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	(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.