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Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, 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	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2025	265.0	264.7	266.1	267.7	270.2	268.6	267.1	266.3	269.5	271.4	271.8	272.6	268.4
2026	266.1	265.0	266.3	(p)268.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	9.7	9.7	10.0	10.3	10.7	11.0	11.2	11.2	11.1	10.9	10.9	10.6	10.6
2026	10.4	10.2	10.5	(p)10.8
Manufacturing
2025	30.1	30.3	30.2	30.2	30.3	30.3	30.2	30.0	29.8	29.6	29.7	29.8	30.0
2026	29.7	29.6	29.8	(p)29.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	68.5	67.6	67.5	67.2	67.7	67.3	67.2	66.6	67.4	68.6	69.4	70.6	68.0
2026	67.1	65.4	65.3	(p)65.4
Information
2025	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8
2026	2.8	2.8	2.8	(p)2.8
Financial Activities
2025	12.2	12.4	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.3
2026	12.1	12.1	12.1	(p)12.1
Professional & Business Services
2025	27.7	27.1	27.3	28.2	28.6	27.9	28.2	28.4	28.6	28.7	28.5	28.7	28.2
2026	28.0	27.9	28.0	(p)28.5
Educational & Health Services
2025	54.9	55.9	56.1	56.4	56.2	55.0	54.7	55.1	56.8	57.7	57.9	57.8	56.2
2026	57.1	57.9	58.2	(p)58.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	21.9	21.6	22.1	22.7	23.8	24.1	23.5	23.7	23.4	23.4	22.8	22.6	23.0
2026	22.0	21.9	22.2	(p)22.9
Other Services
2025	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.5	8.6	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.5	8.6	8.6	8.5	8.6
2026	8.4	8.5	8.4	(p)8.5
Government
2025	28.8	28.9	29.2	29.0	29.1	28.9	28.0	27.2	29.0	29.0	29.1	29.0	28.8
2026	28.5	28.7	29.0	(p)29.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2025	(1)277,796	(1)276,832	(1)277,123	(1)276,368	(1)277,736	(1)278,821	(1)280,149	(1)279,757	(1)278,668	(2)-	(1)281,557	(1)280,690	(1)(3)278,682
2026	280,135	279,428	(p)281,000
Employment
2025	(1)263,187	(1)262,084	(1)263,547	(1)264,303	(1)264,760	(1)264,084	(1)264,921	(1)263,052	(1)264,823	(2)-	(1)268,759	(1)268,451	(1)(3)264,725
2026	265,722	264,141	(p)267,470
Unemployment
2025	(1)14,609	(1)14,748	(1)13,576	(1)12,065	(1)12,976	(1)14,737	(1)15,228	(1)16,705	(1)13,845	(2)-	(1)12,798	(1)12,239	(1)(3)13,957
2026	14,413	15,287	(p)13,530
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)5.3	(1)5.3	(1)4.9	(1)4.4	(1)4.7	(1)5.3	(1)5.4	(1)6.0	(1)5.0	(2)-	(1)4.5	(1)4.4	(1)(3)5.0
2026	5.1	5.5	(p)4.8
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary