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Monthly News Releases

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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.

February 2025 Jobs Report

Sub-State Resources

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. 

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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