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
2023	386.7	387.2	389.4	391.7	394.3	395.0	388.9	388.2	394.4	395.4	400.3	399.8	392.6
2024	389.5	391.8	394.2	396.0	401.7	403.4	400.6	400.1	(p)402.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	13.1	13.1	13.3	14.0	14.3	14.4	14.3	14.2	14.0	14.1	13.7	13.2	13.8
2024	12.8	12.8	13.0	13.5	13.8	14.1	14.3	14.4	(p)14.0
Manufacturing
2023	41.1	40.9	41.0	41.3	41.4	41.8	41.8	41.5	41.4	39.0	41.3	41.5	41.2
2024	41.3	41.3	41.4	41.4	41.5	41.9	42.1	41.8	(p)41.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	94.8	93.5	93.0	92.8	93.4	93.5	92.3	92.1	92.3	93.4	95.7	96.5	93.6
2024	92.6	91.6	91.8	91.5	92.3	92.3	92.1	91.7	(p)91.9
Information
2023	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.0
2024	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.2	6.3	(p)6.2
Financial Activities
2023	13.1	13.0	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0
2024	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	(p)13.1
Professional & Business Services
2023	50.2	49.7	50.0	50.7	50.5	50.3	49.5	49.8	50.6	51.6	52.6	51.8	50.6
2024	49.8	49.6	49.9	50.5	51.3	51.6	51.5	51.4	(p)51.3
Educational & Health Services
2023	82.0	83.9	84.3	84.5	84.1	83.3	83.0	83.4	86.2	87.6	88.5	88.2	84.9
2024	86.3	88.8	89.5	89.7	90.0	89.1	89.4	89.7	(p)91.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	34.1	34.3	35.6	36.3	38.1	39.8	39.3	38.9	37.2	36.8	35.5	35.7	36.8
2024	34.9	35.2	35.7	36.6	39.5	41.6	41.3	41.1	(p)39.1
Other Services
2023	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.4	14.3
2024	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.7	14.8	14.9	14.8	(p)14.6
Government
2023	38.5	39.0	39.3	39.1	39.2	38.3	35.1	34.8	39.2	39.4	39.4	39.4	38.4
2024	38.2	38.9	39.3	39.2	39.4	38.8	35.7	35.8	(p)39.9
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	455,082	455,938	456,676	454,322	457,281	461,235	458,492	459,612	458,535	461,446	464,788	458,908	458,526
2024	459,191	464,061	466,032	462,597	465,961	466,496	468,543	462,191	(p)458,595
Employment
2023	436,764	436,985	440,038	440,392	441,963	443,643	440,370	439,314	442,953	445,490	449,646	444,142	441,808
2024	441,209	445,463	449,225	448,466	450,298	448,509	449,190	442,354	(p)444,218
Unemployment
2023	18,318	18,953	16,638	13,930	15,318	17,592	18,122	20,298	15,582	15,956	15,142	14,766	16,718
2024	17,982	18,598	16,807	14,131	15,663	17,987	19,353	19,837	(p)14,377
Unemployment Rate
2023	4.0	4.2	3.6	3.1	3.3	3.8	4.0	4.4	3.4	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.6
2024	3.9	4.0	3.6	3.1	3.4	3.9	4.1	4.3	(p)3.1
Footnotes (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.