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Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA

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 2025
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2025
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2025
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — November 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Dec 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Pennsylvania’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2017

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

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
Data Series	Apr 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug 2025	Sept 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	278.3	277.5	278.2	279.9	279.5	278.0
Employment(1)	266.7	265.2	263.9	265.2	264.2	264.9
Unemployment(1)	11.5	12.3	14.3	14.6	15.4	13.2
Unemployment Rate(2)	4.1	4.4	5.1	5.2	5.5	4.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	270.0	271.3	270.8	270.1	270.0	(p)271.8
12-month % change	1.1	0.9	1.2	1.7	1.5	(p)0.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	10.6	10.7	10.9	11.0	10.9	(p)10.8
12-month % change	1.9	0.0	-1.8	-1.8	-2.7	(p)-1.8
Manufacturing(3)	30.4	30.4	30.6	30.7	30.6	(p)30.7
12-month % change	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.3	(p)1.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	67.3	67.7	67.8	67.7	68.1	(p)68.7
12-month % change	-0.3	-0.1	0.6	0.7	1.6	(p)1.0
Information(3)	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.8	(p)2.8
12-month % change	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)	11.5	11.6	11.7	11.8	11.7	(p)11.7
12-month % change	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.9	0.9	(p)1.7
Professional and Business Services(3)	28.8	29.2	28.8	28.9	29.0	(p)28.9
12-month % change	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	-0.3	-0.7	(p)-0.7
Education and Health Services(3)	57.2	56.7	55.6	55.6	55.7	(p)57.0
12-month % change	3.6	3.3	4.1	5.3	4.7	(p)3.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	22.9	23.6	24.3	24.0	23.7	(p)23.0
12-month % change	0.4	-0.8	0.8	2.1	0.4	(p)-0.9
Other Services(3)	9.1	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	(p)9.1
12-month % change	3.4	4.5	3.3	3.3	3.3	(p)2.2
Government(3)	29.4	29.3	28.9	28.1	28.1	(p)29.1
12-month % change	2.1	1.4	1.4	1.1	1.1	(p)-0.3
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