Erie, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Erie, 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	Erie, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	123.0	123.7	124.7	125.9	126.7	127.0	126.4	125.9	126.8	127.2	127.0	126.9	125.9
2025	124.8	125.1	(p)125.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	3.9	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.5	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4
2025	4.1	4.1	(p)4.2
Manufacturing
2024	19.2	19.1	19.2	19.1	19.1	19.3	19.3	19.2	19.1	19.1	19.1	19.1	19.2
2025	18.9	18.8	(p)18.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	20.2	20.0	19.9	20.1	20.2	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.2	20.3	20.6	20.8	20.3
2025	20.2	20.0	(p)20.0
Information
2024	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
2025	1.1	1.1	(p)1.1
Financial Activities
2024	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5
2025	7.5	7.4	(p)7.4
Professional & Business Services
2024	8.6	8.5	8.7	8.9	9.0	9.1	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9
2025	8.6	8.6	(p)8.7
Educational & Health Services
2024	29.5	30.1	30.4	30.4	29.9	29.5	29.4	29.7	30.6	30.8	30.9	30.8	30.2
2025	30.7	31.0	(p)31.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	12.5	12.5	12.7	13.4	14.3	14.9	15.2	14.8	13.8	13.5	13.1	13.1	13.7
2025	12.8	12.7	(p)13.0
Other Services
2024	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.7
2025	5.6	5.6	(p)5.7
Government
2024	15.0	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.4	14.7	14.1	13.9	15.5	15.8	15.8	15.7	15.2
2025	15.3	15.8	(p)15.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Erie, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(1)126,461	(1)127,243	(1)127,439	(1)126,740	(1)127,303	(1)127,990	(1)128,663	(1)127,748	(1)126,000	(1)126,005	(1)124,967	(1)124,881	(1)126,787
2025	125,266	125,760	(p)126,362
Employment
2024	(1)120,950	(1)121,387	(1)122,345	(1)122,598	(1)122,979	(1)122,905	(1)123,286	(1)122,062	(1)122,090	(1)121,698	(1)120,619	(1)119,991	(1)121,909
2025	119,283	119,829	(p)120,803
Unemployment
2024	(1)5,511	(1)5,856	(1)5,094	(1)4,142	(1)4,324	(1)5,085	(1)5,377	(1)5,686	(1)3,910	(1)4,307	(1)4,348	(1)4,890	(1)4,878
2025	5,983	5,931	(p)5,559
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)4.4	(1)4.6	(1)4.0	(1)3.3	(1)3.4	(1)4.0	(1)4.2	(1)4.5	(1)3.1	(1)3.4	(1)3.5	(1)3.9	(1)3.8
2025	4.8	4.7	(p)4.4
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary
The Erie, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Erie County in Pennsylvania.