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

  

2011

 5,557.1 5,589.7 5,632.6 5,704.2 5,733.3 5,733.5 5,670.7 5,661.8 5,700.2 5,757.2 5,758.7 5,746.0 5,687.1

2012

 5,601.3 5,641.9 5,683.2 5,738.8 5,763.1 5,757.7 5,695.7 (P) 5,683.9          

Mining & Logging

  

2011

 29.4 30.2 30.8 31.7 32.5 33.4 34.2 35.1 35.5 36.4 36.5 36.2 33.5

2012

 35.5 36.1 37.3 38.3 38.8 39.8 40.1 (P) 40.4          

Construction

  

2011

 194.7 192.5 203.5 217.9 226.0 232.3 236.9 237.3 234.5 234.6 230.0 221.4 221.8

2012

 210.8 204.8 208.7 216.6 223.0 229.2 232.5 (P) 229.6          

Manufacturing

  

2011

 557.4 556.2 559.1 561.9 564.8 568.7 568.2 569.7 565.4 566.0 563.6 565.9 563.9

2012

 562.6 560.5 565.3 568.7 569.7 574.4 573.1 (P) 574.9          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 1,084.0 1,073.5 1,076.6 1,086.4 1,094.5 1,095.2 1,085.6 1,087.1 1,088.5 1,100.5 1,118.6 1,131.2 1,093.5

2012

 1,092.3 1,078.0 1,084.8 1,095.3 1,104.9 1,104.1 1,097.5 (P) 1,093.6          

Information

  

2011

 90.6 90.6 90.7 90.9 91.2 91.6 90.8 88.0 89.6 89.9 89.3 89.6 90.2

2012

 88.0 88.4 87.8 89.1 90.0 90.2 90.1 (P) 90.5          

Financial Activities

  

2011

 308.1 306.9 307.2 307.9 308.7 310.7 311.1 313.0 309.5 310.6 311.0 309.6 309.5

2012

 308.8 309.3 310.8 310.9 312.0 313.9 314.7 (P) 314.7          

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 690.8 692.7 699.1 714.2 716.8 721.0 717.0 718.7 712.2 713.9 712.3 710.6 709.9

2012

 691.0 701.0 707.5 715.5 721.7 729.9 729.8 (P) 732.7          

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 1,131.6 1,159.1 1,161.3 1,163.1 1,155.1 1,134.3 1,132.9 1,127.1 1,159.0 1,185.0 1,190.3 1,181.7 1,156.7

2012

 1,147.3 1,180.4 1,182.1 1,184.5 1,159.9 1,130.2 1,121.4 (P) 1,115.9          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 471.3 471.0 484.1 506.3 528.7 542.4 547.9 545.8 519.5 512.4 493.1 493.0 509.6

2012

 480.6 478.9 494.1 514.1 538.9 563.5 562.8 (P) 562.7          

Other Services

  

2011

 247.8 248.5 250.2 252.4 253.8 257.2 258.5 258.3 254.4 256.2 256.8 257.0 254.3

2012

 253.3 251.5 252.5 252.5 255.1 258.6 260.2 (P) 258.2          

Government

  

2011

 751.4 768.5 770.0 771.5 761.2 746.7 687.6 681.7 732.1 751.7 757.2 749.8 744.1

2012

 731.1 753.0 752.3 753.3 749.1 723.9 673.5 (P) 670.7          

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

  

2011

 (1) 6,365,696 (1) 6,345,754 (1) 6,350,554 (1) 6,338,903 (1) 6,388,514 (1) 6,429,945 (1) 6,445,080 (1) 6,434,438 (1) 6,394,753 (1) 6,394,714 (1) 6,377,037 (1) 6,363,173 (1) 6,385,714

2012

 6,335,198 6,347,891 6,380,738 6,378,391 6,451,531 6,536,874 6,590,627 (P) 6,541,278          

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 5,813,288 (1) 5,799,726 (1) 5,827,944 (1) 5,862,201 (1) 5,887,418 (1) 5,899,970 (1) 5,909,445 (1) 5,906,628 (1) 5,912,364 (1) 5,916,946 (1) 5,911,256 (1) 5,899,575 (1) 5,878,897

2012

 5,805,408 5,826,996 5,885,263 5,930,693 5,979,403 6,009,493 6,039,913 (P) 6,003,485          

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 552,408 (1) 546,028 (1) 522,610 (1) 476,702 (1) 501,096 (1) 529,975 (1) 535,635 (1) 527,810 (1) 482,389 (1) 477,768 (1) 465,781 (1) 463,598 (1) 506,817

2012

 529,790 520,895 495,475 447,698 472,128 527,381 550,714 (P) 537,793          

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 8.7 (1) 8.6 (1) 8.2 (1) 7.5 (1) 7.8 (1) 8.2 (1) 8.3 (1) 8.2 (1) 7.5 (1) 7.5 (1) 7.3 (1) 7.3 (1) 7.9

2012

 8.4 8.2 7.8 7.0 7.3 8.1 8.4 (P) 8.2          

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