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
2018	366.9	369.0	369.9	373.9	377.2	377.1	371.5	371.4	375.6	380.8	379.3	378.8	374.3
2019	368.0	370.8	372.3	375.7	379.7	380.8	376.0	376.6	(p)380.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2018	12.3	12.3	12.6	13.2	13.7	14.1	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.3	13.8	13.7
2019	13.1	12.9	13.3	14.0	14.4	14.8	14.9	14.8	(p)14.6
Manufacturing
2018	37.8	37.8	37.9	38.2	38.3	38.8	38.9	38.7	38.5	38.5	38.3	38.6	38.4
2019	38.2	38.3	38.5	38.8	38.8	39.2	39.2	39.1	(p)38.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2018	84.6	83.5	83.5	84.0	84.6	85.0	84.5	84.6	84.9	86.0	87.5	87.2	85.0
2019	84.4	83.8	83.8	84.0	84.3	84.4	84.9	84.5	(p)85.1
Information
2018	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.4
2019	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.4	(p)5.4
Financial Activities
2018	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.0	13.8	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0
2019	13.9	14.0	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.8	13.8	(p)13.7
Professional & Business Services
2018	48.4	48.1	47.4	48.4	48.6	48.8	48.2	47.9	48.2	48.9	48.2	47.4	48.2
2019	46.0	47.0	46.2	47.4	47.9	48.8	48.8	49.0	(p)48.8
Educational & Health Services
2018	75.5	77.9	78.5	78.8	78.2	75.6	75.2	75.7	78.0	79.8	79.3	79.1	77.6
2019	76.4	78.2	78.9	79.2	79.0	76.9	76.9	77.4	(p)78.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	35.7	35.6	36.1	37.1	39.1	40.4	40.2	40.2	37.8	38.1	36.5	37.8	37.9
2019	36.5	36.1	37.0	37.5	39.9	42.1	41.1	41.4	(p)39.6
Other Services
2018	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.5	14.8	14.8	14.6	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4
2019	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.5	14.7	14.9	14.8	14.8	(p)14.5
Government
2018	39.4	40.5	40.5	40.7	40.9	40.2	35.7	35.7	40.1	41.0	41.3	41.1	39.8
2019	39.9	40.9	41.1	41.2	41.5	40.3	36.1	36.4	(p)40.9
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
2018	432,566	434,648	433,246	433,371	435,472	440,019	440,569	435,035	434,215	439,216	436,483	436,212	435,921
2019	434,927	437,735	436,888	434,327	438,676	442,447	444,848	(p)443,621
Employment
2018	410,509	412,295	412,588	415,090	417,560	419,160	418,924	414,021	416,173	421,405	419,964	419,029	416,393
2019	415,641	418,318	418,678	419,503	421,808	424,861	424,595	(p)423,764
Unemployment
2018	22,057	22,353	20,658	18,281	17,912	20,859	21,645	21,014	18,042	17,811	16,519	17,183	19,528
2019	19,286	19,417	18,210	14,824	16,868	17,586	20,253	(p)19,857
Unemployment Rate
2018	5.1	5.1	4.8	4.2	4.1	4.7	4.9	4.8	4.2	4.1	3.8	3.9	4.5
2019	4.4	4.4	4.2	3.4	3.8	4.0	4.6	(p)4.5
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.