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Pennsylvania: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Pennsylvania
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2021

5,549.4 5,592.0 5,661.6 5,717.3 5,753.5 5,761.8 5,765.1 5,763.9 5,801.1 5,863.3 5,894.0 5,881.6 5,750.4

2022

5,757.9 5,820.3 5,859.4 5,918.7 5,953.2 5,988.6 5,982.4 5,973.5 6,012.4 6,061.0 6,083.8 (p)6,081.8  

Mining & Logging

2021

21.0 21.0 21.4 21.7 21.9 21.9 22.1 22.1 22.0 22.1 22.3 21.9 21.8

2022

21.9 22.2 22.5 22.9 23.4 23.6 23.7 23.9 23.9 24.2 24.1 (p)23.9  

Construction

2021

232.7 227.3 239.2 253.9 258.5 263.2 267.1 266.6 263.3 262.0 257.6 244.4 253.0

2022

234.0 232.1 239.1 251.3 256.9 266.9 269.6 268.6 264.7 261.4 259.6 (p)253.0  

Manufacturing

2021

534.8 536.0 539.3 537.9 539.7 544.2 547.0 547.4 544.2 546.2 546.7 547.3 542.6

2022

545.3 554.6 555.0 561.4 563.0 566.3 566.7 564.4 565.0 567.9 568.2 (p)572.1  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2021

1,098.4 1,085.3 1,089.0 1,085.0 1,091.4 1,095.9 1,093.5 1,092.9 1,099.0 1,117.0 1,151.3 1,175.2 1,106.2

2022

1,141.9 1,143.1 1,145.3 1,144.7 1,145.6 1,152.8 1,149.4 1,149.7 1,161.5 1,175.0 1,194.0 (p)1,210.1  

Information

2021

81.6 82.4 83.3 83.2 83.8 85.5 87.0 87.8 89.3 89.3 89.7 91.2 86.2

2022

88.4 87.3 87.5 88.8 89.2 91.1 91.5 91.5 91.0 90.8 90.9 (p)90.9  

Financial Activities

2021

324.1 325.2 326.1 325.8 326.4 329.1 331.3 330.8 327.2 325.1 326.0 327.5 327.1

2022

327.4 326.4 326.8 328.6 329.5 331.8 332.8 334.2 331.3 332.3 333.0 (p)333.6  

Professional & Business Services

2021

768.6 775.2 780.7 794.2 798.0 800.3 804.1 803.3 805.9 819.7 821.6 806.1 798.1

2022

797.5 800.3 807.3 821.9 819.0 825.5 835.8 837.1 829.2 839.7 840.8 (p)836.6  

Educational & Health Services

2021

1,202.2 1,225.0 1,241.0 1,244.8 1,236.7 1,208.9 1,202.3 1,197.7 1,223.0 1,243.1 1,246.9 1,241.5 1,226.1

2022

1,213.8 1,248.7 1,254.7 1,253.9 1,252.5 1,239.8 1,236.7 1,235.3 1,265.2 1,289.2 1,293.1 (p)1,287.3  

Leisure & Hospitality

2021

394.3 408.6 427.4 451.9 479.2 504.2 523.9 528.1 504.7 509.0 499.9 497.9 477.4

2022

476.8 481.7 494.0 516.1 545.0 573.7 578.6 573.3 551.2 546.0 537.3 (p)536.4  

Other Services

2021

225.2 226.2 229.3 232.3 234.8 238.6 242.0 241.1 238.3 241.2 240.0 242.5 236.0

2022

240.1 242.0 243.3 243.2 246.1 251.8 256.0 254.3 245.7 246.0 247.8 (p)248.4  

Government

2021

666.5 679.8 684.9 686.6 683.1 670.0 644.8 646.1 684.2 688.6 692.0 686.1 676.1

2022

670.8 681.9 683.9 685.9 683.0 665.3 641.6 641.2 683.7 688.5 695.0 (p)689.5  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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

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

Labor Force

2022

(r)6,408,694 (r)6,421,513 (r)6,455,943 (r)6,433,960 (r)6,504,345 (r)6,518,537 (r)6,543,436 (r)6,540,760 (r)6,498,568 (r)6,516,459 (r)6,454,677 (r)6,452,027 (r)6,479,077

2023

(p)6,479,498                        

Employment

2022

(r)6,093,685 (r)6,121,517 (r)6,176,130 (r)6,179,788 (r)6,238,060 (r)6,209,904 (r)6,221,944 (r)6,203,715 (r)6,245,509 (r)6,261,099 (r)6,200,854 (r)6,204,409 (r)6,196,385

2023

(p)6,186,759                        

Unemployment

2022

(r)315,009 (r)299,996 (r)279,813 (r)254,172 (r)266,285 (r)308,633 (r)321,492 (r)337,045 (r)253,059 (r)255,360 (r)253,823 (r)247,618 (r)282,692

2023

(p)292,739                        

Unemployment Rate

2022

(r)4.9 (r)4.7 (r)4.3 (r)4.0 (r)4.1 (r)4.7 (r)4.9 (r)5.2 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.8 (r)4.4

2023

(p)4.5                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised