Table Data - Employed Persons in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (MSA)

Title Employed Persons in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT421090000000005A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-04-29 10:18 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

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DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 333392
1991-01-01 331384
1992-01-01 329745
1993-01-01 331136
1994-01-01 331597
1995-01-01 333109
1996-01-01 338475
1997-01-01 348114
1998-01-01 351871
1999-01-01 357885
2000-01-01 371998
2001-01-01 376729
2002-01-01 376514
2003-01-01 376659
2004-01-01 381997
2005-01-01 389183
2006-01-01 396825
2007-01-01 400709
2008-01-01 401724
2009-01-01 388649
2010-01-01 381209
2011-01-01 386872
2012-01-01 394260
2013-01-01 397644
2014-01-01 403179
2015-01-01 411363
2016-01-01 409251
2017-01-01 409923
2018-01-01 414538
2019-01-01 421639
2020-01-01 398347
2021-01-01 413517
2022-01-01 425143
2023-01-01 431563
2024-01-01 434945

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