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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
2018	337.6	338.9	341.5	346.0	348.0	349.8	348.7	350.1	349.3	348.7	349.2	349.0	346.4
2019	339.9	339.9	340.6	348.3	350.2	350.5	348.3	350.3	346.7	348.5	351.1	(p)350.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2018	11.2	11.2	11.5	11.8	12.2	12.5	12.7	12.9	12.6	12.7	12.5	12.0	12.2
2019	11.6	11.3	11.4	12.1	12.5	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.6	12.7	12.4	(p)11.8
Manufacturing
2018	20.9	20.9	21.1	21.2	21.3	21.6	21.6	21.6	21.5	21.4	21.3	21.4	21.3
2019	21.2	21.1	21.3	21.3	21.5	21.7	21.7	21.7	21.4	21.5	21.4	(p)21.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2018	73.0	72.4	72.5	72.5	73.2	73.3	73.1	73.7	73.8	74.3	76.7	77.9	73.9
2019	75.3	73.7	73.6	74.6	74.8	74.7	74.0	74.2	74.6	75.4	77.3	(p)78.0
Information
2018	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.6
2019	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	(p)3.4
Financial Activities
2018	21.4	21.4	21.5	21.5	21.8	21.9	21.9	22.0	21.8	21.9	22.0	21.9	21.8
2019	21.8	21.8	21.9	21.9	22.1	22.4	22.3	22.4	22.1	22.2	22.2	(p)22.3
Professional & Business Services
2018	48.8	48.2	48.4	49.8	49.8	50.1	50.1	50.1	50.3	50.2	50.1	48.7	49.6
2019	47.6	47.6	47.2	49.3	49.0	49.6	48.9	49.3	48.9	49.7	50.2	(p)50.0
Educational & Health Services
2018	56.5	58.2	58.4	58.8	58.6	57.5	57.6	57.8	59.1	59.8	59.6	59.7	58.5
2019	59.0	59.8	59.9	60.1	60.0	57.9	58.1	58.8	59.6	60.1	60.4	(p)60.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	29.5	29.1	30.2	32.5	33.6	36.1	35.7	35.4	32.6	31.2	29.7	30.4	32.2
2019	27.5	27.7	28.3	31.8	33.7	35.7	35.5	35.4	30.7	30.0	29.9	(p)30.2
Other Services
2018	15.1	15.1	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.6	15.7	15.8	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.5	15.5
2019	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.7	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.8	(p)15.7
Government
2018	57.6	58.8	58.9	58.9	58.4	57.5	56.7	57.2	58.4	58.0	58.1	58.0	58.0
2019	57.0	57.9	58.0	58.2	57.4	56.5	55.7	56.4	57.6	57.7	58.1	(p)57.1
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
2018	292,217	293,409	293,066	294,402	296,076	301,854	305,021	301,544	297,676	296,672	296,465	295,926	297,027
2019	294,815	295,019	293,699	296,189	298,566	302,013	304,900	304,187	298,960	300,768	(p)300,750
Employment
2018	279,861	281,018	282,134	284,518	286,150	289,562	292,766	289,772	287,595	286,712	287,055	286,334	286,123
2019	284,660	284,768	284,305	288,237	288,962	291,218	292,617	292,195	288,441	289,116	(p)289,779
Unemployment
2018	12,356	12,391	10,932	9,884	9,926	12,292	12,255	11,772	10,081	9,960	9,410	9,592	10,904
2019	10,155	10,251	9,394	7,952	9,604	10,795	12,283	11,992	10,519	11,652	(p)10,971
Unemployment Rate
2018	4.2	4.2	3.7	3.4	3.4	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.4	3.4	3.2	3.2	3.7
2019	3.4	3.5	3.2	2.7	3.2	3.6	4.0	3.9	3.5	3.9	(p)3.6
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