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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
2021	68.6	71.7	73.4	73.8	74.0	70.6	71.0	72.9	75.4	76.7	77.0	76.8	73.5
2022	74.1	75.8	76.2	76.9	76.9	(p)72.3
Manufacturing
2021	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4
2022	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	(p)4.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.5	9.8	9.9	10.1	9.5
2022	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.0	(p)8.9
Professional & Business Services
2021	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0
2022	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	5.9	(p)6.0
Educational & Health Services
2021	9.0	9.1	9.2	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.4	9.3	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.1	9.2
2022	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	(p)9.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	4.5	5.2	5.5	5.7	5.6	5.7	5.9	6.0	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.2	5.8
2022	6.0	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.4	(p)6.5
Government
2021	27.6	29.6	30.6	30.6	30.5	26.7	26.6	28.3	30.8	31.6	31.8	31.8	29.7
2022	29.7	31.3	31.6	31.9	31.9	(p)27.2
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
2021	(1)73,486	(1)75,885	(1)76,222	(1)75,997	(1)76,599	(1)74,168	(1)75,000	(1)75,974	(1)76,947	(1)77,909	(1)77,355	(1)76,815	(1)76,030
2022	76,207	77,060	77,785	77,363	78,505	(p)74,406
Employment
2021	(1)69,209	(1)71,906	(1)72,682	(1)72,692	(1)73,085	(1)69,985	(1)70,722	(1)72,068	(1)73,990	(1)74,987	(1)74,877	(1)74,359	(1)72,547
2022	73,181	74,425	75,205	75,144	76,136	(p)71,388
Unemployment
2021	(1)4,277	(1)3,979	(1)3,540	(1)3,305	(1)3,514	(1)4,183	(1)4,278	(1)3,906	(1)2,957	(1)2,922	(1)2,478	(1)2,456	(1)3,483
2022	3,026	2,635	2,580	2,219	2,369	(p)3,018
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)5.8	(1)5.2	(1)4.6	(1)4.3	(1)4.6	(1)5.6	(1)5.7	(1)5.1	(1)3.8	(1)3.8	(1)3.2	(1)3.2	(1)4.6
2022	4.0	3.4	3.3	2.9	3.0	(p)4.1
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (p) Preliminary
The State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.