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State College, 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	State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2021	68.6	71.7	73.4	73.8	74.0	70.6	71.0	72.9	75.4	76.7	77.0	76.8	73.5
2022	74.1	75.8	76.2	76.9	76.9	72.5	72.2	73.8	76.7	77.9	78.4	(p)78.2
Manufacturing
2021	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4
2022	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	(p)4.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.5	9.8	9.9	10.1	9.5
2022	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.0	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.7	(p)9.7
Professional & Business Services
2021	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0
2022	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	6.0	6.0	(p)5.9
Educational & Health Services
2021	9.0	9.1	9.2	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.4	9.3	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.1	9.2
2022	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.4	9.5	9.5	(p)9.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	4.5	5.2	5.5	5.7	5.6	5.7	5.9	6.0	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.2	5.8
2022	6.0	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.6	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.5	(p)6.4
Government
2021	27.6	29.6	30.6	30.6	30.5	26.7	26.6	28.3	30.8	31.6	31.8	31.8	29.7
2022	29.7	31.3	31.6	31.9	31.9	27.2	26.9	28.6	31.4	32.4	32.8	(p)32.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2022	76,207	77,060	77,785	77,363	78,505	74,523	74,644	75,820	77,837	78,870	77,978	(p)78,451
2023	(p)77,855
Employment
2022	73,181	74,425	75,205	75,144	76,136	71,531	71,746	72,962	75,826	76,913	76,000	(p)76,268
2023	(p)74,887
Unemployment
2022	3,026	2,635	2,580	2,219	2,369	2,992	2,898	2,858	2,011	1,957	1,978	(p)2,183
2023	(p)2,968
Unemployment Rate
2022	4.0	3.4	3.3	2.9	3.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	2.6	2.5	2.5	(p)2.8
2023	(p)3.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.