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Scranton

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Scranton Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Sep 2024
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2024
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – August 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2024
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
Mar
2024
Apr
2024
May
2024
June
2024
July
2024
Aug
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

285.0 282.6 282.9 282.6 284.5 (p)280.7

Employment(1)

273.6 273.0 272.6 270.6 271.6 (p)267.3

Unemployment(1)

11.4 9.5 10.3 12.0 12.9 (p)13.4

Unemployment Rate(2)

4.0 3.4 3.6 4.3 4.5 (p)4.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

267.9 269.3 271.0 272.2 270.9 (p)270.8

12-month % change

2.3 1.9 2.1 2.8 2.8 (p)2.7

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

10.2 10.5 10.5 10.9 11.0 (p)11.1

12-month % change

3.0 -0.9 -3.7 -2.7 -1.8 (p)-0.9

Manufacturing(3)

29.8 29.9 30.0 30.3 30.3 (p)30.1

12-month % change

-0.7 -0.7 0.3 0.3 1.0 (p)-0.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

68.6 68.4 69.0 68.8 68.4 (p)68.2

12-month % change

0.9 0.6 1.0 0.9 1.3 (p)1.0

Information(3)

2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 (p)2.9

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 -3.3 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

11.6 11.6 11.6 11.7 11.7 (p)11.7

12-month % change

0.0 -0.9 -0.9 -1.7 -1.7 (p)-0.8

Professional and Business Services(3)

28.6 29.0 29.0 29.6 29.9 (p)30.2

12-month % change

4.0 3.6 2.5 6.5 4.2 (p)5.6

Education and Health Services(3)

55.5 55.6 55.2 54.3 54.1 (p)54.3

12-month % change

4.5 4.3 4.3 4.8 5.7 (p)5.8

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

22.7 23.3 24.5 25.4 25.1 (p)24.8

12-month % change

3.2 2.2 4.3 6.7 6.8 (p)5.1

Other Services(3)

8.9 8.9 9.0 9.2 9.3 (p)9.3

12-month % change

1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 3.3 (p)3.3

Government(3)

29.1 29.2 29.3 29.1 28.2 (p)28.2

12-month % change

3.9 3.9 3.9 4.7 2.5 (p)1.8

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