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Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ: 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
 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2021

 357.2 359.8 363.5 365.5 369.1 370.1 369.1 368.7 372.9 382.0 384.4 385.2 370.6

2022

 372.5 376.6 379.7 381.7 385.4 389.2 387.5 387.3 390.8 395.0 396.3 (p)396.9  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2021

 12.2 11.8 12.4 13.2 13.5 13.7 14.2 14.2 14.1 14.2 13.9 13.6 13.4

2022

 13.2 13.1 13.4 14.0 14.4 14.9 14.9 14.8 14.7 14.5 14.6 (p)14.0  

Manufacturing

2021

 38.3 38.6 39.0 38.4 39.0 39.4 39.7 39.7 39.5 40.0 40.2 40.5 39.4

2022

 40.4 40.7 40.9 41.0 41.0 41.4 41.5 41.3 41.5 41.5 41.8 (p)42.0  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2021

 90.0 88.5 88.3 87.3 87.2 87.6 88.1 88.2 89.4 92.0 95.4 97.4 90.0

2022

 93.8 93.3 92.9 92.6 93.7 94.0 94.2 93.9 94.9 97.0 98.9 (p)101.1  

Information

2021

 4.9 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.4

2022

 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 (p)5.7  

Financial Activities

2021

 13.4 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.7 13.6 13.4 13.3 13.4 13.4 13.5

2022

 13.7 13.8 13.8 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.2 14.1 14.2 14.2 (p)14.2  

Professional & Business Services

2021

 47.7 48.2 48.2 48.9 49.2 49.3 49.7 49.7 49.7 52.0 52.7 52.6 49.8

2022

 49.2 49.8 50.1 50.6 50.8 50.8 51.2 51.3 51.4 51.6 51.7 (p)50.9  

Educational & Health Services

2021

 74.1 75.8 77.1 77.7 77.1 75.9 75.3 74.7 76.0 78.0 77.6 76.0 76.3

2022

 73.0 75.2 75.9 75.7 75.0 73.9 74.2 74.4 75.7 76.7 77.1 (p)77.4  

Leisure & Hospitality

2021

 26.8 27.7 28.6 29.8 32.3 33.6 34.4 34.5 32.9 33.4 32.0 32.6 31.6

2022

 31.7 32.3 33.8 34.8 37.0 41.2 42.2 42.3 39.8 40.2 38.5 (p)38.2  

Other Services

2021

 12.8 12.8 13.0 13.2 13.4 13.6 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.9 13.8 13.9 13.5

2022

 13.8 13.9 13.9 13.9 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.2 14.0 14.0 14.0 (p)14.1  

Government

2021

 37.0 38.0 38.4 38.4 38.7 38.1 34.7 34.8 38.4 39.4 39.6 39.4 37.9

2022

 38.1 38.9 39.4 39.4 39.5 38.9 35.1 35.2 39.0 39.6 39.8 (p)39.3  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2022

 448,390 447,979 452,008 448,532 454,954 456,751 458,278 459,917 458,844 462,286 456,130 (p)458,516  

2023

 (p)454,667                        

Employment

2022

 423,897 426,291 431,780 430,107 437,031 436,621 437,872 439,087 443,669 447,413 440,867 (p)443,287  

2023

 (p)434,336                        

Unemployment

2022

 24,493 21,688 20,228 18,425 17,923 20,130 20,406 20,830 15,175 14,873 15,263 (p)15,229  

2023

 (p)20,331                        

Unemployment Rate

2022

 5.5 4.8 4.5 4.1 3.9 4.4 4.5 4.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 (p)3.3  

2023

 (p)4.5                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties in Pennsylvania and Warren County in New Jersey.