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Lancaster

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Lancaster, PA, Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Apr 2018
Lancaster, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2018
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lancaster – May 2014 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Pennsylvania’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2017

Lancaster, PA Economy at a Glance:

Lancaster, PA
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)276.9 (r)275.6 (r)276.1 276.4 (p)278.4  

Employment(1)

 (r)267.5 (r)266.2 (r)267.0 265.0 (p)267.3  

Unemployment(1)

 (r)9.3 (r)9.3 (r)9.1 11.4 (p)11.2  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)3.4 (r)3.4 (r)3.3 4.1 (p)4.0  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 255.6 255.4 256.3 250.6 252.0 (p)253.4

12-month % change

 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.2 (p)1.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 17.5 17.4 17.4 16.8 16.8 (p)17.0

12-month % change

 6.1 5.5 6.1 4.3 5.0 (p)5.6

Manufacturing(3)

 37.3 37.3 37.4 37.0 37.3 (p)37.2

12-month % change

 1.9 2.2 1.9 1.6 2.2 (p)1.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 58.8 59.2 60.2 58.5 57.6 (p)58.4

12-month % change

 1.7 0.5 -0.3 0.2 0.0 (p)1.4

Information(3)

 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 (p)3.0

12-month % change

 -6.3 -3.2 -3.2 -3.2 -3.2 (p)-3.2

Financial Activities(3)

 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.3 (p)8.3

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.2 (p)1.2

Professional and Business Services(3)

 25.6 25.5 25.4 24.7 24.9 (p)25.0

12-month % change

 2.8 2.0 1.6 -0.4 -0.4 (p)-0.4

Education and Health Services(3)

 45.9 46.6 46.8 46.3 47.0 (p)47.0

12-month % change

 1.1 2.0 3.3 4.8 2.6 (p)2.6

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 24.2 23.0 22.9 21.8 21.8 (p)22.3

12-month % change

 -1.6 -2.5 -1.7 -1.4 -1.4 (p)-2.6

Other Services(3)

 14.3 14.3 14.4 14.3 14.3 (p)14.4

12-month % change

 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.1 1.4 (p)2.1

Government(3)

 20.7 20.8 20.5 20.0 21.0 (p)20.8

12-month % change

 0.5 -0.5 3.5 2.0 1.9 (p)0.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised