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

Total Nonfarm

2016

 60.2 60.2 60.6 60.9 62.0 62.0 61.6 61.7 61.5 61.7 61.2 60.9 61.2

2017

 60.0 59.7 60.2 61.0 61.7 (p)62.5              

Mining, Logging, and Construction

2016

 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.9

2017

 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.8 3.0 (p)3.1              

Manufacturing

2016

 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.4

2017

 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 (p)7.3              

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2016

 14.3 14.1 14.2 14.2 14.4 14.2 14.2 14.3 14.3 14.5 14.3 14.3 14.3

2017

 13.9 13.7 14.0 14.2 13.9 (p)14.0              

Information

2016

 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9

2017

 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 (p)0.9              

Financial Activities

2016

 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6

2017

 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 (p)1.6              

Professional & Business Services

2016

 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5

2017

 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.4 (p)5.5              

Educational & Health Services

2016

 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.4 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.5

2017

 12.7 12.8 12.9 12.9 13.0 (p)13.2              

Leisure & Hospitality

2016

 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.4 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.7

2017

 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.5 (p)6.7              

Other Services

2016

 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8

2017

 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 (p)2.8              

Government

2016

 7.7 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.3 7.3 7.8 8.0 7.9 7.9 7.8

2017

 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.4 (p)7.4              

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary

 

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

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

Labor Force

2016

 (r)61,031 (r)60,888 (r)61,098 (r)60,685 (r)61,662 (r)62,206 (r)62,633 (r)62,066 (r)60,872 (r)60,502 (r)59,892 (r)59,417 (r)61,079

2017

 59,810 59,336 59,753 60,192 (p)60,853                

Employment

2016

 (r)57,594 (r)57,479 (r)57,654 (r)57,577 (r)58,605 (r)58,755 (r)58,973 (r)58,599 (r)57,788 (r)57,410 (r)57,030 (r)56,498 (r)57,830

2017

 56,574 56,077 56,714 57,366 (p)57,741                

Unemployment

2016

 (r)3,437 (r)3,409 (r)3,444 (r)3,108 (r)3,057 (r)3,451 (r)3,660 (r)3,467 (r)3,084 (r)3,092 (r)2,862 (r)2,919 (r)3,249

2017

 3,236 3,259 3,039 2,826 (p)3,112                

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (r)5.6 (r)5.6 (r)5.6 (r)5.1 (r)5.0 (r)5.5 (r)5.8 (r)5.6 (r)5.1 (r)5.1 (r)4.8 (r)4.9 (r)5.3

2017

 5.4 5.5 5.1 4.7 (p)5.1                

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

The Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Blair County in Pennsylvania.