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

Total Nonfarm

 

2007

5,679.4 5,690.8 5,742.4 5,794.6 5,840.0 5,854.2 5,786.4 5,778.5 5,816.2 5,851.0 5,859.7 5,856.0 5,795.8

2008

5,707.3 5,722.3 5,756.2 5,808.4 5,848.0 5,851.7 5,787.8 5,775.2 (P) 5,810.2        

Natural Resources & Mining

 

2007

19.9 19.8 20.2 20.9 21.3 21.8 22.0 22.1 21.8 21.7 21.5 21.0 21.2

2008

20.5 20.4 20.7 21.3 21.7 22.1 22.2 22.4 (P) 22.2        

Construction

 

2007

241.8 232.9 244.0 257.5 268.1 276.4 278.5 279.1 276.2 273.5 268.5 258.8 262.9

2008

243.0 235.5 241.0 253.1 264.1 270.8 273.7 274.3 (P) 268.5        

Manufacturing

 

2007

659.9 653.6 658.2 658.1 659.7 664.8 662.1 661.0 657.3 655.1 652.5 651.6 657.8

2008

644.2 640.7 642.9 644.0 644.7 647.9 645.3 642.2 (P) 637.6        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2007

1,130.9 1,111.1 1,119.8 1,124.3 1,135.8 1,139.1 1,129.0 1,126.5 1,130.4 1,139.4 1,157.2 1,170.4 1,134.5

2008

1,129.4 1,111.9 1,118.5 1,119.8 1,129.3 1,131.5 1,119.6 1,119.1 (P) 1,122.3        

Information

 

2007

106.8 106.5 106.4 106.5 107.0 108.5 107.5 107.3 107.2 107.4 107.2 107.6 107.2

2008

106.1 106.1 105.8 105.6 106.3 106.6 106.1 106.0 (P) 105.5        

Financial Activities

 

2007

330.4 330.4 330.6 330.9 332.3 335.8 336.7 335.8 331.5 330.6 330.8 331.2 332.3

2008

328.9 328.5 328.7 328.6 329.8 332.2 332.7 331.6 (P) 327.1        

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

679.9 681.6 688.1 701.9 705.8 715.5 714.0 715.6 710.9 714.1 712.2 712.7 704.4

2008

695.2 696.6 702.1 713.4 715.2 722.5 722.5 721.7 (P) 716.0        

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

1,052.3 1,076.0 1,081.2 1,082.5 1,074.1 1,056.4 1,052.8 1,050.4 1,074.3 1,096.4 1,100.5 1,095.7 1,074.4

2008

1,073.9 1,097.9 1,098.3 1,104.1 1,095.9 1,078.2 1,074.6 1,072.9 (P) 1,097.3        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

463.0 464.8 474.9 490.7 516.5 535.7 532.8 534.1 510.0 497.8 487.9 488.5 499.7

2008

470.6 471.0 480.9 496.6 522.7 539.1 539.9 538.3 (P) 515.2        

Other Services

 

2007

252.5 252.8 254.4 256.0 257.9 261.0 261.8 260.0 256.9 256.9 257.0 257.9 257.1

2008

253.8 254.1 255.8 257.5 258.8 261.8 262.5 259.9 (P) 256.1        

Government

 

2007

742.0 761.3 764.6 765.3 761.5 739.2 689.2 686.6 739.7 758.1 764.4 760.6 744.4

2008

741.7 759.6 761.5 764.4 759.5 739.0 688.7 686.8 (P) 742.4        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

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

Labor Force

 

2007

6,258,251 6,227,870 6,245,004 6,210,014 6,254,617 6,347,003 6,386,060 6,329,677 6,281,949 6,290,137 6,318,270 6,296,543 6,287,116

2008

6,315,147 6,276,860 6,278,138 6,308,037 6,387,012 6,459,104 6,480,815 6,489,068 (P) 6,429,046        

Employment

 

2007

5,946,297 5,928,283 5,965,235 5,966,664 5,994,793 6,064,724 6,095,113 6,054,584 6,027,327 6,035,118 6,059,887 6,022,849 6,013,406

2008

5,968,307 5,925,900 5,946,896 6,009,847 6,064,686 6,113,942 6,127,801 6,111,120 (P) 6,092,369        

Unemployment

 

2007

311,954 299,587 279,769 243,350 259,824 282,279 290,947 275,093 254,622 255,019 258,383 273,694 273,710

2008

346,840 350,960 331,242 298,190 322,326 345,162 353,014 377,948 (P) 336,677        

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

5.0 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.4

2008

5.5 5.6 5.3 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.8 (P) 5.2        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary