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

  

2011

 5,666.6 5,677.6 5,682.7 5,689.1 5,685.5 5,692.5 5,689.2 5,693.3 5,692.8 5,704.1 5,704.1 5,712.8

2012

 5,700.9 5,720.6 5,728.3 5,723.2 5,715.1 5,712.3 (P) 5,709.2          

Mining & Logging

  

2011

 30.5 31.5 31.9 31.6 32.3 32.6 33.5 34.1 34.8 35.7 36.0 36.8

2012

 37.1 38.0 38.5 38.3 38.5 39.2 (P) 39.6          

Construction

  

2011

 217.5 219.2 220.2 221.7 221.2 221.1 222.2 222.4 224.0 224.7 224.3 225.8

2012

 230.4 229.7 226.9 221.6 219.2 218.5 (P) 217.5          

Manufacturing

  

2011

 561.6 563.0 564.0 565.3 565.9 565.6 564.1 565.3 562.9 564.4 563.2 564.1

2012

 568.0 568.4 570.5 571.6 569.3 569.0 (P) 568.7          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 1,089.0 1,092.2 1,092.1 1,095.6 1,093.7 1,093.6 1,092.2 1,093.8 1,094.1 1,097.0 1,098.4 1,101.5

2012

 1,096.5 1,096.3 1,099.0 1,101.3 1,102.5 1,099.9 (P) 1,103.6          

Information

  

2011

 91.3 91.4 91.2 91.1 90.9 90.5 90.2 87.4 89.6 89.6 89.2 89.3

2012

 88.9 89.7 88.9 89.9 90.1 89.1 (P) 89.5          

Financial Activities

  

2011

 310.3 309.5 308.9 309.0 308.3 307.7 309.5 310.2 309.9 310.4 309.8 307.4

2012

 310.7 311.1 312.5 312.9 313.2 313.2 (P) 312.5          

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 707.3 708.3 710.8 713.1 715.0 715.1 708.0 711.2 711.0 710.8 710.6 712.2

2012

 708.0 715.7 716.1 714.2 717.4 718.9 (P) 722.5          

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 1,143.8 1,147.4 1,149.4 1,149.6 1,151.3 1,152.3 1,159.6 1,160.5 1,164.7 1,166.7 1,169.7 1,172.1

2012

 1,155.4 1,165.8 1,166.2 1,167.2 1,158.3 1,152.8 (P) 1,148.9          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 509.5 509.7 510.8 510.7 509.7 507.5 508.7 508.7 509.2 513.3 512.7 512.8

2012

 515.6 515.0 523.0 522.1 518.3 525.9 (P) 522.0          

Other Services

  

2011

 251.9 252.4 252.2 253.3 252.6 253.3 254.2 255.0 255.2 256.4 257.2 257.7

2012

 257.4 254.5 253.7 253.1 254.9 255.2 (P) 257.0          

Government

  

2011

 753.9 753.0 751.2 748.1 744.6 753.2 747.0 744.7 737.4 735.1 733.0 733.1

2012

 732.9 736.4 733.0 731.0 733.4 730.6 (P) 727.4          

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

  

2011

 (1) 6,400,489 (1) 6,403,912 (1) 6,402,700 (1) 6,395,606 (1) 6,383,999 (1) 6,372,342 (1) 6,368,307 (1) 6,370,109 (1) 6,373,711 (1) 6,379,764 (1) 6,385,763 (1) 6,387,712

2012

 6,382,830 6,390,129 6,406,593 6,428,729 6,452,815 6,467,796 (P) 6,477,616          

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 5,886,312 (1) 5,894,344 (1) 5,895,892 (1) 5,888,492 (1) 5,874,431 (1) 5,860,494 (1) 5,853,254 (1) 5,855,682 (1) 5,865,057 (1) 5,876,793 (1) 5,887,569 (1) 5,898,466

2012

 5,896,486 5,906,034 5,926,695 5,953,646 5,977,979 5,979,378 (P) 5,969,040          

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 514,177 (1) 509,568 (1) 506,808 (1) 507,114 (1) 509,568 (1) 511,848 (1) 515,053 (1) 514,427 (1) 508,654 (1) 502,971 (1) 498,194 (1) 489,246

2012

 486,344 484,095 479,898 475,083 474,836 488,418 (P) 508,576          

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 8.0 (1) 8.0 (1) 7.9 (1) 7.9 (1) 8.0 (1) 8.0 (1) 8.1 (1) 8.1 (1) 8.0 (1) 7.9 (1) 7.8 (1) 7.7

2012

 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.6 (P) 7.9          

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment.
(P) Preliminary