Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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
2021	327.9	331.1	334.3	336.4	338.8	340.5	341.5	342.3	341.5	345.2	349.4	347.1	339.7
2022	341.5	348.4	350.3	355.0	356.7	(p)359.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	11.2	11.1	11.4	11.9	12.0	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.2	12.3	12.1	11.8	11.9
2022	11.2	11.2	11.5	12.0	12.5	(p)12.8
Manufacturing
2021	21.1	21.4	21.7	21.6	21.7	21.8	22.2	22.2	22.1	22.1	22.3	22.4	21.9
2022	22.1	22.4	22.4	22.7	22.9	(p)23.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	74.0	73.0	73.2	72.3	72.4	72.8	73.0	73.5	73.8	75.1	78.2	79.9	74.3
2022	78.4	79.4	79.5	79.1	79.6	(p)80.2
Information
2021	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5
2022	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	(p)3.4
Financial Activities
2021	21.1	21.1	21.3	21.2	21.2	21.4	21.2	20.8	20.5	20.4	20.7	20.6	21.0
2022	20.6	20.6	20.6	20.4	20.4	(p)20.4
Professional & Business Services
2021	48.0	48.7	48.8	49.0	49.5	49.5	49.7	49.8	49.9	50.0	50.8	49.8	49.5
2022	49.5	49.8	50.4	52.0	51.7	(p)52.1
Educational & Health Services
2021	59.2	60.3	60.7	61.0	60.8	60.2	60.1	60.5	61.0	62.9	62.5	61.8	60.9
2022	61.2	64.3	64.2	63.8	63.6	(p)64.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	21.2	22.4	23.6	25.5	27.3	29.0	29.9	29.7	27.7	27.4	27.5	25.9	26.4
2022	25.2	25.9	26.5	29.6	31.3	(p)32.7
Other Services
2021	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.9	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.0	14.2	14.0	14.2	14.0
2022	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	(p)14.5
Government
2021	55.3	56.1	56.5	56.8	56.6	55.9	55.3	55.7	56.8	57.2	57.7	57.1	56.4
2022	55.7	57.2	57.5	57.6	56.8	(p)56.4
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
2021	(1)300,784	(1)302,499	(1)300,719	(1)299,342	(1)301,465	(1)304,987	(1)307,337	(1)305,041	(1)300,299	(1)301,697	(1)302,153	(1)297,676	(1)302,000
2022	301,753	303,895	306,452	306,658	310,918	(p)312,211
Employment
2021	(1)281,198	(1)283,368	(1)282,875	(1)282,602	(1)284,489	(1)286,304	(1)288,487	(1)287,580	(1)286,156	(1)287,994	(1)290,216	(1)286,932	(1)285,683
2022	288,155	292,061	295,431	296,427	300,625	(p)300,194
Unemployment
2021	(1)19,586	(1)19,131	(1)17,844	(1)16,740	(1)16,976	(1)18,683	(1)18,850	(1)17,461	(1)14,143	(1)13,703	(1)11,937	(1)10,744	(1)16,317
2022	13,598	11,834	11,021	10,231	10,293	(p)12,017
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)6.5	(1)6.3	(1)5.9	(1)5.6	(1)5.6	(1)6.1	(1)6.1	(1)5.7	(1)4.7	(1)4.5	(1)4.0	(1)3.6	(1)5.4
2022	4.5	3.9	3.6	3.3	3.3	(p)3.8
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (p) Preliminary
The Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania.