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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
2019	343.6	345.5	346.9	350.8	352.5	354.4	354.5	354.9	352.8	355.2	357.7	357.1	352.2
2020	349.6	349.2	349.6	307.4	(p)317.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	11.4	11.4	11.6	12.1	12.5	12.8	12.9	12.6	12.3	12.3	12.0	11.6	12.1
2020	11.1	11.0	11.2	8.5	(p)12.3
Manufacturing
2019	21.7	21.7	22.1	21.9	22.1	22.1	22.2	22.1	21.9	21.8	21.8	21.9	21.9
2020	21.9	22.1	21.8	20.0	(p)20.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	74.8	73.8	73.2	73.7	74.1	74.3	73.9	74.5	74.4	75.0	76.8	77.8	74.7
2020	75.1	74.3	74.6	67.5	(p)67.7
Information
2019	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.6
2020	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	(p)3.4
Financial Activities
2019	21.5	21.6	21.7	21.6	21.7	21.9	21.8	21.8	21.5	21.6	21.6	21.6	21.7
2020	21.6	21.6	21.6	21.3	(p)21.6
Professional & Business Services
2019	50.2	50.4	50.3	51.0	51.3	51.2	51.4	51.7	51.6	52.5	53.1	52.7	51.5
2020	51.6	50.9	51.1	47.0	(p)47.8
Educational & Health Services
2019	58.2	59.8	59.9	60.1	60.3	59.0	59.4	59.7	60.9	61.4	61.7	61.8	60.2
2020	61.6	62.1	62.4	57.7	(p)57.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	29.1	29.1	30.1	32.4	33.6	36.1	36.1	35.8	32.4	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.7
2020	30.2	29.7	29.3	12.7	(p)18.8
Other Services
2019	15.2	15.3	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.7	15.6	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.2	15.4
2020	15.2	15.2	15.2	11.2	(p)11.4
Government
2019	57.9	58.8	59.0	58.9	57.8	57.7	57.4	57.4	58.9	59.1	59.2	58.5	58.4
2020	57.8	58.8	58.9	58.0	(p)57.6
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
2019	(1)296,743	(1)297,805	(1)296,996	(1)296,718	(1)299,080	(1)304,772	(1)309,299	(1)307,279	(1)302,473	(1)304,253	(1)304,620	(1)304,502	(1)302,045
2020	303,565	303,802	301,253	301,504	(p)306,900
Employment
2019	(1)285,702	(1)286,946	(1)286,697	(1)287,942	(1)288,835	(1)292,914	(1)296,188	(1)294,471	(1)291,334	(1)292,465	(1)293,430	(1)293,165	(1)290,841
2020	290,893	291,041	287,041	261,413	(p)272,472
Unemployment
2019	(1)11,041	(1)10,859	(1)10,299	(1)8,776	(1)10,245	(1)11,858	(1)13,111	(1)12,808	(1)11,139	(1)11,788	(1)11,190	(1)11,337	(1)11,204
2020	12,672	12,761	14,212	40,091	(p)34,428
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)3.7	(1)3.6	(1)3.5	(1)3.0	(1)3.4	(1)3.9	(1)4.2	(1)4.2	(1)3.7	(1)3.9	(1)3.7	(1)3.7	(1)3.7
2020	4.2	4.2	4.7	13.3	(p)11.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary
The Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania.