Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ: 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	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2019	374.0	374.8	377.2	379.6	383.0	382.5	377.9	378.2	381.6	386.5	388.5	387.3	380.9
2020	377.3	(p)378.1
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	13.0	12.8	13.0	13.8	14.2	14.3	14.2	14.2	13.9	13.8	13.5	13.2	13.7
2020	12.5	(p)12.2
Manufacturing
2019	39.2	39.4	39.6	39.7	39.7	40.1	40.2	39.8	39.8	39.7	39.6	39.8	39.7
2020	39.1	(p)39.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	86.6	85.0	85.1	84.9	85.4	85.7	86.1	86.3	86.4	87.5	90.3	90.4	86.6
2020	86.0	(p)85.9
Information
2019	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
2020	5.3	(p)5.3
Financial Activities
2019	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.0
2020	13.8	(p)13.8
Professional & Business Services
2019	48.1	48.0	47.7	48.5	49.1	48.8	49.6	49.6	49.3	49.8	49.9	49.2	49.0
2020	48.3	(p)47.3
Educational & Health Services
2019	77.5	79.5	80.5	80.5	80.0	77.6	76.9	77.2	79.2	81.7	82.1	81.5	79.5
2020	80.5	(p)82.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	35.8	35.6	36.6	37.4	39.4	40.8	40.6	40.5	38.6	38.6	37.4	37.9	38.3
2020	36.7	(p)36.3
Other Services
2019	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.7	15.0	14.8	14.9	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.7
2020	14.6	(p)14.6
Government
2019	40.5	41.1	41.2	41.2	41.3	40.7	35.9	36.0	40.3	41.2	41.5	41.3	40.2
2020	40.5	(p)41.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	434,927	437,735	436,888	434,327	438,676	442,447	444,848	443,358	441,676	447,869	447,193	(p)446,371
2020	(p)445,775
Employment
2019	415,641	418,318	418,678	419,503	421,808	424,861	424,595	423,287	424,050	428,594	428,712	(p)425,920
2020	(p)423,616
Unemployment
2019	19,286	19,417	18,210	14,824	16,868	17,586	20,253	20,071	17,626	19,275	18,481	(p)20,451
2020	(p)22,159
Unemployment Rate
2019	4.4	4.4	4.2	3.4	3.8	4.0	4.6	4.5	4.0	4.3	4.1	(p)4.6
2020	(p)5.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties in Pennsylvania and Warren County in New Jersey.