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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

2022

73.9 76.2 76.4 77.4 77.2 73.0 73.4 75.5 78.7 80.0 80.6 80.4 76.9

2023

76.7 79.1 79.6 (p)80.5                  

Manufacturing

2022

4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6

2023

4.6 4.6 4.6 (p)4.6                  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

9.7 9.7 9.5 9.7 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.2 9.6 9.6 9.9 9.9 9.6

2023

9.6 9.6 9.7 (p)9.7                  

Professional & Business Services

2022

6.2 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.5

2023

6.4 6.4 6.4 (p)6.5                  

Educational & Health Services

2022

9.1 9.2 9.2 9.3 9.2 9.3 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.3

2023

9.4 9.4 9.5 (p)9.4                  

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

6.2 6.5 6.4 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.7 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.6

2023

6.8 6.9 6.8 (p)7.0                  

Government

2022

29.5 31.2 31.3 31.5 31.7 27.2 27.2 28.9 32.0 32.9 33.3 33.3 30.8

2023

30.6 32.6 32.8 (p)33.2                  

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

2022

(1)76,308 (1)77,714 (1)78,037 (1)77,942 (1)78,679 (1)75,382 (1)75,849 (1)77,498 (1)79,422 (1)80,321 (1)79,755 (1)79,725 (1)78,053

2023

77,996 79,388 79,437 (p)79,542                  

Employment

2022

(1)73,365 (1)74,926 (1)75,253 (1)75,562 (1)75,983 (1)71,960 (1)72,495 (1)74,114 (1)76,911 (1)77,820 (1)77,291 (1)77,175 (1)75,238

2023

75,035 76,504 77,158 (p)77,651                  

Unemployment

2022

(1)2,943 (1)2,788 (1)2,784 (1)2,380 (1)2,696 (1)3,422 (1)3,354 (1)3,384 (1)2,511 (1)2,501 (1)2,464 (1)2,550 (1)2,815

2023

2,961 2,884 2,279 (p)1,891                  

Unemployment Rate

2022

(1)3.9 (1)3.6 (1)3.6 (1)3.1 (1)3.4 (1)4.5 (1)4.4 (1)4.4 (1)3.2 (1)3.1 (1)3.1 (1)3.2 (1)3.6

2023

3.8 3.6 2.9 (p)2.4                  

Footnotes
(1) Data were subject to revision on April 21, 2023.
(p) Preliminary

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