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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	359.9	358.7	360.9	364.1	365.5	367.6	(p)368.2
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	13.0	12.8	13.0	13.2	13.3	13.6	(p)13.7
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	19.6	19.6	19.7	19.6	19.8	19.9	(p)19.9
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	78.9	77.5	77.4	77.7	77.9	78.0	(p)77.8
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	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	(p)3.0
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	19.7	19.7	19.6	19.7	19.7	19.8	(p)20.0
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	48.7	48.3	49.2	49.5	49.4	50.0	(p)50.2
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	75.5	75.3	75.7	76.1	75.7	74.7	(p)75.2
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	29.0	28.8	29.7	31.3	32.9	35.1	(p)35.4
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	14.7	14.8	14.6	14.8	14.9	15.2	(p)15.2
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	57.7	58.8	58.9	59.1	58.9	58.3	(p)57.8
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	308,434	307,091	309,078	308,467	308,726	312,472	316,223	314,922	311,277	(1)-	313,613	312,153	(2)311,132
2026	309,996	308,981	311,924	314,529	316,328	318,549	(p)321,072
Employment
2025	296,537	294,976	297,714	298,164	297,379	299,240	301,848	299,483	298,503	(1)-	302,337	301,778	(2)298,905
2026	298,291	296,482	300,492	303,692	304,721	307,083	(p)309,788
Unemployment
2025	11,897	12,115	11,364	10,303	11,347	13,232	14,375	15,439	12,774	(1)-	11,276	10,375	(2)12,227
2026	11,705	12,499	11,432	10,837	11,607	11,466	(p)11,284
Unemployment Rate
2025	3.9	3.9	3.7	3.3	3.7	4.2	4.5	4.9	4.1	(1)-	3.6	3.3	(2)3.9
2026	3.8	4.0	3.7	3.4	3.7	3.6	(p)3.5
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary
The Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania.