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	399.2	398.3	401.9	404.7	407.5	408.4	(p)404.9
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	13.1	13.0	13.3	13.6	13.7	14.0	(p)14.1
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	40.2	40.1	40.4	40.2	40.3	40.5	(p)40.7
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	89.1	87.1	87.4	87.6	87.9	87.7	(p)87.9
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	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	(p)5.8
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	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.2	(p)14.3
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	53.1	52.4	53.6	54.8	55.0	55.5	(p)56.0
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	95.0	95.9	96.7	96.9	96.5	95.1	(p)95.2
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	34.9	35.2	35.6	36.7	39.0	40.9	(p)40.7
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	14.3	14.4	14.3	14.4	14.5	14.8	(p)14.6
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	39.4	40.1	40.5	40.4	40.6	39.8	(p)35.6
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
2025	450,669	452,006	453,575	452,719	454,077	457,958	458,113	459,479	457,942	(1)-	461,228	459,630	(2)456,127
2026	458,460	458,120	463,562	464,543	468,681	469,389	(p)468,463
Employment
2025	429,862	430,859	433,675	434,803	434,800	436,608	435,302	434,285	435,786	(1)-	441,942	441,552	(2)435,407
2026	437,467	435,722	442,812	446,030	448,847	450,239	(p)449,206
Unemployment
2025	20,807	21,147	19,900	17,916	19,277	21,350	22,811	25,194	22,156	(1)-	19,286	18,078	(2)20,720
2026	20,993	22,398	20,750	18,513	19,834	19,150	(p)19,257
Unemployment Rate
2025	4.6	4.7	4.4	4.0	4.2	4.7	5.0	5.5	4.8	(1)-	4.2	3.9	(2)4.5
2026	4.6	4.9	4.5	4.0	4.2	4.1	(p)4.1
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (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.