Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA: 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	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2011	315.3	316.9	320.0	324.3	327.2	328.3	326.7	326.4	323.4	324.1	323.2	323.7	323.3
2012	318.0	316.3	322.0	324.1	326.3	327.2	(P) 324.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2011	9.7	9.6	10.2	10.8	10.7	10.9	11.0	11.1	10.9	10.9	10.7	10.3	10.6
2012	9.5	9.2	9.7	9.9	10.2	10.5	(P) 10.6
Manufacturing
2011	19.6	19.6	19.8	19.9	20.2	20.3	20.3	20.4	20.2	20.1	20.0	20.0	20.0
2012	19.3	18.9	19.6	19.4	19.5	19.5	(P) 19.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2011	64.3	63.7	64.1	64.1	64.4	64.5	64.6	64.1	63.7	64.1	64.8	66.0	64.4
2012	64.2	63.0	63.3	63.5	64.2	64.0	(P) 63.6
Information
2011	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.1	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
2012	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	(P) 5.0
Financial Activities
2011	22.0	21.9	21.9	22.0	22.0	22.1	22.1	22.2	21.9	22.0	22.0	21.9	22.0
2012	21.8	21.8	21.9	21.9	22.0	22.1	(P) 22.1
Professional & Business Services
2011	40.3	40.7	40.8	41.7	42.3	42.4	42.0	42.2	42.6	42.2	41.6	41.9	41.7
2012	41.7	42.1	42.6	42.2	42.7	42.8	(P) 41.9
Educational & Health Services
2011	48.5	49.7	49.7	50.0	50.2	49.0	49.9	50.2	50.8	51.0	51.1	50.6	50.1
2012	49.9	50.4	50.6	50.9	50.8	50.2	(P) 51.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2011	26.9	26.8	28.5	30.7	32.5	33.9	34.5	34.8	30.2	30.4	29.4	29.7	30.7
2012	29.3	28.0	31.2	33.2	34.2	35.2	(P) 35.1
Other Services
2011	16.5	16.7	16.7	16.8	16.7	16.9	16.9	17.0	16.9	16.9	16.9	16.9	16.8
2012	16.8	16.8	16.9	16.9	17.0	17.1	(P) 17.2
Government
2011	62.4	63.1	63.2	63.2	63.0	63.2	60.3	59.5	61.1	61.4	61.6	61.3	61.9
2012	60.4	61.1	61.2	61.2	60.7	60.7	(P) 58.5
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2011	(1) 282,679	(1) 281,808	(1) 282,815	(1) 282,592	(1) 285,623	(1) 288,594	(1) 290,841	(1) 290,863	(1) 285,025	(1) 283,264	(1) 281,167	(1) 280,848	(1) 284,676
2012	280,770	279,224	283,090	282,534	286,337	290,465	(P) 293,371
Employment
2011	(1) 260,706	(1) 259,827	(1) 261,721	(1) 263,250	(1) 265,290	(1) 266,830	(1) 269,093	(1) 269,169	(1) 265,073	(1) 263,633	(1) 262,236	(1) 262,460	(1) 264,107
2012	259,821	258,306	263,243	264,414	267,070	268,788	(P) 271,000
Unemployment
2011	(1) 21,973	(1) 21,981	(1) 21,094	(1) 19,342	(1) 20,333	(1) 21,764	(1) 21,748	(1) 21,694	(1) 19,952	(1) 19,631	(1) 18,931	(1) 18,388	(1) 20,569
2012	20,949	20,918	19,847	18,120	19,267	21,677	(P) 22,371
Unemployment Rate
2011	(1) 7.8	(1) 7.8	(1) 7.5	(1) 6.8	(1) 7.1	(1) 7.5	(1) 7.5	(1) 7.5	(1) 7.0	(1) 6.9	(1) 6.7	(1) 6.5	(1) 7.2
2012	7.5	7.5	7.0	6.4	6.7	7.5	(P) 7.6
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals. (P) Preliminary
The Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics