Pennsylvania's Employment Situation for September 2012
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.2 percent in September, up one-tenth of a percentage point from the August rate of 8.1 percent.
Resident employment was up 23,000 to 5,974,000, and the number of unemployed residents was up 5,000 to 530,000. Pennsylvania's labor force was 130,000 above its September 2011 level.
Seasonally adjusted total nonfarm jobs in Pennsylvania were up 17,800 in September to 5,733,900 the largest monthly gain since February 2012. Following an upward revision to the August jobs count, Pennsylvania has shown a two-month gain of 23,800 jobs. The September jobs growth was limited to service-providing industries, which increased by 21,300 to a record high of 4,912,700. Education & health services added the most jobs in September, due mostly to an increase of 8,200 jobs in educational services. Professional & business services also showed a sizeable gain, up 7,900 to a record high of 730,500 jobs.
Pennsylvania's total (public and private) job count was up 41,100 (0.7 percent) over the year, with most of the increase concentrated in private service-providing industries. Mining & logging showed the largest increase from September 2011, up 11.8 percent. Professional & business services up 19,500 had the largest volume gain. Over this time period Pennsylvania saw an increase of 43,900 private jobs.
Pennsylvania's seasonally adjusted civilian labor force – the number of people working or looking for work – was up 29,000 in September to 6,504,000, the highest level on record. This increase was partially due to people who were marginally attached, including discouraged workers, re-entering the labor force.
Editor's Note: A breakdown of Pennsylvania's employment statistics follows.
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Current Labor Force Statistics |
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Seasonally Adjusted (in thousands) |
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Change from |
Change from |
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September |
August |
September |
August 2012 |
September 2011 |
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2012 |
2012 |
2011 |
volume |
percent |
volume |
percent | ||||||||
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PA |
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Civilian Labor Force |
6,504 |
6,475 |
6,374 |
29 |
0.4% |
130 |
2.0% | |||||||
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Employment |
5,974 |
5,951 |
5,865 |
23 |
0.4% |
109 |
1.9% | |||||||
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Unemployment |
530 |
525 |
509 |
5 |
1.0% |
21 |
4.1% | |||||||
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Rate |
8.2 |
8.1 |
8.0 |
0.1 |
---- |
0.2 |
---- | |||||||
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U.S. |
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Civilian Labor Force |
155,063 |
154,645 |
154,004 |
418 |
0.3% |
1,059 |
0.7% | |||||||
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Employment |
142,974 |
142,101 |
140,107 |
873 |
0.6% |
2,867 |
2.0% | |||||||
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Unemployment |
12,088 |
12,544 |
13,897 |
-456 |
-3.6% |
-1,809 |
-13.0% | |||||||
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Rate |
7.8 |
8.1 |
9.0 |
-0.3 |
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-1.2 |
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Pennsylvania Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment | |||||||
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Seasonally Adjusted (in thousands) | |||||||
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Change from |
Change from | ||||||
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September |
August |
September |
August 2012 |
September 2011 | |||
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2012 |
2012 |
2011 |
volume |
percent |
volume |
percent | |
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Total Nonfarm Jobs |
5,733.9 |
5,716.1 |
5,692.8 |
17.8 |
0.3% |
41.1 |
0.7% |
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Goods Producing Industries |
821.2 |
824.7 |
821.7 |
-3.5 |
-0.4% |
-0.5 |
-0.1% |
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Mining & Logging |
38.9 |
38.9 |
34.8 |
0.0 |
0.0% |
4.1 |
11.8% |
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Construction |
214.9 |
215.0 |
224.0 |
-0.1 |
0.0% |
-9.1 |
-4.1% |
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Manufacturing |
567.4 |
570.8 |
562.9 |
-3.4 |
-0.6% |
4.5 |
0.8% |
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Service Providing Industries |
4,912.7 |
4,891.4 |
4,871.1 |
21.3 |
0.4% |
41.6 |
0.9% |
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Trade, Transportation & Utilities |
1,109.1 |
1,103.2 |
1,094.1 |
5.9 |
0.5% |
15.0 |
1.4% |
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Information |
89.3 |
89.5 |
89.6 |
-0.2 |
-0.2% |
-0.3 |
-0.3% |
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Financial Activities |
314.1 |
313.1 |
309.9 |
1.0 |
0.3% |
4.2 |
1.4% |
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Professional & Business Services |
730.5 |
722.6 |
711.0 |
7.9 |
1.1% |
19.5 |
2.7% |
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Education & Health Services |
1,157.9 |
1,149.1 |
1,164.7 |
8.8 |
0.8% |
-6.8 |
-0.6% |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
524.7 |
525.3 |
509.2 |
-0.6 |
-0.1% |
15.5 |
3.0% |
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Other Services |
252.5 |
254.6 |
255.2 |
-2.1 |
-0.8% |
-2.7 |
-1.1% |
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Government |
734.6 |
734.0 |
737.4 |
0.6 |
0.1% |
-2.8 |
-0.4% |
For a more detailed breakdown of seasonally adjusted jobs data at the sector level, please contact the
Center for Workforce Information & Analysis at 1-877-4WF-DATA, or visit www.paworkstats.state.pa.us
Note: October 2012 labor force and nonfarm jobs statistics will be released November 16, 2012.
Media contact: Sara Goulet, 717-787-7530
SOURCE Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
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