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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
2018	76.9	79.8	80.6	81.2	80.9	74.9	74.8	79.1	81.8	83.6	84.3	82.9	80.1
2019	78.6	82.5	82.8	83.7	83.0	77.9	77.8	79.4	(p)83.3
Manufacturing
2018	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
2019	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	(p)4.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2018	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.6	9.9	10.1	10.4	10.1	9.9
2019	10.0	9.8	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.6	9.7	(p)10.1
Professional & Business Services
2018	6.6	6.7	6.7	7.1	7.1	6.7	6.8	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.5	7.4	7.1
2019	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	(p)7.6
Educational & Health Services
2018	10.0	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.2	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2
2019	10.1	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	(p)10.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	7.0	7.2	7.2	7.4	7.0	6.9	6.9	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.1	7.1	7.2
2019	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.3	7.4	7.6	7.7	7.6	(p)8.1
Government
2018	30.1	32.6	33.3	33.1	33.1	27.5	27.1	30.2	33.0	34.5	35.1	34.6	32.0
2019	30.7	34.4	34.9	35.0	34.2	29.2	28.9	30.9	(p)34.0
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
2018	77,398	80,106	80,117	80,212	80,071	75,962	77,002	79,412	81,008	82,361	82,865	81,785	79,859
2019	79,352	83,004	82,671	82,538	82,359	78,504	79,794	(p)79,898
Employment
2018	74,509	77,102	77,632	77,893	77,654	72,996	73,997	76,782	78,599	79,994	80,727	79,398	77,274
2019	76,837	80,482	80,430	80,647	79,883	75,988	76,783	(p)77,394
Unemployment
2018	2,889	3,004	2,485	2,319	2,417	2,966	3,005	2,630	2,409	2,367	2,138	2,387	2,585
2019	2,515	2,522	2,241	1,891	2,476	2,516	3,011	(p)2,504
Unemployment Rate
2018	3.7	3.8	3.1	2.9	3.0	3.9	3.9	3.3	3.0	2.9	2.6	2.9	3.2
2019	3.2	3.0	2.7	2.3	3.0	3.2	3.8	(p)3.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.