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Pennsylvania: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Pennsylvania
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Nonfarm

2021

5,641.3 5,666.7 5,706.4 5,707.5 5,723.9 5,739.6 5,775.7 5,782.8 5,778.5 5,814.3 5,832.6 5,837.6

2022

5,856.4 5,886.5 5,906.4 5,918.6 5,929.7 5,948.5 5,977.7 5,986.3 5,999.1 6,011.4 6,023.1 (p)6,040.1

Mining & Logging

2021

21.7 21.7 21.7 21.8 21.9 21.6 21.7 21.7 21.6 21.9 22.2 22.2

2022

22.5 22.7 22.8 23.0 23.4 23.2 23.5 23.6 23.8 24.1 24.1 (p)24.3

Construction

2021

251.7 251.3 254.7 253.6 253.0 251.9 254.2 253.8 253.8 253.4 253.5 253.0

2022

252.3 251.3 252.5 251.2 252.8 255.6 256.2 256.8 254.9 253.0 255.7 (p)260.3

Manufacturing

2021

538.2 538.9 541.3 539.8 540.0 540.2 542.4 544.5 544.9 546.0 546.5 545.4

2022

548.2 558.6 557.6 562.3 562.5 561.3 562.1 562.4 566.1 567.9 568.8 (p)570.8

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2021

1,097.1 1,099.1 1,102.4 1,099.4 1,097.3 1,098.6 1,103.9 1,107.1 1,107.1 1,114.2 1,123.2 1,131.4

2022

1,136.5 1,151.9 1,153.3 1,151.6 1,149.1 1,157.6 1,164.9 1,169.3 1,171.9 1,172.8 1,167.9 (p)1,168.8

Information

2021

82.7 83.0 84.0 84.1 84.6 85.4 86.4 87.2 88.8 89.0 89.2 90.6

2022

89.9 89.0 89.5 90.1 89.5 89.7 90.3 90.4 90.2 90.2 90.1 (p)90.2

Financial Activities

2021

326.6 327.3 328.4 327.7 327.2 326.5 327.5 327.7 327.2 324.8 326.3 327.3

2022

329.1 328.6 329.5 330.1 330.2 329.7 329.5 331.0 330.7 332.6 333.4 (p)333.5

Professional & Business Services

2021

784.6 788.5 792.2 792.1 795.1 796.8 801.0 802.9 803.1 808.3 811.3 805.8

2022

812.9 813.7 819.7 821.2 819.4 819.9 831.2 833.0 827.0 829.5 831.8 (p)835.7

Educational & Health Services

2021

1,211.4 1,213.4 1,226.3 1,226.3 1,233.9 1,233.7 1,232.2 1,228.3 1,220.0 1,227.2 1,226.7 1,228.7

2022

1,230.6 1,234.7 1,239.4 1,243.3 1,251.7 1,258.2 1,262.6 1,264.5 1,268.9 1,271.8 1,273.1 (p)1,276.0

Leisure & Hospitality

2021

427.4 441.4 450.6 456.8 461.6 470.8 486.7 492.1 496.5 510.7 514.4 513.0

2022

512.6 515.2 521.8 527.3 530.8 534.6 535.1 536.2 540.8 545.6 549.6 (p)552.1

Other Services

2021

229.2 230.1 231.4 232.9 233.4 233.9 237.4 237.8 239.1 243.2 242.9 245.2

2022

244.9 244.9 244.6 243.1 244.4 246.4 249.6 248.5 247.9 247.6 250.3 (p)250.2

Government

2021

670.7 672.0 673.4 673.0 675.9 680.2 682.3 679.7 676.4 675.6 676.4 675.0

2022

676.9 675.9 675.7 675.4 675.9 672.3 672.7 670.6 676.9 676.3 678.3 (p)678.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)

Pennsylvania
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Labor Force

2022

(r)6,440,285 (r)6,461,662 (r)6,478,879 (r)6,489,022 (r)6,491,428 (r)6,487,238 (r)6,480,352 (r)6,475,811 (r)6,475,764 (r)6,478,553 (r)6,480,356 (r)6,481,162

2023

(p)6,491,749                      

Employment

2022

(r)6,151,448 (r)6,177,395 (r)6,197,038 (r)6,208,504 (r)6,212,506 (r)6,209,889 (r)6,203,029 (r)6,196,637 (r)6,194,769 (r)6,196,359 (r)6,198,240 (r)6,199,715

2023

(p)6,210,555                      

Unemployment

2022

(r)288,837 (r)284,267 (r)281,841 (r)280,518 (r)278,922 (r)277,349 (r)277,323 (r)279,174 (r)280,995 (r)282,194 (r)282,116 (r)281,447

2023

(p)281,194                      

Unemployment Rate

2022

(r)4.5 (r)4.4 (r)4.4 (r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)4.4 (r)4.4 (r)4.3

2023

(p)4.3                      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised