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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
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

(p)394.7                        

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

(p)12.9                        

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

(p)41.0                        

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

(p)90.2                        

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

(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

(p)12.5                        

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

(p)50.8                        

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

(p)91.3                        

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

(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

(p)14.7                        

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

(p)39.8                        

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

2023

(1)456,227 (1)457,854 (1)459,347 (1)456,815 (1)459,914 (1)463,909 (1)462,109 (1)463,623 (1)462,078 (1)465,640 (1)468,998 (1)463,633 (1)461,679

2024

(1)463,964 (1)466,186 (1)466,647 (1)462,444 (1)465,970 (1)467,906 (1)469,040 (1)467,029 (1)463,028 (1)464,371 (1)462,355 (1)461,337  

Employment

2023

(1)437,341 (1)438,286 (1)441,671 (1)442,104 (1)443,519 (1)445,215 (1)443,041 (1)442,050 (1)445,380 (1)448,246 (1)452,463 (1)447,405 (1)443,893

2024

(1)444,661 (1)446,104 (1)449,157 (1)447,558 (1)449,950 (1)449,321 (1)448,702 (1)446,312 (1)447,709 (1)448,267 (1)446,394 (1)446,002  

Unemployment

2023

(1)18,886 (1)19,568 (1)17,676 (1)14,711 (1)16,395 (1)18,694 (1)19,068 (1)21,573 (1)16,698 (1)17,394 (1)16,535 (1)16,228 (1)17,786

2024

(1)19,303 (1)20,082 (1)17,490 (1)14,886 (1)16,020 (1)18,585 (1)20,338 (1)20,717 (1)15,319 (1)16,104 (1)15,961 (1)15,335  

Unemployment Rate

2023

(1)4.1 (1)4.3 (1)3.8 (1)3.2 (1)3.6 (1)4.0 (1)4.1 (1)4.7 (1)3.6 (1)3.7 (1)3.5 (1)3.5 (1)3.9

2024

(1)4.2 (1)4.3 (1)3.7 (1)3.2 (1)3.4 (1)4.0 (1)4.3 (1)4.4 (1)3.3 (1)3.5 (1)3.5 (1)3.3  

Footnotes
(1) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.

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.