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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

2023

352.3 353.6 355.8 359.3 360.8 362.3 360.7 361.4 361.5 363.0 365.6 364.2 360.0

2024

355.9 358.2 359.1 362.2 364.8 367.9 367.7 369.6 (p)368.6        

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2023

11.8 11.8 12.0 12.3 12.6 13.0 13.1 13.0 12.8 12.7 12.6 12.4 12.5

2024

12.0 11.9 12.2 12.6 12.9 13.2 13.4 13.5 (p)13.4        

Manufacturing

2023

22.2 22.2 22.4 22.5 22.5 22.3 22.5 22.4 22.2 22.2 22.2 22.2 22.3

2024

22.1 22.0 22.0 22.1 22.1 22.3 22.3 22.3 (p)22.1        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

80.2 78.9 79.2 78.8 79.4 79.4 78.0 78.0 78.7 79.4 81.3 82.2 79.5

2024

78.8 78.0 77.7 77.6 78.0 78.2 78.3 78.3 (p)78.7        

Information

2023

3.4 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4

2024

3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 (p)3.4        

Financial Activities

2023

20.6 20.6 20.7 20.8 20.8 21.0 20.8 20.7 20.6 20.7 20.7 20.8 20.7

2024

20.8 20.7 20.8 20.9 20.9 21.1 21.2 21.2 (p)21.0        

Professional & Business Services

2023

50.3 50.3 50.3 50.6 50.4 50.0 50.2 50.1 50.4 50.3 50.4 49.5 50.2

2024

48.5 48.4 48.4 49.4 49.7 50.7 50.7 51.1 (p)50.8        

Educational & Health Services

2023

65.9 66.9 67.3 67.6 67.7 67.3 67.4 67.9 69.1 69.8 70.1 69.9 68.1

2024

68.9 70.7 70.9 71.0 70.9 70.3 70.2 70.8 (p)71.9        

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

27.6 27.7 28.5 30.8 32.2 34.1 34.2 34.3 31.2 30.8 30.5 30.0 31.0

2024

29.0 29.2 29.9 31.3 33.1 35.5 35.6 35.4 (p)32.8        

Other Services

2023

15.2 15.2 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.6 15.6 15.6 15.7 15.4 15.5

2024

15.5 15.5 15.1 15.1 15.3 15.5 15.6 15.5 (p)15.3        

Government

2023

55.1 56.5 56.7 57.0 56.3 56.2 55.4 55.9 57.4 58.0 58.6 58.4 56.8

2024

56.9 58.4 58.7 58.8 58.5 57.7 57.0 58.1 (p)59.2        

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

2023

305,085 305,498 305,846 306,820 308,868 312,328 313,344 314,950 310,216 310,774 311,390 307,898 309,418

2024

308,182 311,750 312,995 312,812 313,855 314,874 318,207 314,954 (p)309,897        

Employment

2023

295,116 295,074 297,158 299,312 300,326 302,345 303,229 303,156 301,720 302,093 303,691 300,412 300,303

2024

299,216 302,122 303,589 304,565 304,651 303,923 306,672 302,922 (p)301,550        

Unemployment

2023

9,969 10,424 8,688 7,508 8,542 9,983 10,115 11,794 8,496 8,681 7,699 7,486 9,115

2024

8,966 9,628 9,406 8,247 9,204 10,951 11,535 12,032 (p)8,347        

Unemployment Rate

2023

3.3 3.4 2.8 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.7 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.9

2024

2.9 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.9 3.5 3.6 3.8 (p)2.7        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

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