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
2012	337.1	339.8	343.0	345.4	348.5	349.0	342.2	342.8	346.5	349.9	348.0	348.4	345.1
2013	340.5	344.5	347.8	(P) 351.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2012	11.3	11.3	11.7	12.1	12.3	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	11.9	12.2
2013	11.2	11.3	11.7	(P) 12.4
Manufacturing
2012	35.6	35.6	35.9	36.1	36.1	36.4	36.6	36.6	36.6	36.8	36.8	36.9	36.3
2013	36.6	36.7	36.9	(P) 36.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	71.9	71.3	71.9	71.7	72.0	72.3	72.1	72.3	72.3	73.6	75.1	75.6	72.7
2013	73.6	72.5	72.4	(P) 72.9
Information
2012	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
2013	5.6	5.7	5.7	(P) 5.7
Financial Activities
2012	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1
2013	14.9	14.9	15.0	(P) 15.0
Professional & Business Services
2012	44.4	44.3	44.5	45.0	44.9	45.2	44.8	44.9	45.5	45.5	44.5	45.3	44.9
2013	43.5	44.6	45.2	(P) 45.7
Educational & Health Services
2012	67.9	70.2	71.1	70.8	70.8	69.7	69.0	69.0	70.7	71.9	71.7	71.6	70.4
2013	69.7	72.9	73.3	(P) 72.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	30.2	30.5	31.1	32.8	34.6	36.0	35.9	36.4	34.3	34.0	32.0	31.4	33.3
2013	31.5	31.3	32.6	(P) 35.1
Other Services
2012	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.4	14.6	14.3	14.3	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.2
2013	13.9	13.9	14.0	(P) 14.1
Government
2012	41.0	41.8	41.8	41.9	42.4	41.1	35.9	35.7	39.8	40.8	40.6	40.8	40.3
2013	40.0	40.7	41.0	(P) 40.9
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
2012	(1) 425,749	(1) 427,076	(1) 428,418	(1) 427,725	(1) 433,414	(1) 437,577	(1) 438,188	(1) 436,456	(1) 435,678	(1) 439,194	(1) 434,393	(1) 435,314	(1) 433,265
2013	436,671	435,219	(P) 432,971
Employment
2012	(1) 387,742	(1) 388,893	(1) 391,596	(1) 393,817	(1) 397,290	(1) 398,916	(1) 397,935	(1) 397,776	(1) 399,972	(1) 402,958	(1) 399,277	(1) 399,414	(1) 396,299
2013	395,056	396,509	(P) 397,874
Unemployment
2012	(1) 38,007	(1) 38,183	(1) 36,822	(1) 33,908	(1) 36,124	(1) 38,661	(1) 40,253	(1) 38,680	(1) 35,706	(1) 36,236	(1) 35,116	(1) 35,900	(1) 36,966
2013	41,615	38,710	(P) 35,097
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 8.9	(1) 8.9	(1) 8.6	(1) 7.9	(1) 8.3	(1) 8.8	(1) 9.2	(1) 8.9	(1) 8.2	(1) 8.3	(1) 8.1	(1) 8.2	(1) 8.5
2013	9.5	8.9	(P) 8.1
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals. (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.

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