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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
2019	78.2	80.3	81.3	82.3	81.3	75.5	75.6	79.1	81.2	82.3	83.0	81.7	80.2
2020	81.1	(p)83.6
Manufacturing
2019	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
2020	4.2	(p)4.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.5	9.5	9.3	9.4	9.6	9.6	9.8	9.7	9.6
2020	9.4	(p)9.3
Professional & Business Services
2019	6.6	6.6	6.6	7.0	6.8	6.6	6.6	6.9	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8
2020	6.6	(p)6.7
Educational & Health Services
2019	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.3
2020	10.3	(p)10.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	7.0	7.3	7.4	7.6	7.1	6.9	7.2	7.4	7.5	7.4	7.2	7.2	7.3
2020	7.1	(p)7.3
Government
2019	31.0	32.9	33.8	33.7	33.4	28.0	27.7	30.8	33.0	34.0	34.8	34.5	32.3
2020	34.3	(p)36.7
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
2019	79,352	83,004	82,671	82,538	82,359	78,504	79,794	80,261	83,246	84,535	84,355	(p)82,967
2020	(p)81,831
Employment
2019	76,837	80,482	80,430	80,647	79,883	75,988	76,783	77,765	80,754	81,751	81,720	(p)80,116
2020	(p)78,720
Unemployment
2019	2,515	2,522	2,241	1,891	2,476	2,516	3,011	2,496	2,492	2,784	2,635	(p)2,851
2020	(p)3,111
Unemployment Rate
2019	3.2	3.0	2.7	2.3	3.0	3.2	3.8	3.1	3.0	3.3	3.1	(p)3.4
2020	(p)3.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.