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    Center for Workforce Information & Analysis

    Monthly News Releases

    The Labor & Industry Press Office is available to assist the media with any questions. You can reach the L&I press office by email at ra-li-press-dlipress@pa.gov, or by phone at (717) 787-7530. 

    Monthly News Releases

    The monthly news releases contain an analysis of the current economic conditions for Pennsylvania, its 18 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), 16 Micropolitan Statistical Areas (mSA), as well as 16 Small Labor Market Areas (LMA). Included is information on labor force, employment and unemployment statistics. Also provided in the MSA, mSA and LMA releases is a count of non-agricultural wage and salary jobs by industry. Click on the area below to view your required news release.

    March 2025 Jobs Report

    Pennsylvania (statewide) March​ 2025

    Sub-State Resources

    2020 Metropolitan Statistical Areas Map
    2010 Metropolitan Statistical Areas Map

    Civilian Labor Force

    Due to BLS methodological changes and conversions to the 2020 Census-based area delineations, seasonally adjusted substate area Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) data is not available until further notice. For more information, please visit https://www.bls.gov/lau/metrossa.htm. Additionally, due to the unavailability of seasonally adjusted data, the LAUS CLF Packet will not be updated until further notice. 

    View the Civilian Labor Force Packet

    PA Employment & Jobs Data Release Schedule - 2025

    Reference MonthUS DataPA Data
    		Area Data
    Time:8:30 AM8:30 AM8:30 AM
    December '24Friday, 01/10/2025Friday, 01/24/2025Tuesday, 02/04/2025
    January '252/7/2025Friday, 03/14/2025Thursday, 03/20/2025
    February3/7/2025Friday, 03/28/2025Tuesday, 04/08/2025
    March4/4/2025Friday, 04/18/2025Tuesday, 04/29/2025
    April5/2/2025Friday, 05/16/2025Tuesday, 05/27/2025
    May6/6/2025Friday, 06/20/2025Tuesday, 07/01/2025
    June7/3/2025Friday, 07/18/2025Tuesday, 07/29/2025
    July8/1/2025Friday, 08/15/2025Tuesday, 08/26/2025
    August9/5/2025Friday, 09/19/2025Tuesday, 09/30/2025
    September10/3/2025Friday, 10/17/2025Tuesday, 10/28/2025
    October11/7/2025Friday, 11/21/2025Wednesday, 12/03/2025
    November12/5/2025Friday, 12/19/2025Wednesday, 12/31/2025
    December1/9/2026Friday, 01/23/2026Tuesday, 02/03/2026

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