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

Total Nonfarm

2022

5,801.0 5,867.2 5,915.7 5,976.3 6,001.7 5,988.6 5,984.8 5,979.4 6,036.2 6,084.6 6,105.5 6,107.8 5,987.4

2023

5,988.7 6,032.5 6,061.3 (p)6,118.0                  

Mining & Logging

2022

21.3 21.4 21.6 22.0 22.3 22.4 22.7 22.8 23.0 23.3 23.2 22.7 22.4

2023

22.8 22.8 22.7 (p)23.0                  

Construction

2022

238.8 239.1 247.5 259.9 264.1 268.3 270.1 269.2 267.1 263.7 262.2 255.5 258.8

2023

248.4 246.9 251.1 (p)262.8                  

Manufacturing

2022

551.1 556.4 560.0 562.0 563.2 567.3 569.8 568.2 565.3 567.1 567.1 569.1 563.9

2023

562.9 563.9 565.4 (p)568.2                  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

1,133.2 1,132.5 1,133.2 1,134.6 1,136.8 1,134.0 1,133.3 1,131.8 1,135.8 1,154.2 1,173.7 1,191.8 1,143.7

2023

1,159.8 1,151.9 1,149.7 (p)1,148.4                  

Information

2022

90.3 90.6 91.1 92.0 92.1 93.6 95.0 95.2 94.3 94.0 94.3 95.5 93.2

2023

95.4 95.1 95.7 (p)95.0                  

Financial Activities

2022

328.7 329.7 331.0 331.5 332.6 336.1 338.1 338.0 335.6 336.6 337.6 338.3 334.5

2023

336.4 337.6 338.4 (p)338.3                  

Professional & Business Services

2022

813.7 822.9 831.7 842.7 845.6 846.2 846.2 844.4 849.1 857.3 859.3 855.2 842.9

2023

840.0 846.1 847.5 (p)863.5                  

Educational & Health Services

2022

1,224.9 1,254.0 1,260.0 1,268.1 1,262.8 1,229.8 1,235.2 1,238.5 1,276.6 1,300.4 1,303.2 1,298.7 1,262.7

2023

1,279.0 1,302.9 1,311.2 (p)1,316.4                  

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

485.3 491.9 507.1 527.6 549.2 568.1 578.5 576.7 550.8 545.2 534.3 532.7 537.3

2023

515.2 521.8 532.4 (p)553.2                  

Other Services

2022

241.7 243.2 245.5 247.5 249.3 253.1 255.0 254.0 251.4 250.2 252.0 253.7 249.7

2023

249.8 250.6 252.0 (p)251.8                  

Government

2022

672.0 685.5 687.0 688.4 683.7 669.7 640.9 640.6 687.2 692.6 698.6 694.6 678.4

2023

679.0 692.9 695.2 (p)697.4                  

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

2022

(r)6,408,694 (r)6,421,513 (r)6,455,943 (r)6,433,960 (r)6,504,345 (r)6,518,537 (r)6,543,436 (r)6,540,760 (r)6,498,568 (r)6,516,459 (r)6,454,677 (r)6,452,027 (r)6,479,077

2023

6,481,742 6,477,774 6,468,895 (p)6,446,664                  

Employment

2022

(r)6,093,685 (r)6,121,517 (r)6,176,130 (r)6,179,788 (r)6,238,060 (r)6,209,904 (r)6,221,944 (r)6,203,715 (r)6,245,509 (r)6,261,099 (r)6,200,854 (r)6,204,409 (r)6,196,385

2023

6,188,491 6,177,567 6,226,297 (p)6,242,414                  

Unemployment

2022

(r)315,009 (r)299,996 (r)279,813 (r)254,172 (r)266,285 (r)308,633 (r)321,492 (r)337,045 (r)253,059 (r)255,360 (r)253,823 (r)247,618 (r)282,692

2023

293,251 300,207 242,598 (p)204,250                  

Unemployment Rate

2022

(r)4.9 (r)4.7 (r)4.3 (r)4.0 (r)4.1 (r)4.7 (r)4.9 (r)5.2 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.8 (r)4.4

2023

4.5 4.6 3.8 (p)3.2                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised