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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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2022	73.9	76.2	76.4	77.4	77.2	73.0	73.4	75.5	78.7	80.0	80.6	80.4	76.9
2023	76.7	79.1	79.6	(p)80.5
Manufacturing
2022	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6
2023	4.6	4.6	4.6	(p)4.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	9.7	9.7	9.5	9.7	9.4	9.3	9.2	9.2	9.6	9.6	9.9	9.9	9.6
2023	9.6	9.6	9.7	(p)9.7
Professional & Business Services
2022	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.4	6.5	6.4	6.5	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5
2023	6.4	6.4	6.4	(p)6.5
Educational & Health Services
2022	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.2	9.3	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.5	9.4	9.5	9.3
2023	9.4	9.4	9.5	(p)9.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	6.2	6.5	6.4	6.7	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.7	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.8	6.6
2023	6.8	6.9	6.8	(p)7.0
Government
2022	29.5	31.2	31.3	31.5	31.7	27.2	27.2	28.9	32.0	32.9	33.3	33.3	30.8
2023	30.6	32.6	32.8	(p)33.2
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
2022	(1)76,308	(1)77,714	(1)78,037	(1)77,942	(1)78,679	(1)75,382	(1)75,849	(1)77,498	(1)79,422	(1)80,321	(1)79,755	(1)79,725	(1)78,053
2023	77,996	79,388	79,437	(p)79,542
Employment
2022	(1)73,365	(1)74,926	(1)75,253	(1)75,562	(1)75,983	(1)71,960	(1)72,495	(1)74,114	(1)76,911	(1)77,820	(1)77,291	(1)77,175	(1)75,238
2023	75,035	76,504	77,158	(p)77,651
Unemployment
2022	(1)2,943	(1)2,788	(1)2,784	(1)2,380	(1)2,696	(1)3,422	(1)3,354	(1)3,384	(1)2,511	(1)2,501	(1)2,464	(1)2,550	(1)2,815
2023	2,961	2,884	2,279	(p)1,891
Unemployment Rate
2022	(1)3.9	(1)3.6	(1)3.6	(1)3.1	(1)3.4	(1)4.5	(1)4.4	(1)4.4	(1)3.2	(1)3.1	(1)3.1	(1)3.2	(1)3.6
2023	3.8	3.6	2.9	(p)2.4
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 21, 2023. (p) Preliminary
The State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.