Pennsylvania: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Pennsylvania
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Nonfarm

 

2007

5,788.0 5,776.9 5,786.9 5,786.4 5,796.0 5,806.5 5,804.3 5,804.3 5,796.1 5,800.0 5,802.0 5,808.3

2008

5,811.7 5,802.9 5,799.7 5,801.0 5,805.7 5,805.4 5,807.2 (P) 5,801.3        

Natural Resources & Mining

 

2007

20.8 20.8 20.8 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.5 21.4 21.4 21.3 21.2

2008

21.5 21.4 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.6 21.5 (P) 21.7        

Construction

 

2007

265.2 259.2 261.5 261.5 262.9 264.1 263.3 263.2 263.4 263.1 263.5 264.3

2008

265.8 261.8 259.2 257.8 259.6 258.9 257.7 (P) 257.7        

Manufacturing

 

2007

665.1 660.2 662.1 661.1 659.9 659.2 658.6 656.5 655.4 653.4 651.8 650.2

2008

649.1 646.9 647.0 647.3 645.2 642.6 641.8 (P) 639.5        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2007

1,134.7 1,132.1 1,134.2 1,134.0 1,136.6 1,137.5 1,138.7 1,136.8 1,135.7 1,131.0 1,131.8 1,132.5

2008

1,135.6 1,131.4 1,133.0 1,129.0 1,130.8 1,130.8 1,128.8 (P) 1,127.1        

Information

 

2007

107.5 107.2 107.0 106.8 106.7 107.5 107.0 107.0 107.2 107.7 107.4 107.5

2008

106.9 107.2 106.4 106.1 106.0 105.4 105.1 (P) 105.0        

Financial Activities

 

2007

332.7 332.9 332.5 332.2 332.2 332.7 332.7 332.2 331.9 331.6 331.7 331.0

2008

330.9 331.1 330.6 329.9 329.8 329.2 329.5 (P) 328.1        

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

697.4 697.8 699.7 702.9 704.8 707.4 706.6 706.7 706.3 708.7 708.6 711.6

2008

711.2 711.6 711.0 714.7 713.5 714.1 715.3 (P) 713.1        

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

1,064.8 1,065.9 1,068.4 1,069.2 1,072.0 1,074.1 1,074.9 1,077.7 1,076.6 1,082.1 1,083.7 1,084.9

2008

1,084.5 1,085.7 1,085.2 1,090.0 1,093.5 1,094.4 1,098.2 (P) 1,102.5        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

498.0 499.5 499.8 497.3 498.8 500.7 498.8 499.6 497.4 499.6 500.8 502.2

2008

504.9 505.6 506.5 504.1 506.9 506.1 505.5 (P) 505.1        

Other Services

 

2007

256.6 256.4 256.2 256.4 256.7 256.9 257.3 257.2 257.3 257.8 258.0 258.4

2008

257.2 257.5 257.5 258.1 257.7 257.8 258.2 (P) 257.8        

Government

 

2007

745.2 744.9 744.7 744.0 744.3 745.2 745.1 745.9 743.5 743.6 743.4 744.5

2008

744.1 742.7 741.9 742.5 741.1 744.5 745.6 (P) 743.7        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)

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

Labor Force

 

2007

(1) 6,297,546 (1) 6,291,170 (1) 6,280,065 (1) 6,275,086 (1) 6,284,700 (1) 6,297,400 (1) 6,286,993 (1) 6,283,057 (1) 6,284,133 (1) 6,289,310 (1) 6,285,846 (1) 6,290,088

2008

6,360,948 6,346,067 6,324,453 6,370,068 6,405,503 6,394,738 6,364,440 (P) 6,402,121        

Employment

 

2007

(1) 6,024,571 (1) 6,017,539 (1) 6,008,349 (1) 6,004,306 (1) 6,013,704 (1) 6,024,529 (1) 6,015,105 (1) 6,008,397 (1) 6,008,181 (1) 6,013,439 (1) 6,011,308 (1) 6,011,445

2008

6,057,797 6,031,574 6,015,652 6,050,897 6,074,496 6,062,073 6,023,561 (P) 6,030,319        

Unemployment

 

2007

(1) 272,975 (1) 273,631 (1) 271,716 (1) 270,780 (1) 270,996 (1) 272,871 (1) 271,888 (1) 274,660 (1) 275,952 (1) 275,871 (1) 274,538 (1) 278,643

2008

303,151 314,493 308,801 319,171 331,007 332,665 340,879 (P) 371,802        

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

(1) 4.3 (1) 4.3 (1) 4.3 (1) 4.3 (1) 4.3 (1) 4.3 (1) 4.3 (1) 4.4 (1) 4.4 (1) 4.4 (1) 4.4 (1) 4.4

2008

4.8 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.4 (P) 5.8        

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls, seasonal factors, and model reestimation for 2003-07.
(P) Preliminary