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Pennsylvania: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
 Pennsylvania
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Nonfarm

2016

 5,861.3 5,867.6 5,873.6 5,879.1 5,867.7 5,862.4 5,892.2 5,894.3 5,903.8 5,908.0 5,913.4 5,916.3

2017

 5,929.1 5,950.3 5,929.8 5,925.7 (p)5,921.7              

Mining & Logging

2016

 27.9 26.6 26.1 25.5 25.1 24.3 24.3 24.1 24.0 24.3 23.5 22.8

2017

 23.2 23.5 23.3 23.5 (p)23.6              

Construction

2016

 240.3 239.3 239.9 240.7 238.2 237.6 238.4 237.6 237.6 238.0 238.5 240.9

2017

 247.1 248.3 245.9 245.1 (p)240.8              

Manufacturing

2016

 562.3 561.6 561.2 559.7 559.3 558.5 557.7 557.1 555.7 555.4 553.6 557.5

2017

 554.6 556.5 554.4 550.6 (p)547.8              

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2016

 1,125.3 1,126.8 1,127.3 1,127.7 1,127.1 1,126.6 1,129.4 1,130.4 1,130.9 1,129.9 1,129.2 1,125.9

2017

 1,132.2 1,134.9 1,129.9 1,129.0 (p)1,127.1              

Information

2016

 84.6 84.7 84.4 85.2 81.0 85.4 85.1 84.9 84.8 85.3 85.1 85.2

2017

 84.0 83.1 83.7 83.1 (p)82.8              

Financial Activities

2016

 316.9 316.6 316.4 316.7 316.2 316.4 316.6 316.9 317.3 315.9 316.9 317.9

2017

 317.5 317.7 318.5 317.3 (p)316.0              

Professional & Business Services

2016

 789.4 789.6 791.4 793.3 792.0 789.8 794.3 794.4 798.3 796.4 799.0 797.3

2017

 803.2 798.5 800.7 805.3 (p)806.4              

Educational & Health Services

2016

 1,204.3 1,208.0 1,210.2 1,214.8 1,215.7 1,212.9 1,220.6 1,222.6 1,226.9 1,235.1 1,240.0 1,242.5

2017

 1,239.9 1,252.5 1,250.6 1,245.9 (p)1,248.4              

Leisure & Hospitality

2016

 551.9 555.8 557.2 557.2 555.2 552.1 557.2 557.5 558.2 564.3 565.5 565.1

2017

 565.7 572.3 563.6 566.3 (p)569.4              

Other Services

2016

 256.2 256.5 256.7 257.4 257.2 257.1 257.7 257.9 258.4 258.9 258.5 258.1

2017

 261.3 261.2 258.4 259.5 (p)258.3              

Government

2016

 702.2 702.1 702.8 700.9 700.7 701.7 710.9 710.9 711.7 704.5 703.6 703.1

2017

 700.4 701.8 700.8 700.1 (p)701.1              

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)

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

Labor Force

2016

 (1)6,432,495 (1)6,437,640 (1)6,439,970 (1)6,440,367 (1)6,440,700 (1)6,442,547 (1)6,445,966 (1)6,450,125 (1)6,453,623 (1)6,455,269 (1)6,455,357 (1)6,454,219

2017

 6,440,304 6,435,475 6,442,011 6,464,270 (p)6,475,102              

Employment

2016

 (1)6,090,506 (1)6,091,957 (1)6,090,864 (1)6,088,345 (1)6,086,311 (1)6,086,269 (1)6,088,690 (1)6,092,611 (1)6,096,614 (1)6,099,590 (1)6,101,532 (1)6,102,684

2017

 6,107,288 6,115,052 6,131,175 6,149,507 (p)6,152,217              

Unemployment

2016

 (1)341,989 (1)345,683 (1)349,106 (1)352,022 (1)354,389 (1)356,278 (1)357,276 (1)357,514 (1)357,009 (1)355,679 (1)353,825 (1)351,535

2017

 333,016 320,423 310,836 314,763 (p)322,885              

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (1)5.3 (1)5.4 (1)5.4 (1)5.5 (1)5.5 (1)5.5 (1)5.5 (1)5.5 (1)5.5 (1)5.5 (1)5.5 (1)5.4

2017

 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.9 (p)5.0              

Footnotes
 (1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment.
(p) Preliminary