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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
2020	5,996.4	6,024.4	6,001.3	4,972.9	5,190.3	5,392.8	5,484.5	5,530.1	5,619.9	5,677.9	5,700.1	5,642.9	5,602.8
2021	5,538.1	5,580.9	(p)5,625.1
Mining & Logging
2020	25.8	25.5	25.3	23.3	22.9	22.8	22.6	22.3	22.2	21.2	21.2	20.8	23.0
2021	20.6	20.8	(p)21.1
Construction
2020	244.5	242.6	247.5	161.4	228.7	248.5	252.5	256.6	255.6	255.4	255.2	245.8	241.2
2021	232.4	232.2	(p)236.0
Manufacturing
2020	568.0	567.6	566.9	490.7	513.5	533.0	533.1	532.6	533.5	536.0	537.4	540.5	537.7
2021	533.8	533.9	(p)540.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	1,127.7	1,115.4	1,113.3	916.3	969.5	1,027.8	1,045.8	1,050.9	1,067.9	1,086.0	1,115.2	1,132.3	1,064.0
2021	1,097.0	1,084.4	(p)1,086.3
Information
2020	88.7	88.6	87.6	79.7	79.2	80.0	80.9	81.0	81.7	81.7	81.3	80.7	82.6
2021	78.7	79.7	(p)79.9
Financial Activities
2020	330.7	331.3	331.0	319.1	320.6	324.4	326.3	326.4	324.0	322.8	323.5	324.1	325.4
2021	321.6	321.5	(p)321.8
Professional & Business Services
2020	795.9	797.3	796.9	716.0	732.5	743.7	751.1	753.3	755.2	762.7	761.4	758.0	760.3
2021	755.8	757.1	(p)756.7
Educational & Health Services
2020	1,296.8	1,324.2	1,317.7	1,166.5	1,173.8	1,184.2	1,190.1	1,199.9	1,231.3	1,258.1	1,260.8	1,238.5	1,236.8
2021	1,218.9	1,242.9	(p)1,253.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	550.4	551.0	536.4	240.6	290.0	365.3	424.0	435.4	433.9	434.3	427.2	396.2	423.7
2021	391.9	407.4	(p)420.8
Other Services
2020	259.8	260.9	257.6	165.0	179.3	201.7	222.5	223.9	225.7	228.7	226.8	224.1	223.0
2021	222.2	224.7	(p)227.2
Government
2020	708.1	720.0	721.1	694.3	680.3	661.4	635.6	647.8	688.9	691.0	690.1	681.9	685.0
2021	665.2	676.3	(p)682.2
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
2020	(r)6,505,710	(r)6,528,280	(r)6,471,607	(r)6,247,158	(r)6,414,340	(r)6,455,636	(r)6,516,443	(r)6,307,843	(r)6,331,317	(r)6,316,802	(r)6,303,477	(r)6,255,815	(r)6,387,869
2021	6,242,716	6,322,924	(p)6,290,511
Employment
2020	(r)6,180,006	(r)6,199,918	(r)6,110,043	(r)5,251,171	(r)5,533,246	(r)5,601,104	(r)5,636,892	(r)5,661,445	(r)5,887,095	(r)5,913,407	(r)5,895,259	(r)5,825,715	(r)5,807,942
2021	5,743,316	5,820,764	(p)5,829,725
Unemployment
2020	(r)325,704	(r)328,362	(r)361,564	(r)995,987	(r)881,094	(r)854,532	(r)879,551	(r)646,398	(r)444,222	(r)403,395	(r)408,218	(r)430,100	(r)579,927
2021	499,400	502,160	(p)460,786
Unemployment Rate
2020	(r)5.0	(r)5.0	(r)5.6	(r)15.9	(r)13.7	(r)13.2	(r)13.5	(r)10.2	(r)7.0	(r)6.4	(r)6.5	(r)6.9	(r)9.1
2021	8.0	7.9	(p)7.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised