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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
2023	77.8	80.1	80.3	81.6	74.7	75.4	75.0	78.6	81.3	82.5	83.1	83.3	79.5
2024	79.6	81.8	(p)82.2
Manufacturing
2023	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6
2024	4.5	4.5	(p)4.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.3	9.1	9.1	9.5	9.5	9.8	9.9	9.5
2024	9.6	9.4	(p)9.4
Professional & Business Services
2023	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.7	6.6	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6
2024	6.4	6.4	(p)6.4
Educational & Health Services
2023	9.6	9.7	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.8
2024	9.9	10.0	(p)10.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	6.8	7.1	6.9	7.4	6.8	6.7	7.0	7.2	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.6	7.2
2024	7.4	7.5	(p)7.7
Government
2023	32.1	33.9	34.1	34.3	28.0	28.6	28.0	31.2	33.4	34.3	34.7	34.9	32.3
2024	32.3	34.3	(p)34.5
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
2023	(1)78,966	(1)80,612	(1)80,472	(1)81,330	(1)75,326	(1)76,768	(1)76,818	(1)80,212	(1)81,370	(1)82,354	(1)82,439	(1)82,220	(1)79,907
2024	80,455	(p)82,781
Employment
2023	(1)76,365	(1)78,061	(1)78,350	(1)79,603	(1)73,256	(1)74,230	(1)74,475	(1)77,476	(1)79,578	(1)80,434	(1)80,745	(1)80,378	(1)77,746
2024	78,339	(p)80,605
Unemployment
2023	(1)2,601	(1)2,551	(1)2,122	(1)1,727	(1)2,070	(1)2,538	(1)2,343	(1)2,736	(1)1,792	(1)1,920	(1)1,694	(1)1,842	(1)2,161
2024	2,116	(p)2,176
Unemployment Rate
2023	(1)3.3	(1)3.2	(1)2.6	(1)2.1	(1)2.7	(1)3.3	(1)3.1	(1)3.4	(1)2.2	(1)2.3	(1)2.1	(1)2.2	(1)2.7
2024	2.6	(p)2.6
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024. (p) Preliminary
The State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.