Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ: 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	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2011	328.9	331.2	334.9	339.9	343.5	343.9	338.1	335.4	337.4	338.7	341.1	342.5	338.0
2012	337.0	338.3	339.1	343.6	346.2	348.9	(P) 343.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2011	10.9	10.7	11.4	12.2	12.8	13.1	13.2	13.1	12.8	12.8	12.5	12.0	12.3
2012	11.0	10.7	10.9	11.8	12.3	12.5	(P) 12.9
Manufacturing
2011	35.3	35.1	35.5	35.7	36.0	36.4	36.1	35.8	35.7	35.9	35.8	35.7	35.8
2012	35.0	35.0	35.0	36.3	36.4	36.4	(P) 36.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2011	68.1	67.3	67.7	68.1	68.8	69.6	69.5	69.1	69.2	69.6	70.3	71.0	69.0
2012	69.5	68.3	68.5	68.7	69.2	69.5	(P) 68.5
Information
2011	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6
2012	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	(P) 5.6
Financial Activities
2011	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.2
2012	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	(P) 15.2
Professional & Business Services
2011	43.3	43.6	44.2	45.4	45.6	45.1	45.5	46.0	46.4	46.8	48.5	49.0	45.8
2012	47.8	48.4	48.8	49.0	48.5	50.2	(P) 50.5
Educational & Health Services
2011	66.6	68.0	68.6	68.5	68.5	67.0	66.4	65.3	66.9	67.1	68.1	68.4	67.5
2012	67.3	69.4	68.8	68.7	68.3	65.6	(P) 65.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2011	29.0	29.4	30.0	32.2	33.8	34.8	35.1	34.2	31.6	30.5	29.3	29.8	31.6
2012	30.8	30.1	30.7	32.5	34.4	37.8	(P) 38.9
Other Services
2011	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.1	14.2	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.1
2012	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.4	(P) 14.4
Government
2011	41.2	42.5	42.8	42.9	42.9	42.5	37.0	36.8	40.0	41.3	41.9	41.8	41.1
2012	41.3	42.0	41.9	41.9	42.3	41.7	(P) 35.9
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2011	(1) 420,732	(1) 420,381	(1) 419,401	(1) 421,355	(1) 424,993	(1) 426,624	(1) 427,539	(1) 425,126	(1) 421,205	(1) 419,189	(1) 419,826	(1) 420,260	(1) 422,220
2012	(2) 421,661	(2) 422,294	(2) 422,351	(2) 423,599	428,574	434,760	(P) 438,101
Employment
2011	(1) 380,481	(1) 380,297	(1) 381,329	(1) 386,367	(1) 388,436	(1) 388,360	(1) 388,819	(1) 387,442	(1) 385,972	(1) 384,069	(1) 386,179	(1) 386,962	(1) 385,393
2012	(2) 383,723	(2) 384,948	(2) 386,833	(2) 390,790	394,365	396,980	(P) 398,553
Unemployment
2011	(1) 40,251	(1) 40,084	(1) 38,072	(1) 34,988	(1) 36,557	(1) 38,264	(1) 38,720	(1) 37,684	(1) 35,233	(1) 35,120	(1) 33,647	(1) 33,298	(1) 36,827
2012	(2) 37,938	(2) 37,346	(2) 35,518	(2) 32,809	34,209	37,780	(P) 39,548
Unemployment Rate
2011	(1) 9.6	(1) 9.5	(1) 9.1	(1) 8.3	(1) 8.6	(1) 9.0	(1) 9.1	(1) 8.9	(1) 8.4	(1) 8.4	(1) 8.0	(1) 7.9	(1) 8.7
2012	(2) 9.0	(2) 8.8	(2) 8.4	(2) 7.7	8.0	8.7	(P) 9.0
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals. (2) Corrected. (P) Preliminary
The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties in Pennsylvania and Warren County in New Jersey.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics