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Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA: 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	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2022	340.6	344.6	346.3	350.9	352.1	353.4	354.4	355.9	355.8	359.4	361.1	361.4	353.0
2023	355.5	357.5	359.1	361.6	364.6	367.8	368.0	(p)368.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2022	11.4	11.4	11.6	12.0	12.2	12.5	12.7	12.7	12.5	12.4	12.3	11.9	12.1
2023	11.7	11.6	11.8	12.2	12.7	13.0	13.3	(p)13.1
Manufacturing
2022	21.9	22.0	22.1	22.3	22.3	22.5	22.8	22.9	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.7	22.4
2023	22.3	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.5	22.8	22.8	(p)22.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	76.6	77.0	77.2	77.6	77.8	78.3	78.2	78.6	78.7	80.5	82.1	83.3	78.8
2023	81.4	80.2	80.2	79.4	80.0	80.7	80.1	(p)79.8
Information
2022	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.5
2023	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.7	(p)3.6
Financial Activities
2022	18.8	18.8	18.7	18.6	18.7	18.9	18.9	19.0	19.0	19.1	19.2	19.3	18.9
2023	19.1	19.1	19.1	19.1	19.1	19.3	19.3	(p)19.2
Professional & Business Services
2022	51.2	51.5	51.3	51.9	51.8	51.0	51.5	51.1	51.5	52.7	52.5	52.6	51.7
2023	52.0	52.2	52.5	53.2	53.9	54.2	53.9	(p)53.5
Educational & Health Services
2022	61.8	62.7	63.1	63.7	64.1	63.4	63.6	64.6	66.0	66.4	66.6	66.1	64.3
2023	65.8	67.2	67.4	67.8	67.6	66.9	67.3	(p)67.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	25.5	26.2	27.1	29.1	30.3	32.1	32.8	32.8	29.8	30.1	29.7	29.5	29.6
2023	28.5	28.8	29.4	31.0	32.9	34.7	35.7	(p)36.3
Other Services
2022	14.5	14.7	14.8	15.0	15.0	15.2	15.4	15.5	15.4	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.2
2023	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.9	16.1	16.4	(p)16.3
Government
2022	55.5	56.9	57.0	57.2	56.4	55.9	55.0	55.2	56.8	56.6	57.0	57.0	56.4
2023	55.7	56.9	57.1	57.3	56.5	56.4	55.5	(p)56.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2022	300,903	301,508	302,825	302,698	305,593	308,231	310,414	311,256	306,973	308,527	305,688	305,697	305,860
2023	307,834	307,476	306,864	306,184	309,478	313,737	314,447	(p)316,722
Employment
2022	288,609	289,937	291,877	292,591	294,723	295,377	297,071	297,394	296,736	298,166	295,631	296,050	294,514
2023	296,486	295,697	297,533	298,018	299,912	303,105	304,151	(p)304,487
Unemployment
2022	12,294	11,571	10,948	10,107	10,870	12,854	13,343	13,862	10,237	10,361	10,057	9,647	11,346
2023	11,348	11,779	9,331	8,166	9,566	10,632	10,296	(p)12,235
Unemployment Rate
2022	4.1	3.8	3.6	3.3	3.6	4.2	4.3	4.5	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.7
2023	3.7	3.8	3.0	2.7	3.1	3.4	3.3	(p)3.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania.