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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
2025	6,074.9	6,095.9	6,140.6	6,176.4	6,207.9	6,192.1	6,145.2	6,139.5	6,190.4	6,222.0	6,226.3	6,221.8	6,169.4
2026	6,109.1	(p)6,109.0
Mining & Logging
2025	20.2	20.4	21.0	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.4	21.2	21.4	21.3	21.4	21.2
2026	21.3	(p)21.0
Construction
2025	242.1	242.6	251.8	260.9	268.4	273.3	275.2	274.8	272.2	270.3	266.9	257.8	263.0
2026	249.6	(p)244.9
Manufacturing
2025	557.0	556.6	557.9	557.7	558.7	561.3	559.9	556.9	553.0	551.0	551.1	552.8	556.2
2026	551.6	(p)549.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	1,140.1	1,130.3	1,131.6	1,127.6	1,132.8	1,130.8	1,123.6	1,121.2	1,126.8	1,142.3	1,158.7	1,172.0	1,136.5
2026	1,131.7	(p)1,115.4
Information
2025	90.2	89.7	90.4	89.6	89.8	90.9	90.8	90.9	89.5	89.2	88.5	88.6	89.8
2026	87.2	(p)87.7
Financial Activities
2025	338.8	338.7	338.9	339.3	340.4	343.8	344.8	343.7	340.6	341.1	341.3	343.4	341.2
2026	340.7	(p)340.6
Professional & Business Services
2025	818.1	819.7	827.4	837.5	841.1	836.3	833.3	828.0	836.5	845.1	840.8	839.6	833.6
2026	821.8	(p)820.7
Educational & Health Services
2025	1,374.1	1,399.3	1,401.8	1,403.2	1,386.8	1,367.1	1,359.7	1,364.6	1,402.7	1,417.5	1,421.7	1,420.5	1,393.3
2026	1,408.5	(p)1,422.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	535.6	532.1	549.0	565.3	592.6	607.6	606.9	606.2	579.5	572.4	561.3	555.7	572.0
2026	543.2	(p)540.7
Other Services
2025	255.5	255.2	257.1	258.0	259.9	263.2	263.7	262.0	258.2	259.8	258.5	258.3	259.1
2026	256.5	(p)258.9
Government
2025	703.2	711.3	713.7	715.8	715.9	696.3	665.8	669.8	710.2	711.9	716.2	711.7	703.5
2026	697.0	(p)707.3
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
2025	(r)6,498,820	(r)6,497,863	(r)6,524,829	(r)6,513,500	(r)6,519,660	(r)6,549,816	(r)6,588,232	(r)6,580,725	(r)6,538,337	(1)-	(r)6,592,501	(r)6,553,359	(2)(r)6,541,604
2026	6,552,474	(p)6,550,219
Employment
2025	(r)6,210,284	(r)6,207,133	(r)6,255,267	(r)6,272,915	(r)6,260,861	(r)6,257,550	(r)6,274,331	(r)6,240,630	(r)6,255,269	(1)-	(r)6,335,850	(r)6,309,928	(2)(r)6,261,820
2026	6,269,654	(p)6,247,251
Unemployment
2025	(r)288,536	(r)290,730	(r)269,562	(r)240,585	(r)258,799	(r)292,266	(r)313,901	(r)340,095	(r)283,068	(1)-	(r)256,651	(r)243,431	(2)(r)279,784
2026	282,820	(p)302,968
Unemployment Rate
2025	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.1	(r)3.7	(r)4.0	(r)4.5	(r)4.8	(r)5.2	(r)4.3	(1)-	(r)3.9	(r)3.7	(2)(r)4.3
2026	4.3	(p)4.6
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised