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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
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Scranton Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Oct 2019
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2022
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Scranton—Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton – May 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Pennsylvania’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2017

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA Economy at a Glance:

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 2022	May 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)270.5	274.3	272.5	273.8	273.3	(p)275.5
Employment(1)		(2)256.1	255.4	255.8	258.3	259.3	(p)262.1
Unemployment(1)		(2)14.4	18.9	16.7	15.5	14.0	(p)13.4
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)5.3	6.9	6.1	5.7	5.1	(p)4.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		257.3	250.7	252.6	253.5	257.2	(p)257.9
12-month % change		4.7	4.6	4.8	3.8	4.3	(p)4.0
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		10.3	9.7	9.6	9.8	10.3	(p)10.5
12-month % change		2.0	5.4	9.1	1.0	-2.8	(p)0.0
Manufacturing(4)		28.4	28.0	28.6	28.7	28.7	(p)28.6
12-month % change		4.0	3.3	4.4	4.7	4.7	(p)4.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		69.5	68.8	68.8	69.0	69.0	(p)68.8
12-month % change		6.3	8.3	9.6	9.5	10.4	(p)9.9
Information(4)		3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	(p)3.0
12-month % change		20.0	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	(p)7.1
Financial Activities(4)		11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	(p)11.8
12-month % change		-5.6	-4.8	-4.8	-4.8	-4.9	(p)-4.1
Professional and Business Services(4)		29.0	27.3	27.0	27.0	28.8	(p)28.2
12-month % change		11.1	11.0	8.0	7.1	11.6	(p)8.0
Education and Health Services(4)		49.5	48.2	49.9	49.2	49.1	(p)48.9
12-month % change		-1.4	-2.6	-1.2	-4.5	-3.5	(p)-4.1
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		20.1	18.9	18.9	19.6	21.1	(p)22.2
12-month % change		17.5	12.5	8.6	10.1	10.5	(p)11.0
Other Services(4)		7.9	7.8	7.9	7.9	8.0	(p)8.1
12-month % change		8.2	8.3	8.2	8.2	6.7	(p)6.6
Government(4)		27.8	27.3	27.2	27.6	27.6	(p)27.8
12-month % change		1.8	2.6	1.9	1.5	-1.1	(p)-0.4
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary