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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
2024	51.9	52.0	52.3	52.6	52.5	52.3	52.1	52.3	52.7	53.2	53.5	53.2	52.6
2025	52.5	52.7	(p)52.7
Manufacturing
2024	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6
2025	7.5	7.5	(p)7.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	9.6	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.7	9.8	9.6
2025	9.6	9.6	(p)9.5
Educational & Health Services
2024	11.2	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.5	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.4
2025	11.6	11.7	(p)11.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.6	4.8	4.9	4.8	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.6
2025	4.4	4.3	(p)4.4
Government
2024	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.1	6.9	6.7	6.9	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.3	7.2
2025	7.4	7.5	(p)7.5
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
2024	(m)56,428	(m)56,364	(m)56,472	(m)56,135	(m)56,085	(m)55,923	(m)56,063	(m)56,046	(m)55,732	(m)55,996	(m)55,753	(m)55,520
2025	52,850	(p)53,059
Employment
2024	(m)54,034	(m)53,849	(m)54,262	(m)54,367	(m)54,206	(m)53,747	(m)53,741	(m)53,573	(m)53,948	(m)54,113	(m)53,896	(m)53,518
2025	50,220	(p)50,453
Unemployment
2024	(m)2,394	(m)2,515	(m)2,210	(m)1,768	(m)1,879	(m)2,176	(m)2,322	(m)2,473	(m)1,784	(m)1,883	(m)1,857	(m)2,002
2025	2,630	(p)2,606
Unemployment Rate
2024	(m)4.2	(m)4.5	(m)3.9	(m)3.1	(m)3.4	(m)3.9	(m)4.1	(m)4.4	(m)3.2	(m)3.4	(m)3.3	(m)3.6
2025	5.0	(p)4.9
Footnotes (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary
The Williamsport Pa., Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Lycoming County in Pennsylvania.