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
2024	387.5	388.6	391.7	393.8	397.3	397.1	392.5	393.1	397.6	400.7	402.1	403.3	395.4
2025	394.4	395.6	(p)397.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	12.5	12.5	12.7	13.3	13.6	13.9	14.0	14.0	13.8	13.9	13.6	13.5	13.4
2025	12.9	12.8	(p)13.1
Manufacturing
2024	41.3	41.1	41.2	41.1	41.1	41.5	41.4	41.3	41.1	41.0	41.1	41.2	41.2
2025	40.8	41.0	(p)40.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	90.1	88.6	88.5	88.4	88.8	89.0	88.7	88.6	89.0	90.3	92.6	93.6	89.7
2025	90.3	89.2	(p)88.7
Information
2024	5.9	5.9	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
2025	6.1	6.0	(p)6.0
Financial Activities
2024	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.5
2025	12.5	12.5	(p)12.4
Professional & Business Services
2024	50.5	50.7	51.0	51.6	52.1	52.2	52.1	51.7	51.8	51.7	51.9	52.2	51.6
2025	50.6	50.7	(p)50.9
Educational & Health Services
2024	86.4	88.3	89.4	89.6	89.6	88.0	88.0	87.8	90.9	92.6	93.0	92.7	89.7
2025	91.4	93.2	(p)94.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	34.7	35.0	36.0	36.7	38.6	39.8	39.2	39.3	37.8	37.5	36.0	36.3	37.2
2025	35.3	35.0	(p)35.5
Other Services
2024	14.3	14.2	14.4	14.6	14.7	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.7
2025	14.7	14.7	(p)14.9
Government
2024	39.3	39.8	40.0	40.1	40.5	39.2	35.6	36.9	40.0	40.4	40.6	40.4	39.4
2025	39.8	40.5	(p)40.7
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	(1)452,075	(1)453,350	(1)454,148	(1)450,652	(1)453,458	(1)454,823	(1)455,407	(1)454,226	(1)450,805	(1)452,319	(1)450,127	(1)449,031	(1)452,536
2025	448,982	451,088	(p)452,657
Employment
2024	(1)432,698	(1)433,194	(1)436,594	(1)435,703	(1)437,346	(1)436,176	(1)434,976	(1)433,406	(1)435,399	(1)436,108	(1)434,099	(1)433,635	(1)434,945
2025	429,133	431,201	(p)433,844
Unemployment
2024	(1)19,377	(1)20,156	(1)17,554	(1)14,949	(1)16,112	(1)18,647	(1)20,431	(1)20,820	(1)15,406	(1)16,211	(1)16,028	(1)15,396	(1)17,591
2025	19,849	19,887	(p)18,813
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)4.3	(1)4.4	(1)3.9	(1)3.3	(1)3.6	(1)4.1	(1)4.5	(1)4.6	(1)3.4	(1)3.6	(1)3.6	(1)3.4	(1)3.9
2025	4.4	4.4	(p)4.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (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.