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Sector |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area | ||||||||||||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Avg |
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Total Nonfarm |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area | |||||||||||||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Avg |
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Labor Force |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |