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Lancaster, 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
Lancaster, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2024

260.3 261.4 264.3 266.2 267.2 267.3 265.7 266.7 267.4 268.4 268.5 268.5 266.0

2025

263.1 263.8 265.9 268.0 268.9 270.1 (p)270.0            

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2024

19.1 19.2 19.5 19.8 20.0 20.4 20.6 20.5 20.2 20.2 19.9 19.7 19.9

2025

19.1 19.1 19.5 19.7 20.1 20.7 (p)20.9            

Manufacturing

2024

37.0 37.0 37.4 37.3 37.4 37.7 37.5 37.3 36.9 36.8 36.9 36.7 37.2

2025

36.5 36.7 36.5 36.6 36.6 36.9 (p)37.0            

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2024

58.7 58.0 58.4 58.3 58.4 58.4 58.0 57.7 58.4 58.9 59.8 60.6 58.6

2025

58.9 58.3 58.2 58.4 58.7 58.7 (p)58.6            

Information

2024

2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6

2025

2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 (p)2.5            

Financial Activities

2024

10.6 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.6 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.8 10.7

2025

10.7 10.7 10.6 10.7 10.7 10.9 (p)11.0            

Professional & Business Services

2024

26.7 26.9 27.3 27.8 27.8 27.8 27.5 27.4 27.5 27.6 27.3 27.1 27.4

2025

26.4 26.6 27.1 27.7 27.7 27.7 (p)28.1            

Educational & Health Services

2024

50.1 51.3 51.6 51.7 51.0 50.2 50.0 50.8 51.8 52.3 52.6 52.4 51.3

2025

52.2 52.6 53.1 53.0 52.7 52.5 (p)52.8            

Leisure & Hospitality

2024

23.2 23.0 23.9 25.0 26.7 27.6 27.8 27.7 26.1 25.9 25.2 25.1 25.6

2025

24.0 23.8 24.6 25.6 26.5 27.8 (p)27.6            

Other Services

2024

12.8 12.7 12.9 12.9 13.0 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.1 13.2 13.1 13.1 13.0

2025

13.0 13.0 13.2 13.2 13.4 13.4 (p)13.5            

Government

2024

19.4 20.1 20.2 20.3 19.7 18.6 17.7 18.7 20.2 20.3 20.5 20.5 19.7

2025

19.8 20.6 20.7 20.7 20.0 19.0 (p)18.0            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Lancaster, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2024

289,471 289,570 291,940 292,329 293,664 295,451 298,012 297,086 291,284 291,960 288,069 286,883 292,143

2025

285,895 286,276 289,617 289,492 287,884 289,362 (p)293,182            

Employment

2024

281,044 280,669 283,848 285,745 285,941 285,904 287,457 285,932 283,919 283,815 280,463 279,615 283,696

2025

276,462 276,818 280,748 281,633 279,046 278,925 (p)281,963            

Unemployment

2024

8,427 8,901 8,092 6,584 7,723 9,547 10,555 11,154 7,365 8,145 7,606 7,268 8,447

2025

9,433 9,458 8,869 7,859 8,838 10,437 (p)11,219            

Unemployment Rate

2024

2.9 3.1 2.8 2.3 2.6 3.2 3.5 3.8 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.9

2025

3.3 3.3 3.1 2.7 3.1 3.6 (p)3.8            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Lancaster, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Lancaster County in Pennsylvania.