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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
2019	343.6	345.5	346.9	350.8	352.5	354.4	354.5	354.9	352.8	355.2	357.7	357.1	352.2
2020	349.6	349.2	349.6	307.4	318.3	329.2	335.3	336.9	339.4	342.1	345.0	(p)341.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	11.4	11.4	11.6	12.1	12.5	12.8	12.9	12.6	12.3	12.3	12.0	11.6	12.1
2020	11.1	11.0	11.2	8.5	12.6	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.2	13.2	12.7	(p)12.5
Manufacturing
2019	21.7	21.7	22.1	21.9	22.1	22.1	22.2	22.1	21.9	21.8	21.8	21.9	21.9
2020	21.9	22.1	21.8	20.0	20.1	20.7	20.6	20.6	20.5	20.4	20.3	(p)20.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	74.8	73.8	73.2	73.7	74.1	74.3	73.9	74.5	74.4	75.0	76.8	77.8	74.7
2020	75.1	74.3	74.6	67.5	68.5	71.3	69.5	69.7	71.4	72.9	75.7	(p)77.7
Information
2019	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.6
2020	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	(p)3.5
Financial Activities
2019	21.5	21.6	21.7	21.6	21.7	21.9	21.8	21.8	21.5	21.6	21.6	21.6	21.7
2020	21.6	21.6	21.6	21.3	21.6	21.6	21.9	21.9	21.9	21.7	21.6	(p)21.7
Professional & Business Services
2019	50.2	50.4	50.3	51.0	51.3	51.2	51.4	51.7	51.6	52.5	53.1	52.7	51.5
2020	51.6	50.9	51.1	47.0	47.8	49.1	49.6	50.0	50.8	51.9	51.8	(p)50.8
Educational & Health Services
2019	58.2	59.8	59.9	60.1	60.3	59.0	59.4	59.7	60.9	61.4	61.7	61.8	60.2
2020	61.6	62.1	62.4	57.7	57.2	56.6	56.9	57.9	59.3	59.4	59.8	(p)58.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	29.1	29.1	30.1	32.4	33.6	36.1	36.1	35.8	32.4	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.7
2020	30.2	29.7	29.3	12.7	19.4	26.9	31.8	31.3	28.2	27.7	28.2	(p)25.9
Other Services
2019	15.2	15.3	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.7	15.6	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.2	15.4
2020	15.2	15.2	15.2	11.2	11.3	12.5	14.0	14.3	14.2	14.3	14.3	(p)14.1
Government
2019	57.9	58.8	59.0	58.9	57.8	57.7	57.4	57.4	58.9	59.1	59.2	58.5	58.4
2020	57.8	58.8	58.9	58.0	56.4	53.8	54.3	54.6	56.4	57.2	57.2	(p)56.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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
2019	296,743	297,805	296,996	296,718	299,080	304,772	309,299	307,279	302,473	304,253	304,620	304,502	302,045
2020	303,565	303,802	301,253	301,504	307,304	302,487	306,140	301,032	304,308	301,880	(p)300,425
Employment
2019	285,702	286,946	286,697	287,942	288,835	292,914	296,188	294,471	291,334	292,465	293,430	293,165	290,841
2020	290,893	291,041	287,041	261,413	271,803	267,265	273,419	274,625	284,688	284,316	(p)285,298
Unemployment
2019	11,041	10,859	10,299	8,776	10,245	11,858	13,111	12,808	11,139	11,788	11,190	11,337	11,204
2020	12,672	12,761	14,212	40,091	35,501	35,222	32,721	26,407	19,620	17,564	(p)15,127
Unemployment Rate
2019	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.0	3.4	3.9	4.2	4.2	3.7	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.7
2020	4.2	4.2	4.7	13.3	11.6	11.6	10.7	8.8	6.4	5.8	(p)5.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data