Total Nonfarm Jobs Increase 35,700
Harrisburg, PA – Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) released its employment situation report for January 2021.
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points over the month to 7.3 percent in January. The U.S. rate fell four-tenths of a percentage point from December to 6.3 percent. The commonwealth's unemployment rate was 2.5 percentage points above its January 2020 level while the national rate was up 2.8 points over the year.
Pennsylvania's civilian labor force – the estimated number of residents working or looking for work – decreased 15,000 over the month.
Pennsylvania's total nonfarm jobs were up 35,700 over the month to 5,638,100 in January, essentially reversing December's drop of 35,400. Jobs increased in 4 of the 11 industry supersectors with the largest volume gain in professional & business services (+12,100).
Additional information is available on the L&I website at www.dli.pa.gov or by following us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Notes: The above data are seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data provide the most valid month-to-month comparison.
Because the data included in each month's press release (primarily civilian labor force and nonfarm jobs data) are sample based, the data are subject to revisions. Once each year, estimates are adjusted to new levels based on additional or revised information collected after the initial release of the data (called a benchmark). Additionally, seasonal adjustment factors for historical labor force and nonfarm jobs data are updated each year. Revisions to the statewide labor force and nonfarm jobs series through 2020 have been completed and are reflected in this January news release. For a complete set of benchmarked data, visit www.workstats.dli.pa.gov.
MEDIA CONTACT: Sarah DeSantis, dlipress@pa.gov
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Editor's Note: A breakdown of Pennsylvania's employment statistics follows.
| Current Labor Force Statistics |
| Seasonally Adjusted |
| (in thousands) |
| | | | | Change from | Change from |
| | January | December | January | December 2020 | January 2020 |
| | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | volume | percent | volume | percent |
| PA | | | | | | | |
| Civilian Labor Force | 6,295 | 6,310 | 6,532 | -15 | -0.2% | -237 | -3.6% |
| Employment | 5,837 | 5,862 | 6,217 | -25 | -0.4% | -380 | -6.1% |
| Unemployment | 458 | 448 | 315 | 10 | 2.2% | 143 | 45.4% |
| Rate | 7.3 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 0.2 | ---- | 2.5 | ---- |
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| U.S. | | | | | | | |
| Civilian Labor Force | 160,161 | 160,567 | 164,455 | -406 | -0.3% | -4,294 | -2.6% |
| Employment | 150,031 | 149,830 | 158,659 | 201 | 0.1% | -8,628 | -5.4% |
| Unemployment | 10,130 | 10,736 | 5,796 | -606 | -5.6% | 4,334 | 74.8% |
| Rate | 6.3 | 6.7 | 3.5 | -0.4 | ---- | 2.8 | ---- |
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| Note:
February 2021 labor force and nonfarm jobs statistics will be released March
26, 2021. |
| Pennsylvania Nonagricultural Wage and
Salary Employment |
| Seasonally Adjusted |
| (in thousands) |
| | | | Change from | Change from |
| January | December | January | December 2020 | January 2020 |
| | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | volume | percent | volume | percent |
| | | | | | | |
| Total Nonfarm Jobs | 5,638.1 | 5,602.4 | 6,093.1 | 35.7 | 0.6% | -455.0 | -7.5% |
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| Goods Producing Industries | 809.8 | 810.9 | 861.8 | -1.1 | -0.1% | -52.0 | -6.0% |
| Mining & Logging | 20.8 | 20.8 | 26.3 | 0.0 | 0.0% | -5.5 | -20.9% |
| Construction | 250.4 | 251.4 | 264.3 | -1.0 | -0.4% | -13.9 | -5.3% |
| Manufacturing | 538.6 | 538.7 | 571.2 | -0.1 | 0.0% | -32.6 | -5.7% |
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| Service Providing Industries | 4,828.3 | 4,791.5 | 5,231.3 | 36.8 | 0.8% | -403.0 | -7.7% |
| Trade, Transportation & Utilities | 1,098.8 | 1,093.2 | 1,128.7 | 5.6 | 0.5% | -29.9 | -2.6% |
| Information | 80.3 | 80.4 | 89.9 | -0.1 | -0.1% | -9.6 | -10.7% |
| Financial Activities | 323.4 | 323.7 | 333.0 | -0.3 | -0.1% | -9.6 | -2.9% |
| Professional & Business Services | 770.2 | 758.1 | 812.9 | 12.1 | 1.6% | -42.7 | -5.3% |
| Education & Health Services | 1,234.3 | 1,223.8 | 1,307.5 | 10.5 | 0.9% | -73.2 | -5.6% |
| Leisure & Hospitality | 425.8 | 415.3 | 583.0 | 10.5 | 2.5% | -157.2 | -27.0% |
| Other Services | 225.4 | 226.7 | 263.4 | -1.3 | -0.6% | -38.0 | -14.4% |
| Government | 670.1 | 670.3 | 712.9 | -0.2 | 0.0% | -42.8 | -6.0% |
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| 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.pa.gov |
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| Note:
February 2021 labor force and nonfarm jobs statistics will be released March
26, 2021. | |