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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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2019	6,052.6	6,047.6	6,054.7	6,058.2	6,055.2	6,053.3	6,067.8	6,077.5	6,068.6	6,078.0	6,090.2	6,079.5
2020	6,096.6	(p)6,112.2
Mining & Logging
2019	29.7	29.8	30.0	29.8	29.5	29.3	29.1	28.8	28.2	28.4	28.4	28.2
2020	27.9	(p)28.2
Construction
2019	263.0	259.9	259.6	261.7	260.3	259.9	260.3	261.4	260.7	263.2	260.4	260.7
2020	265.0	(p)266.5
Manufacturing
2019	576.1	576.7	577.2	576.7	576.3	575.0	574.8	574.0	573.4	572.4	573.5	573.3
2020	574.1	(p)577.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	1,130.4	1,125.3	1,125.3	1,125.4	1,123.7	1,120.8	1,126.3	1,127.2	1,125.0	1,123.7	1,124.2	1,123.9
2020	1,126.9	(p)1,128.0
Information
2019	86.4	86.3	86.7	86.2	86.5	87.1	87.4	87.3	87.1	87.0	87.1	86.9
2020	86.8	(p)87.1
Financial Activities
2019	328.5	328.5	328.7	329.0	329.4	329.4	329.4	329.5	329.4	330.1	330.5	331.6
2020	333.0	(p)333.9
Professional & Business Services
2019	809.8	813.1	811.7	814.2	814.5	813.7	817.0	818.5	817.9	817.0	823.7	817.8
2020	820.6	(p)821.8
Educational & Health Services
2019	1,288.1	1,288.1	1,291.8	1,292.1	1,292.8	1,293.9	1,293.5	1,299.2	1,298.0	1,304.6	1,306.1	1,305.6
2020	1,305.1	(p)1,307.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	575.1	575.7	578.6	577.3	576.2	577.0	578.2	577.8	577.6	579.1	583.4	582.7
2020	583.5	(p)584.9
Other Services
2019	261.6	260.9	261.1	261.6	261.7	261.7	262.7	262.2	262.5	264.1	264.3	260.7
2020	263.6	(p)266.0
Government
2019	703.9	703.3	704.0	704.2	704.3	705.5	709.1	711.6	708.8	708.4	708.6	708.1
2020	710.1	(p)711.8
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
2019	(r)6,455,146	(r)6,452,662	(r)6,449,431	(r)6,449,195	(r)6,454,236	(r)6,465,538	(r)6,484,491	(r)6,505,764	(r)6,525,482	(r)6,539,128	(r)6,540,059	(r)6,537,907
2020	6,549,144	(p)6,558,209
Employment
2019	(r)6,190,720	(r)6,188,346	(r)6,184,335	(r)6,182,165	(r)6,183,946	(r)6,190,327	(r)6,202,028	(r)6,215,256	(r)6,227,604	(r)6,235,732	(r)6,235,989	(r)6,234,518
2020	6,242,115	(p)6,249,326
Unemployment
2019	(r)264,426	(r)264,316	(r)265,096	(r)267,030	(r)270,290	(r)275,211	(r)282,463	(r)290,508	(r)297,878	(r)303,396	(r)304,070	(r)303,389
2020	307,029	(p)308,883
Unemployment Rate
2019	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.2	(r)4.3	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.6	(r)4.6	(r)4.6	(r)4.6
2020	4.7	(p)4.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised