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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2016

 73.6 78.7 79.2 79.0 73.7 73.8 74.0 75.4 78.7 80.6 81.0 79.1 77.2

2017

 74.0 78.9 79.1 80.1 78.2 (p)73.7              

Manufacturing

2016

 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0

2017

 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 (p)3.9              

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2016

 10.2 10.0 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.6 9.6 9.6 10.0 10.0 10.2 10.2 9.9

2017

 10.1 9.9 9.7 9.9 9.6 (p)9.6              

Professional & Business Services

2016

 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.0 6.9 6.7

2017

 6.8 6.8 6.8 7.0 7.1 (p)7.2              

Educational & Health Services

2016

 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.7

2017

 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.9 9.8 (p)9.8              

Leisure & Hospitality

2016

 7.1 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.4 7.3 7.1 7.0 7.2

2017

 6.8 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.4 (p)7.6              

Government

2016

 27.4 32.3 33.0 32.7 27.3 27.4 27.2 28.5 31.5 33.4 33.8 32.7 30.6

2017

 28.2 32.8 33.3 33.7 31.5 (p)26.9              

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

2016

 (r)76,709 (r)81,088 (r)81,445 (r)80,347 (r)75,849 (r)76,570 (r)77,764 (r)78,252 (r)79,913 (r)81,139 (r)80,940 (r)78,983 (r)79,084

2017

 75,644 79,895 80,116 80,773 (p)80,424                

Employment

2016

 (r)73,280 (r)77,778 (r)77,997 (r)77,321 (r)72,562 (r)72,889 (r)73,844 (r)74,590 (r)76,753 (r)77,901 (r)78,113 (r)76,026 (r)75,755

2017

 72,538 76,738 77,201 78,049 (p)77,153                

Unemployment

2016

 (r)3,429 (r)3,310 (r)3,448 (r)3,026 (r)3,287 (r)3,681 (r)3,920 (r)3,662 (r)3,160 (r)3,238 (r)2,827 (r)2,957 (r)3,329

2017

 3,106 3,157 2,915 2,724 (p)3,271                

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (r)4.5 (r)4.1 (r)4.2 (r)3.8 (r)4.3 (r)4.8 (r)5.0 (r)4.7 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)3.5 (r)3.7 (r)4.2

2017

 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.4 (p)4.1                

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

The State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.