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Chambersburg-Waynesboro

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – September 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Oct 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area — June 2024 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2024
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA Economy at a Glance:
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
Data Series Back
Data
Apr
2024
May
2024
June
2024
July
2024
Aug
2024
Sept
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

77.3 77.9 78.0 78.7 (p)77.6  

Employment(1)

75.5 75.8 75.4 76.0 (p)74.8  

Unemployment(1)

1.8 2.1 2.6 2.7 (p)2.9  

Unemployment Rate(2)

2.3 2.7 3.3 3.4 (p)3.7  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

61.3 61.9 62.0 61.7 62.0 (p)62.3

12-month % change

0.7 1.3 1.8 2.5 2.8 (p)2.3

Mining, Logging and Construction(3)

2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7 (p)2.7

12-month % change

-3.7 -3.7 -3.6 -3.6 -3.6 (p)0.0

Manufacturing(3)

8.9 8.9 9.0 9.0 9.0 (p)9.0

12-month % change

1.1 1.1 1.1 3.4 2.3 (p)3.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

16.5 16.6 16.7 16.6 16.7 (p)16.7

12-month % change

0.0 1.2 3.7 3.8 4.4 (p)1.8

Professional and Business Services(3)

6.0 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.2 (p)6.2

12-month % change

-1.6 1.7 3.4 6.9 5.1 (p)1.6

Education and Health Services(3)

9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 (p)10.0

12-month % change

4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 5.3 (p)4.2

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

5.0 5.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 (p)5.2

12-month % change

2.0 2.0 3.8 1.9 3.8 (p)4.0

Government(3)

7.5 7.6 7.3 7.0 7.3 (p)7.7

12-month % change

-2.6 -2.6 -3.9 -2.8 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