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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
2025	359.7	359.1	361.9	363.6	364.9	366.9	366.2	365.1	366.0	365.8	368.1	368.6	364.7
2026	(p)360.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	12.4	12.4	12.7	13.0	13.3	13.7	13.9	13.7	13.5	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.2
2026	(p)12.9
Manufacturing
2025	20.3	20.3	20.2	20.2	20.2	20.4	20.4	20.2	19.8	19.7	19.7	19.7	20.1
2026	(p)19.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	79.7	78.9	79.4	78.3	78.6	78.6	78.0	78.1	78.5	79.4	81.3	82.7	79.3
2026	(p)79.2
Information
2025	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2
2026	(p)3.1
Financial Activities
2025	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.0	19.8	19.8	19.7	19.7	19.8	19.9	19.9
2026	(p)19.7
Professional & Business Services
2025	49.5	49.2	49.3	49.4	49.6	49.4	49.8	49.4	50.0	49.9	50.2	49.9	49.6
2026	(p)48.9
Educational & Health Services
2025	73.2	73.8	74.0	74.1	73.7	73.3	74.0	74.3	75.4	75.6	76.0	76.2	74.5
2026	(p)75.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	28.0	27.6	29.2	30.8	31.9	34.6	34.2	34.2	31.8	31.2	30.5	30.2	31.2
2026	(p)28.9
Other Services
2025	14.9	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.9
2026	(p)14.7
Government
2025	58.5	59.0	59.0	59.7	59.3	58.6	57.9	57.2	59.2	58.9	59.3	58.9	58.8
2026	(p)57.7
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
2025	310,288	310,837	312,861	311,886	310,915	313,558	316,208	316,071	312,549	(1)-	315,010	(p)314,391
2026	(p)309,974
Employment
2025	298,900	299,399	302,114	302,057	300,164	300,732	302,434	301,761	300,323	(1)-	304,176	(p)304,200
2026	(p)298,283
Unemployment
2025	11,388	11,438	10,747	9,829	10,751	12,826	13,774	14,310	12,226	(1)-	10,834	(p)10,191
2026	(p)11,691
Unemployment Rate
2025	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.2	3.5	4.1	4.4	4.5	3.9	(1)-	3.4	(p)3.2
2026	(p)3.8
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary
The Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania.