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State College, 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
State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

77.8 80.1 80.3 81.6 74.7 75.4 75.0 78.6 81.3 82.5 83.1 83.3 79.5

2024

79.6 (p)81.9                      

Manufacturing

2023

4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6

2024

4.5 (p)4.5                      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.1 9.1 9.5 9.5 9.8 9.9 9.5

2024

9.6 (p)9.4                      

Professional & Business Services

2023

6.3 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6

2024

6.4 (p)6.4                      

Educational & Health Services

2023

9.6 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.0 10.0 9.8

2024

9.9 (p)10.0                      

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

6.8 7.1 6.9 7.4 6.8 6.7 7.0 7.2 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.2

2024

7.4 (p)7.5                      

Government

2023

32.1 33.9 34.1 34.3 28.0 28.6 28.0 31.2 33.4 34.3 34.7 34.9 32.3

2024

32.3 (p)34.3                      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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

State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

77,996 79,388 79,437 79,641 79,759 76,280 75,598 77,598 79,471 80,685 81,005 (p)80,751  

2024

(p)80,315                        

Employment

2023

75,035 76,504 77,158 77,763 77,436 73,576 73,211 74,761 77,670 78,703 79,268 (p)78,892  

2024

(p)78,193                        

Unemployment

2023

2,961 2,884 2,279 1,878 2,323 2,704 2,387 2,837 1,801 1,982 1,737 (p)1,859  

2024

(p)2,122                        

Unemployment Rate

2023

3.8 3.6 2.9 2.4 2.9 3.5 3.2 3.7 2.3 2.5 2.1 (p)2.3  

2024

(p)2.6                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.