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Altoona

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Altoona Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Feb 2024
Altoona, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – February 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Pennsylvania’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2017
Altoona, PA Economy at a Glance:
Altoona, PA
Data Series Back
Data
Aug
2023
Sept
2023
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Dec
2023
Jan
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

59.7 58.6 58.6 59.0 (p)58.8 (p)59.0

Employment(1)

57.2 56.9 56.9 57.4 (p)57.1 (p)57.1

Unemployment(1)

2.5 1.7 1.8 1.6 (p)1.7 (p)2.0

Unemployment Rate(2)

4.2 2.8 3.0 2.7 (p)2.8 (p)3.3

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

60.9 61.3 61.4 61.6 61.9 (p)60.6

12-month % change

1.2 1.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 (p)2.4

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 (p)2.9

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 6.9 7.1 11.1 (p)11.5

Manufacturing(3)

7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.1 (p)7.0

12-month % change

0.0 -1.4 -1.4 -1.4 0.0 (p)-1.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

13.8 13.8 14.0 14.3 14.5 (p)13.8

12-month % change

-0.7 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0.7 (p)-1.4

Information(3)

0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 (p)0.9

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 (p)1.7

12-month % change

6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 (p)6.3

Professional and Business Services(3)

5.6 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 (p)5.5

12-month % change

0.0 1.8 1.8 0.0 1.8 (p)1.9

Education and Health Services(3)

11.9 12.1 12.2 12.2 12.2 (p)12.1

12-month % change

0.0 1.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 (p)2.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

6.4 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.0 (p)5.9

12-month % change

3.2 8.6 15.4 13.2 11.1 (p)13.5

Other Services(3)

2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 (p)2.8

12-month % change

3.7 3.8 7.7 7.7 7.7 (p)3.7

Government(3)

7.7 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.1 (p)8.0

12-month % change

5.5 2.6 1.3 2.5 0.0 (p)1.3

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary