703.0

2018

 696.7 712.9 714.8 716.6 713.4 690.4 657.9 663.1 709.3 714.8 719.4 (p)716.4  

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

2017

 6,404,529 6,423,661 6,433,347 6,431,950 6,438,733 6,475,415 6,514,475 6,449,859 6,421,837 6,383,896 6,392,642 6,358,094 6,427,370

2018

 6,358,460 6,377,671 6,313,950 6,323,416 6,347,859 6,448,404 6,506,856 6,438,316 6,423,332 6,454,652 6,457,129 (p)6,456,636  

Employment

2017

 6,041,662 6,061,263 6,100,176 6,141,057 6,126,031 6,151,492 6,170,451 6,108,148 6,137,847 6,109,849 6,111,833 6,079,784 6,111,633

2018

 6,024,425 6,045,767 6,023,380 6,070,191 6,114,214 6,165,236 6,213,456 6,152,223 6,172,476 6,201,323 6,212,125 (p)6,201,540  

Unemployment

2017

 362,867 362,398 333,171 290,893 312,702 323,923 344,024 341,711 283,990 274,047 280,809 278,310 315,737

2018

 334,035 331,904 290,570 253,225 233,645 283,168 293,400 286,093 250,856 253,329 245,004 (p)255,096  

Unemployment Rate

2017

 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.5 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.3 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.9

2018

 5.3 5.2 4.6 4.0 3.7 4.4 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 3.8 (p)4.0  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary