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Harrisburg-Carlisle, 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	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	357.6	357.4	360.3	361.4	363.6	366.0	364.6	366.6	367.1	368.0	370.7	372.4	364.6
2025	363.8	364.0	(p)366.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	12.1	12.0	12.1	12.4	12.5	13.0	13.3	13.1	12.9	13.0	12.7	12.6	12.6
2025	12.3	12.2	(p)12.3
Manufacturing
2024	21.8	21.6	21.7	21.6	21.7	22.1	21.9	22.0	21.8	21.7	21.7	21.7	21.8
2025	21.5	21.7	(p)21.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	79.6	78.3	78.2	77.7	78.3	78.1	77.3	77.9	78.7	79.9	82.4	83.9	79.2
2025	80.0	79.3	(p)79.2
Information
2024	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3
2025	3.2	3.1	(p)3.2
Financial Activities
2024	20.1	20.0	19.9	19.8	19.7	19.9	19.9	19.9	19.8	19.8	19.8	19.9	19.9
2025	19.8	19.8	(p)19.8
Professional & Business Services
2024	50.2	50.0	50.7	50.9	51.1	50.9	51.0	51.2	51.5	51.5	51.8	51.9	51.1
2025	50.6	50.6	(p)50.9
Educational & Health Services
2024	69.9	70.8	71.4	71.4	71.0	71.1	70.8	71.4	72.5	72.9	73.2	73.3	71.6
2025	72.7	73.6	(p)73.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	28.4	27.8	29.4	30.7	32.3	34.5	34.1	33.9	31.2	30.6	30.0	30.0	31.1
2025	28.8	28.4	(p)29.5
Other Services
2024	15.3	15.4	15.2	14.9	15.1	15.5	15.8	16.1	16.4	16.6	16.6	16.5	15.8
2025	16.4	16.3	(p)16.6
Government
2024	56.9	58.1	58.3	58.7	58.6	57.6	57.2	57.8	59.0	58.8	59.3	59.4	58.3
2025	58.5	59.0	(p)59.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(m)310,927	(m)312,463	(m)312,800	(m)312,032	(m)312,978	(m)315,343	(m)317,953	(m)318,216	(m)312,832	(m)312,714	(m)311,632	(m)311,123
2025	310,288	(p)310,941
Employment
2024	(m)301,051	(m)301,869	(m)302,884	(m)303,249	(m)303,492	(m)303,957	(m)305,672	(m)305,402	(m)303,897	(m)303,115	(m)302,654	(m)302,331
2025	298,900	(p)299,492
Unemployment
2024	(m)9,876	(m)10,594	(m)9,916	(m)8,783	(m)9,486	(m)11,386	(m)12,281	(m)12,814	(m)8,935	(m)9,599	(m)8,978	(m)8,792
2025	11,388	(p)11,449
Unemployment Rate
2024	(m)3.2	(m)3.4	(m)3.2	(m)2.8	(m)3.0	(m)3.6	(m)3.9	(m)4.0	(m)2.9	(m)3.1	(m)2.9	(m)2.8
2025	3.7	(p)3.7
Footnotes (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary
The Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania.