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	(p)404.1
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	(p)13.4
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	(p)40.2
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	(p)87.5
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	(p)5.9
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	(p)14.1
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	(p)54.8
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	(p)97.0
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	(p)36.4
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	(p)14.4
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	(p)40.4
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	(1)450,669	(1)452,006	(1)453,575	(1)452,719	(1)454,077	(1)457,958	(1)458,113	(1)459,479	(1)457,942	(2)-	(1)461,228	(1)459,630	(1)(3)456,127
2026	458,460	458,120	(p)463,758
Employment
2025	(1)429,862	(1)430,859	(1)433,675	(1)434,803	(1)434,800	(1)436,608	(1)435,302	(1)434,285	(1)435,786	(2)-	(1)441,942	(1)441,552	(1)(3)435,407
2026	437,467	435,722	(p)443,008
Unemployment
2025	(1)20,807	(1)21,147	(1)19,900	(1)17,916	(1)19,277	(1)21,350	(1)22,811	(1)25,194	(1)22,156	(2)-	(1)19,286	(1)18,078	(1)(3)20,720
2026	20,993	22,398	(p)20,750
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)4.6	(1)4.7	(1)4.4	(1)4.0	(1)4.2	(1)4.7	(1)5.0	(1)5.5	(1)4.8	(2)-	(1)4.2	(1)3.9	(1)(3)4.5
2026	4.6	4.9	(p)4.5
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) 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.