Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2025	394.2	396.3	399.3	401.0	404.1	404.9	399.9	400.6	404.7	406.9	407.7	408.7	402.4
2026	(p)399.6
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	12.7	12.6	13.2	13.5	13.8	14.2	14.4	14.4	14.2	13.9	13.9	13.6	13.7
2026	(p)13.1
Manufacturing
2025	40.6	40.6	40.8	41.0	41.0	41.3	41.0	40.9	40.5	40.3	40.2	40.3	40.7
2026	(p)40.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	89.6	88.7	88.9	88.1	88.4	88.8	88.9	88.7	88.3	89.8	92.2	92.9	89.4
2026	(p)89.4
Information
2025	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.1	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.2
2026	(p)6.0
Financial Activities
2025	13.8	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.5	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.0	14.1	14.2
2026	(p)14.0
Professional & Business Services
2025	52.3	52.7	52.8	53.7	53.9	54.5	54.5	54.1	54.8	55.2	54.8	55.2	54.0
2026	(p)53.4
Educational & Health Services
2025	90.1	92.0	92.4	92.4	92.1	90.7	90.5	90.8	93.6	95.1	95.6	95.7	92.6
2026	(p)94.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	35.0	35.0	35.9	37.1	39.1	39.8	39.8	39.8	38.4	37.6	35.9	36.2	37.5
2026	(p)34.9
Other Services
2025	14.2	14.2	14.4	14.3	14.5	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.5
2026	(p)14.4
Government
2025	39.5	40.2	40.5	40.4	40.7	39.9	35.6	36.6	40.0	40.2	40.6	40.3	39.5
2026	(p)39.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	452,075	453,350	454,148	450,652	453,458	454,823	455,407	454,226	450,805	452,319	450,127	449,031	452,536
2025	448,982	451,088	452,891	450,485	451,160	453,978	453,574	454,248	453,808	(1)-	456,099	(p)454,475
Employment
2024	432,698	433,194	436,594	435,703	437,346	436,176	434,976	433,406	435,399	436,108	434,099	433,635	434,945
2025	429,133	431,201	434,072	433,389	432,981	433,314	431,786	430,892	432,530	(1)-	437,603	(p)436,710
Unemployment
2024	19,377	20,156	17,554	14,949	16,112	18,647	20,431	20,820	15,406	16,211	16,028	15,396	17,591
2025	19,849	19,887	18,819	17,096	18,179	20,664	21,788	23,356	21,278	(1)-	18,496	(p)17,765
Unemployment Rate
2024	4.3	4.4	3.9	3.3	3.6	4.1	4.5	4.6	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.9
2025	4.4	4.4	4.2	3.8	4.0	4.6	4.8	5.1	4.7	(1)-	4.1	(p)3.9
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary
The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties in Pennsylvania and Warren County in New Jersey.