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

 

2008

5,712.1 5,732.6 5,761.0 5,826.4 5,862.3 5,856.1 5,786.0 5,781.3 5,818.9 5,851.8 5,830.5 5,791.9 5,800.9

2009

5,636.4 5,625.7 (P) 5,634.0                    

Mining & Logging

 

2008

20.6 20.5 20.9 21.6 22.1 22.6 22.7 22.9 22.8 23.1 23.0 22.5 22.1

2009

21.9 21.9 (P) 22.4                    

Construction

 

2008

239.1 234.0 240.3 255.3 264.4 269.3 270.3 269.8 264.9 263.8 253.6 245.1 255.8

2009

224.3 218.8 (P) 220.3                    

Manufacturing

 

2008

650.6 647.9 648.8 647.1 649.3 652.3 648.7 647.8 643.4 638.9 633.0 622.2 644.2

2009

610.1 595.7 (P) 586.7                    

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2008

1,133.4 1,114.2 1,118.2 1,122.1 1,131.4 1,131.2 1,119.2 1,117.7 1,121.0 1,123.8 1,133.8 1,139.4 1,125.5

2009

1,103.0 1,088.9 (P) 1,090.2                    

Information

 

2008

107.2 106.8 106.5 107.7 108.1 107.4 106.2 105.3 103.9 101.7 102.3 102.0 105.4

2009

99.8 98.4 (P) 98.1                    

Financial Activities

 

2008

328.2 328.7 329.3 329.9 331.1 333.6 334.2 333.7 328.6 330.0 328.8 328.4 330.4

2009

324.5 322.0 (P) 319.6                    

Professional & Business Services

 

2008

695.7 695.5 699.7 712.9 714.4 718.6 718.4 719.2 711.9 714.9 708.9 700.3 709.2

2009

680.2 672.9 (P) 675.9                    

Educational & Health Services

 

2008

1,074.5 1,103.0 1,102.9 1,109.8 1,099.7 1,080.1 1,078.0 1,077.0 1,102.2 1,126.1 1,128.3 1,122.5 1,100.3

2009

1,104.9 1,124.2 (P) 1,127.8                    

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2008

468.5 469.5 478.2 498.5 525.6 537.7 539.8 537.7 514.8 503.6 489.1 487.4 504.2

2009

467.4 464.9 (P) 471.2                    

Other Services

 

2008

251.3 250.9 251.2 253.7 255.5 258.2 258.6 257.1 254.4 255.2 254.3 253.1 254.5

2009

249.4 249.9 (P) 251.5                    

Government

 

2008

743.0 761.6 765.0 767.8 760.7 745.1 689.9 693.1 751.0 770.7 775.4 769.0 749.4

2009

750.9 768.1 (P) 770.3                    

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

 

2008

(1) 6,321,224 (1) 6,286,479 (1) 6,310,762 (1) 6,323,480 (1) 6,380,351 (1) 6,450,650 (1) 6,494,602 (1) 6,480,730 (1) 6,408,420 (1) 6,435,579 (1) 6,428,538 (1) 6,417,791 (1) 6,394,884

2009

6,403,875 6,392,909 (P) 6,382,220                    

Employment

 

2008

(1) 5,981,881 (1) 5,952,855 (1) 5,984,207 (1) 6,040,664 (1) 6,063,950 (1) 6,109,689 (1) 6,138,092 (1) 6,116,402 (1) 6,077,117 (1) 6,085,386 (1) 6,051,925 (1) 6,005,305 (1) 6,050,623

2009

5,906,873 5,865,923 (P) 5,858,001                    

Unemployment

 

2008

(1) 339,343 (1) 333,624 (1) 326,555 (1) 282,816 (1) 316,401 (1) 340,961 (1) 356,510 (1) 364,328 (1) 331,303 (1) 350,193 (1) 376,613 (1) 412,486 (1) 344,261

2009

497,002 526,986 (P) 524,219                    

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

(1) 5.4 (1) 5.3 (1) 5.2 (1) 4.5 (1) 5.0 (1) 5.3 (1) 5.5 (1) 5.6 (1) 5.2 (1) 5.4 (1) 5.9 (1) 6.4 (1) 5.4

2009

7.8 8.2 (P) 8.2                    

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation.
(P) Preliminary