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Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA: 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	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2016	330.1	330.3	333.4	338.1	340.0	340.4	340.4	338.6	340.0	340.8	340.7	341.3	337.8
2017	335.1	335.6	336.7	342.8	347.0	350.9	350.8	(p)350.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2016	10.2	9.9	10.4	10.7	11.0	11.4	11.5	11.4	11.2	11.4	11.4	10.7	10.9
2017	10.4	10.1	10.4	10.8	11.1	11.4	11.5	(p)11.4
Manufacturing
2016	21.0	20.9	21.1	21.1	21.3	21.6	21.6	21.5	21.2	21.2	21.0	21.1	21.2
2017	20.9	20.9	21.0	21.1	21.2	21.3	21.5	(p)21.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2016	70.7	69.8	70.2	70.5	71.1	71.4	71.8	71.9	72.2	73.0	74.2	75.6	71.9
2017	73.7	73.2	73.1	74.0	74.9	75.2	74.9	(p)75.5
Information
2016	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.0	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.1
2017	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.0	(p)4.0
Financial Activities
2016	21.6	21.5	21.3	21.3	21.3	21.3	21.3	21.2	21.1	21.0	21.0	21.2	21.3
2017	21.0	21.0	21.0	21.0	21.0	21.3	21.3	(p)21.2
Professional & Business Services
2016	47.9	47.4	47.5	48.8	48.2	47.9	48.0	47.6	47.9	47.9	47.0	47.3	47.8
2017	46.9	46.4	46.3	48.1	49.1	50.6	50.2	(p)50.0
Educational & Health Services
2016	54.0	55.2	55.4	55.7	55.3	54.3	54.8	54.5	56.1	56.7	56.4	56.2	55.4
2017	55.4	56.3	56.4	56.7	56.5	56.6	56.9	(p)57.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2016	28.5	28.2	29.8	31.7	33.8	35.0	35.2	34.9	31.9	31.0	30.4	30.3	31.7
2017	29.4	29.6	30.0	32.4	34.6	36.0	37.5	(p)36.6
Other Services
2016	14.4	14.3	14.5	14.5	14.7	14.8	14.9	15.1	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.3	14.9
2017	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.5	15.4	(p)15.4
Government
2016	57.7	59.0	59.1	59.6	59.3	58.4	57.1	56.3	58.9	59.1	59.8	59.4	58.6
2017	58.1	58.9	59.2	59.4	59.2	58.9	57.6	(p)58.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2016	(r)293,390	(r)293,210	(r)295,282	(r)295,595	(r)298,009	(r)300,751	(r)304,358	(r)300,703	(r)297,390	(r)295,715	(r)294,200	(r)292,716	(r)296,777
2017	293,146	292,598	293,733	297,645	301,009	305,293	(p)308,428
Employment
2016	(r)280,253	(r)280,105	(r)281,766	(r)283,130	(r)284,722	(r)286,219	(r)288,993	(r)285,947	(r)283,972	(r)282,680	(r)282,297	(r)281,358	(r)283,454
2017	280,699	279,724	281,453	285,910	287,527	291,828	(p)294,373
Unemployment
2016	(r)13,137	(r)13,105	(r)13,516	(r)12,465	(r)13,287	(r)14,532	(r)15,365	(r)14,756	(r)13,418	(r)13,035	(r)11,903	(r)11,358	(r)13,323
2017	12,447	12,874	12,280	11,735	13,482	13,465	(p)14,055
Unemployment Rate
2016	(r)4.5	(r)4.5	(r)4.6	(r)4.2	(r)4.5	(r)4.8	(r)5.0	(r)4.9	(r)4.5	(r)4.4	(r)4.0	(r)3.9	(r)4.5
2017	4.2	4.4	4.2	3.9	4.5	4.4	(p)4.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised
The Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania.