Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, 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--Hazleton, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	259.2	260.3	261.8	264.3	265.5	264.8	263.4	263.8	268.1	270.4	271.6	271.2	265.4
2024	265.1	266.4	267.9	269.3	271.0	272.2	270.9	270.9	272.2	(p)274.1
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	9.6	9.6	9.9	10.6	10.9	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	10.9	10.6	10.7
2024	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.5	10.5	10.9	11.0	11.1	11.0	(p)11.0
Manufacturing
2023	29.8	29.9	30.0	30.1	29.9	30.2	30.0	30.2	30.2	30.1	30.2	30.3	30.1
2024	30.1	30.1	29.8	29.9	30.0	30.3	30.3	30.1	30.0	(p)29.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	68.8	67.9	68.0	68.0	68.3	68.2	67.5	67.5	68.7	69.4	70.5	71.4	68.7
2024	69.0	68.3	68.6	68.4	69.0	68.8	68.4	68.1	68.7	(p)69.3
Information
2023	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9
2024	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	(p)2.9
Financial Activities
2023	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.5	11.6	11.5	11.6	11.7
2024	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	(p)11.6
Professional & Business Services
2023	27.7	27.6	27.5	28.0	28.3	27.8	28.7	28.6	29.4	29.4	29.4	28.7	28.4
2024	28.0	28.3	28.6	29.0	29.0	29.6	29.9	30.2	29.8	(p)30.2
Educational & Health Services
2023	51.0	52.7	53.1	53.3	52.9	51.8	51.2	51.3	53.6	54.8	55.2	54.9	53.0
2024	53.5	55.1	55.5	55.6	55.2	54.3	54.1	54.3	55.9	(p)57.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	21.4	21.5	22.0	22.8	23.5	23.8	23.5	23.6	23.2	23.1	22.9	22.7	22.8
2024	22.1	22.3	22.7	23.3	24.5	25.4	25.1	25.1	24.0	(p)23.8
Other Services
2023	8.6	8.7	8.8	8.8	8.9	9.1	9.0	9.0	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9
2024	9.0	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.2	9.3	9.2	9.1	(p)9.1
Government
2023	27.8	27.9	28.0	28.1	28.2	27.8	27.5	27.7	28.6	29.0	29.2	29.2	28.3
2024	28.9	28.9	29.1	29.2	29.3	29.1	28.2	28.2	29.2	(p)29.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	275,329	275,940	276,451	274,765	276,385	277,458	278,644	279,771	279,144	280,778	281,284	279,211	277,931
2024	280,905	284,181	285,009	282,558	282,892	282,573	284,542	280,596	277,637	(p)278,197
Employment
2023	261,846	262,024	264,167	265,075	266,106	265,885	266,470	266,300	269,353	270,617	271,677	269,482	266,584
2024	268,815	271,333	273,641	273,048	272,615	270,557	271,647	267,225	268,244	(p)267,941
Unemployment
2023	13,483	13,916	12,284	9,690	10,279	11,573	12,174	13,471	9,791	10,161	9,607	9,729	11,347
2024	12,090	12,848	11,368	9,510	10,277	12,016	12,895	13,371	9,393	(p)10,256
Unemployment Rate
2023	4.9	5.0	4.4	3.5	3.7	4.2	4.4	4.8	3.5	3.6	3.4	3.5	4.1
2024	4.3	4.5	4.0	3.4	3.6	4.3	4.5	4.8	3.4	(p)3.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary