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Williamsport, 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
Williamsport, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2021

48.6 49.2 49.7 50.1 50.1 49.9 49.6 49.4 49.7 49.8 50.4 50.2 49.7

2022

49.1 49.9 50.2 50.4 50.2 49.9 49.7 50.0 50.8 51.1 51.3 (p)51.1  

Manufacturing

2021

7.2 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.2

2022

7.1 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.5 (p)7.6  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2021

9.6 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.8 10.0 9.5

2022

9.8 9.7 9.6 9.9 9.8 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.9 (p)9.6  

Educational & Health Services

2021

10.5 10.7 10.8 10.7 10.7 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.6 10.7 10.7 10.6 10.6

2022

10.4 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.6 10.5 10.6 10.6 10.9 11.0 11.1 (p)11.1  

Leisure & Hospitality

2021

3.5 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1

2022

3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 (p)4.2  

Government

2021

6.7 7.0 7.0 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.6 7.0 7.0 7.4 7.2 6.9

2022

6.8 7.0 7.1 7.2 6.8 6.6 6.1 6.3 7.1 7.0 7.1 (p)7.0  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Williamsport, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2022

54,632 54,625 54,982 54,349 54,748 54,319 54,422 54,630 54,797 54,999 54,412 (p)54,425  

2023

(p)55,632                        

Employment

2022

51,142 51,575 52,186 51,859 52,352 51,588 51,722 51,932 52,803 53,072 52,402 (p)52,251  

2023

(p)52,797                        

Unemployment

2022

3,490 3,050 2,796 2,490 2,396 2,731 2,700 2,698 1,994 1,927 2,010 (p)2,174  

2023

(p)2,835                        

Unemployment Rate

2022

6.4 5.6 5.1 4.6 4.4 5.0 5.0 4.9 3.6 3.5 3.7 (p)4.0  

2023

(p)5.1                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Williamsport Pa., Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Lycoming County in Pennsylvania.