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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2016

 330.1 330.3 333.4 338.1 340.0 340.4 340.4 338.6 340.0 340.8 340.7 341.3 337.8

2017

 335.1 335.6 336.7 342.8 347.0 (p)351.2              

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2016

 10.2 9.9 10.4 10.7 11.0 11.4 11.5 11.4 11.2 11.4 11.4 10.7 10.9

2017

 10.4 10.1 10.4 10.8 11.1 (p)11.4              

Manufacturing

2016

 21.0 20.9 21.1 21.1 21.3 21.6 21.6 21.5 21.2 21.2 21.0 21.1 21.2

2017

 20.9 20.9 21.0 21.1 21.2 (p)21.3              

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2016

 70.7 69.8 70.2 70.5 71.1 71.4 71.8 71.9 72.2 73.0 74.2 75.6 71.9

2017

 73.7 73.2 73.1 74.0 74.9 (p)75.5              

Information

2016

 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.1

2017

 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 (p)4.0              

Financial Activities

2016

 21.6 21.5 21.3 21.3 21.3 21.3 21.3 21.2 21.1 21.0 21.0 21.2 21.3

2017

 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 (p)21.3              

Professional & Business Services

2016

 47.9 47.4 47.5 48.8 48.2 47.9 48.0 47.6 47.9 47.9 47.0 47.3 47.8

2017

 46.9 46.4 46.3 48.1 49.1 (p)50.5              

Educational & Health Services

2016

 54.0 55.2 55.4 55.7 55.3 54.3 54.8 54.5 56.1 56.7 56.4 56.2 55.4

2017

 55.4 56.3 56.4 56.7 56.5 (p)56.6              

Leisure & Hospitality

2016

 28.5 28.2 29.8 31.7 33.8 35.0 35.2 34.9 31.9 31.0 30.4 30.3 31.7

2017

 29.4 29.6 30.0 32.4 34.6 (p)36.0              

Other Services

2016

 14.4 14.3 14.5 14.5 14.7 14.8 14.9 15.1 15.4 15.4 15.4 15.3 14.9

2017

 15.2 15.2 15.3 15.3 15.4 (p)15.5              

Government

2016

 57.7 59.0 59.1 59.6 59.3 58.4 57.1 56.3 58.9 59.1 59.8 59.4 58.6

2017

 58.1 58.9 59.2 59.4 59.2 (p)59.1              

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

2016

 (r)293,390 (r)293,210 (r)295,282 (r)295,595 (r)298,009 (r)300,751 (r)304,358 (r)300,703 (r)297,390 (r)295,715 (r)294,200 (r)292,716 (r)296,777

2017

 293,146 292,598 293,733 297,645 (p)300,784                

Employment

2016

 (r)280,253 (r)280,105 (r)281,766 (r)283,130 (r)284,722 (r)286,219 (r)288,993 (r)285,947 (r)283,972 (r)282,680 (r)282,297 (r)281,358 (r)283,454

2017

 280,699 279,724 281,453 285,910 (p)287,332                

Unemployment

2016

 (r)13,137 (r)13,105 (r)13,516 (r)12,465 (r)13,287 (r)14,532 (r)15,365 (r)14,756 (r)13,418 (r)13,035 (r)11,903 (r)11,358 (r)13,323

2017

 12,447 12,874 12,280 11,735 (p)13,452                

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (r)4.5 (r)4.5 (r)4.6 (r)4.2 (r)4.5 (r)4.8 (r)5.0 (r)4.9 (r)4.5 (r)4.4 (r)4.0 (r)3.9 (r)4.5

2017

 4.2 4.4 4.2 3.9 (p)4.5                

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

The Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania.