Erie, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Erie, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Erie, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	123.0	123.7	124.7	125.9	126.7	127.0	126.4	125.9	126.8	127.2	127.0	126.9	125.9
2025	(p)125.1
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	3.9	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.5	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4
2025	(p)4.1
Manufacturing
2024	19.2	19.1	19.2	19.1	19.1	19.3	19.3	19.2	19.1	19.1	19.1	19.1	19.2
2025	(p)19.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	20.2	20.0	19.9	20.1	20.2	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.2	20.3	20.6	20.8	20.3
2025	(p)20.3
Information
2024	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
2025	(p)1.1
Financial Activities
2024	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5
2025	(p)7.5
Professional & Business Services
2024	8.6	8.5	8.7	8.9	9.0	9.1	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9
2025	(p)8.6
Educational & Health Services
2024	29.5	30.1	30.4	30.4	29.9	29.5	29.4	29.7	30.6	30.8	30.9	30.8	30.2
2025	(p)30.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	12.5	12.5	12.7	13.4	14.3	14.9	15.2	14.8	13.8	13.5	13.1	13.1	13.7
2025	(p)12.8
Other Services
2024	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.7
2025	(p)5.6
Government
2024	15.0	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.4	14.7	14.1	13.9	15.5	15.8	15.8	15.7	15.2
2025	(p)15.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Erie, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(t)126,461	(t)127,243	(t)127,439	(t)126,740	(t)127,303	(t)127,990	(t)128,663	(t)127,748	(t)126,000	(t)126,005	(t)124,967	(t)124,881	(t)126,787
2025	125,266	125,760	126,430	125,924	125,580	(p)125,486
Employment
2024	(t)120,950	(t)121,387	(t)122,345	(t)122,598	(t)122,979	(t)122,905	(t)123,286	(t)122,062	(t)122,090	(t)121,698	(t)120,619	(t)119,991	(t)121,909
2025	119,283	119,829	120,876	121,205	120,739	(p)120,023
Unemployment
2024	(t)5,511	(t)5,856	(t)5,094	(t)4,142	(t)4,324	(t)5,085	(t)5,377	(t)5,686	(t)3,910	(t)4,307	(t)4,348	(t)4,890	(t)4,878
2025	5,983	5,931	5,554	4,719	4,841	(p)5,463
Unemployment Rate
2024	(t)4.4	(t)4.6	(t)4.0	(t)3.3	(t)3.4	(t)4.0	(t)4.2	(t)4.5	(t)3.1	(t)3.4	(t)3.5	(t)3.9	(t)3.8
2025	4.8	4.7	4.4	3.7	3.9	(p)4.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (t) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
The Erie, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Erie County in Pennsylvania.