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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
Sector	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.