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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
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.