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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
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Scranton Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jun 2020
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2020
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Scranton—Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton – May 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Pennsylvania’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2017

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA Economy at a Glance:

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020	Mar 2020	Apr 2020	May 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)278.2	277.8	279.1	278.7	271.0	(p)270.5
Employment(1)		(2)262.7	260.2	261.7	258.5	222.6	(p)229.4
Unemployment(1)		(2)15.6	17.6	17.4	20.2	48.4	(p)41.0
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)5.6	6.3	6.2	7.2	17.9	(p)15.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		264.9	258.6	260.3	260.4	215.9	(p)221.2
12-month % change		-0.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	-18.1	(p)-16.0
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		10.1	9.5	9.4	9.5	7.1	(p)9.0
12-month % change		-5.6	-2.1	-1.1	-4.0	-34.9	(p)-12.6
Manufacturing(4)		28.8	28.5	28.5	28.4	23.7	(p)24.6
12-month % change		-0.7	-0.7	-1.0	-1.0	-17.4	(p)-13.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		64.7	63.5	63.0	63.7	56.4	(p)57.2
12-month % change		-1.4	0.5	0.6	1.9	-10.0	(p)-9.2
Information(4)		3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.7	(p)2.7
12-month % change		3.4	0.0	-3.3	0.0	-6.9	(p)-6.9
Financial Activities(4)		12.9	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.7	(p)12.8
12-month % change		1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1.6	(p)-1.5
Professional and Business Services(4)		27.6	26.2	26.4	26.0	22.6	(p)23.3
12-month % change		-2.5	-2.6	-1.5	-2.3	-18.1	(p)-17.7
Education and Health Services(4)		56.2	54.7	56.2	56.0	49.7	(p)49.3
12-month % change		0.9	2.2	1.3	0.4	-11.6	(p)-10.0
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		23.7	22.8	23.2	22.9	7.4	(p)8.7
12-month % change		2.6	1.8	4.0	0.0	-68.6	(p)-64.3
Other Services(4)		8.8	8.7	8.8	8.8	5.6	(p)5.8
12-month % change		2.3	2.4	3.5	2.3	-35.6	(p)-34.1
Government(4)		29.1	29.0	29.0	29.3	28.0	(p)27.8
12-month % change		-0.3	0.3	-0.3	0.0	-4.4	(p)-4.8
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary