Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
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Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 6,406.6 6,428.7 6,452.8 6,467.8 6,478.2 (P) 6,474.7

Employment (1)

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 5,926.7 5,953.6 5,978.0 5,979.4 5,969.2 (P) 5,950.2

Unemployment (1)

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 479.9 475.1 474.8 488.4 509.1 (P) 524.5

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.9 (P) 8.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 5,728.3 5,723.2 5,715.1 5,712.3 5,710.1 (P) 5,708.9

12-month % change
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 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 (P) 0.3

Mining and Logging (3)

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 38.5 38.3 38.5 39.2 39.3 (P) 38.9

12-month % change
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 20.7 21.2 19.2 20.2 17.3 (P) 14.1

Construction (3)

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 226.9 221.6 219.2 218.5 217.8 (P) 214.5

12-month % change
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 3.0 0.0 -0.9 -1.2 -2.0 (P) -3.6

Manufacturing (3)

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 570.5 571.6 569.3 569.0 569.1 (P) 570.7

12-month % change
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 1.2 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.9 (P) 1.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 1,099.0 1,101.3 1,102.5 1,099.9 1,103.9 (P) 1,101.6

12-month % change
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 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.6 1.1 (P) 0.7

Information (3)

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 88.9 89.9 90.1 89.1 89.5 (P) 89.5

12-month % change
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 -2.5 -1.3 -0.9 -1.5 -0.8 (P) 2.4

Financial Activities (3)

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 312.5 312.9 313.2 313.2 313.1 (P) 312.0

12-month % change
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 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.2 (P) 0.6

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 716.1 714.2 717.4 718.9 720.6 (P) 722.5

12-month % change
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 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.8 (P) 1.6

Education & Health Services (3)

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 1,166.2 1,167.2 1,158.3 1,152.8 1,147.0 (P) 1,148.3

12-month % change
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 1.5 1.5 0.6 0.0 -1.1 (P) -1.1

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 523.0 522.1 518.3 525.9 522.0 (P) 524.2

12-month % change
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 2.4 2.2 1.7 3.6 2.6 (P) 3.0

Other Services (3)

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 253.7 253.1 254.9 255.2 255.9 (P) 254.9

12-month % change
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 0.6 -0.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 (P) 0.0

Government (3)

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 733.0 731.0 733.4 730.6 731.9 (P) 731.8

12-month % change
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 -2.4 -2.3 -1.5 -3.0 -2.0 (P) -1.7

Mass layoffs

  

Layoff events, all industries (4)

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 92 91 79 130 86 90

Initial claimants, all industries (4)

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 8,034 7,943 7,483 12,394 7,154 8,172

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) See About the data.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: October 16, 2012

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Pennsylvania includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

 

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