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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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2021	56.9	57.1	57.7	58.5	59.2	59.4	59.3	59.1	59.3	59.5	59.9	60.0	58.8
2022	59.1	59.1	59.4	59.9	60.4	(p)60.8
Mining, Logging, and Construction
2021	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.7
2022	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.8	2.8	(p)2.9
Manufacturing
2021	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6
2022	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	(p)6.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	13.8	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.1	13.9	13.8	13.9	14.2	14.4	14.6	14.0
2022	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.5	(p)14.6
Information
2021	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
2022	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	(p)0.9
Financial Activities
2021	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
2022	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
Professional & Business Services
2021	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.4	5.4	5.1
2022	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	(p)5.3
Educational & Health Services
2021	12.5	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.6	12.5	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.7
2022	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	(p)12.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	4.4	4.6	4.7	5.1	5.7	5.8	5.9	5.8	5.5	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
2022	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.4	5.8	(p)6.2
Other Services
2021	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.6
2022	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	(p)2.7
Government
2021	7.5	7.6	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.4	7.4	7.7	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.7
2022	7.7	7.8	7.9	7.8	7.8	(p)7.6
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
2021	(1)59,297	(1)59,094	(1)58,885	(1)59,084	(1)59,502	(1)60,251	(1)60,551	(1)59,752	(1)58,774	(1)58,845	(1)58,586	(1)58,229	(1)59,237
2022	59,204	58,601	58,974	58,583	59,760	(p)60,104
Employment
2021	(1)54,871	(1)54,898	(1)55,094	(1)55,499	(1)55,910	(1)56,324	(1)56,414	(1)55,962	(1)55,792	(1)55,896	(1)56,005	(1)55,748	(1)55,701
2022	56,000	55,739	56,372	56,245	57,481	(p)57,305
Unemployment
2021	(1)4,426	(1)4,196	(1)3,791	(1)3,585	(1)3,592	(1)3,927	(1)4,137	(1)3,790	(1)2,982	(1)2,949	(1)2,581	(1)2,481	(1)3,536
2022	3,204	2,862	2,602	2,338	2,279	(p)2,799
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)7.5	(1)7.1	(1)6.4	(1)6.1	(1)6.0	(1)6.5	(1)6.8	(1)6.3	(1)5.1	(1)5.0	(1)4.4	(1)4.3	(1)6.0
2022	5.4	4.9	4.4	4.0	3.8	(p)4.7
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (p) Preliminary
The Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Blair County in Pennsylvania.