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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

2022

373.0 377.4 379.9 384.0 385.7 386.3 383.7 383.3 387.5 391.5 392.3 394.3 384.9

2023

384.7 387.3 388.7 389.4 (p)391.6                

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2022

12.8 12.7 13.1 13.9 14.2 14.5 14.4 14.4 14.3 14.0 14.1 13.6 13.8

2023

13.4 13.2 13.5 13.9 (p)14.0                

Manufacturing

2022

40.1 40.5 40.7 41.1 40.9 41.1 41.4 41.1 40.8 41.0 41.1 41.4 40.9

2023

41.0 41.2 41.1 40.9 (p)40.9                

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

92.7 92.9 92.7 92.3 92.2 92.4 92.4 92.4 92.1 94.7 96.6 99.0 93.5

2023

95.3 95.2 94.3 93.7 (p)94.2                

Information

2022

5.1 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3

2023

5.3 5.3 5.4 5.3 (p)5.4                

Financial Activities

2022

12.9 12.8 12.7 12.7 12.8 13.0 12.9 12.9 12.8 12.9 12.9 12.9 12.9

2023

12.9 12.8 12.9 13.0 (p)12.9                

Professional & Business Services

2022

50.4 51.0 51.3 51.7 51.6 51.8 51.8 52.0 52.6 52.6 52.5 52.0 51.8

2023

50.7 50.8 51.4 51.9 (p)51.8                

Educational & Health Services

2022

75.9 78.0 78.7 79.7 79.2 77.8 78.0 78.2 80.5 81.5 81.8 82.4 79.3

2023

80.3 82.3 82.5 82.2 (p)82.0                

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

31.3 31.9 32.9 34.5 36.4 37.7 38.2 38.2 36.2 36.0 34.3 34.0 35.1

2023

33.4 33.3 34.1 34.7 (p)36.5                

Other Services

2022

13.7 13.8 13.8 14.0 14.2 14.6 14.4 14.3 14.2 14.3 14.3 14.4 14.2

2023

14.3 14.3 14.3 14.4 (p)14.4                

Government

2022

38.1 38.6 38.8 38.8 38.9 38.0 34.8 34.4 38.6 39.1 39.3 39.3 38.1

2023

38.1 38.9 39.2 39.4 (p)39.5                

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

458,278 447,979 452,008 448,532 454,954 456,751 458,278 459,917 (p)458,441        

2023

(p)454,667 455,135 (p)454,513                    

Employment

2022

437,872 426,291 431,780 430,107 437,031 436,621 437,872 439,087 (p)443,287        

2023

(p)434,336 434,274 (p)437,030                    

Unemployment

2022

20,406 21,688 20,228 18,425 17,923 20,130 20,406 20,830 (p)15,154        

2023

(p)20,331 20,861 (p)17,483                    

Unemployment Rate

2022

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

2023

(p)4.5 4.6 (p)3.8                    

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.