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Pennsylvania: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Pennsylvania
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2019	5,949.6	5,977.9	6,010.1	6,071.8	6,093.0	6,073.8	6,040.8	6,049.2	6,092.0	6,132.1	6,152.2	6,121.7	6,063.7
2020	5,991.7	(p)6,036.9
Mining & Logging
2019	29.0	29.1	29.5	29.6	29.7	29.6	29.6	29.2	28.3	28.7	28.8	28.3	29.1
2020	27.5	(p)27.3
Construction
2019	240.1	237.4	243.5	259.6	266.2	270.8	274.1	274.9	272.2	271.7	263.7	253.1	260.6
2020	245.4	(p)245.4
Manufacturing
2019	572.7	573.3	575.3	575.6	576.8	579.7	579.0	576.3	572.3	573.2	575.2	575.4	575.4
2020	571.4	(p)573.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	1,128.3	1,110.6	1,111.2	1,115.3	1,121.7	1,121.3	1,114.6	1,116.3	1,120.1	1,130.2	1,151.8	1,159.7	1,125.1
2020	1,120.9	(p)1,112.0
Information
2019	85.2	85.6	86.0	85.8	86.3	88.1	88.3	88.2	87.0	87.0	87.6	87.4	86.9
2020	85.3	(p)85.9
Financial Activities
2019	326.1	326.4	326.5	327.1	329.1	332.4	333.4	332.9	329.1	330.7	330.7	332.0	329.7
2020	332.0	(p)332.5
Professional & Business Services
2019	794.0	798.0	798.7	815.2	817.8	816.9	820.5	822.0	820.4	828.2	831.5	816.9	815.0
2020	800.4	(p)802.4
Educational & Health Services
2019	1,275.3	1,302.7	1,306.9	1,311.3	1,295.2	1,264.6	1,257.9	1,262.4	1,301.0	1,322.5	1,329.4	1,323.4	1,296.1
2020	1,295.3	(p)1,320.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	541.5	541.8	554.7	573.0	593.7	610.0	614.2	613.7	584.2	575.3	563.0	563.8	577.4
2020	549.5	(p)550.7
Other Services
2019	257.7	257.4	259.1	260.4	263.0	266.3	267.4	265.6	261.7	262.1	262.5	259.5	261.9
2020	259.7	(p)263.6
Government
2019	699.7	715.6	718.7	718.9	713.5	694.1	661.8	667.7	715.7	722.5	728.0	722.2	706.5
2020	704.3	(p)722.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Pennsylvania
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	(r)6,426,941	(r)6,442,370	(r)6,431,249	(r)6,400,636	(r)6,447,401	(r)6,514,786	(r)6,581,549	(r)6,542,283	(r)6,506,111	(r)6,545,629	(r)6,536,425	(r)6,524,296	(r)6,491,640
2020	6,518,311	(p)6,557,602
Employment
2019	(r)6,130,255	(r)6,155,370	(r)6,156,234	(r)6,173,767	(r)6,188,774	(r)6,226,839	(r)6,260,028	(r)6,227,704	(r)6,234,986	(r)6,256,597	(r)6,251,796	(r)6,229,176	(r)6,207,627
2020	6,184,493	(p)6,224,562
Unemployment
2019	(r)296,686	(r)287,000	(r)275,015	(r)226,869	(r)258,627	(r)287,947	(r)321,521	(r)314,579	(r)271,125	(r)289,032	(r)284,629	(r)295,120	(r)284,013
2020	333,818	(p)333,040
Unemployment Rate
2019	(r)4.6	(r)4.5	(r)4.3	(r)3.5	(r)4.0	(r)4.4	(r)4.9	(r)4.8	(r)4.2	(r)4.4	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.4
2020	5.1	(p)5.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised