Pennsylvania · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Pennsylvania

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Pennsylvania, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Pennsylvania had about 6,052,400 people on their payrolls across roughly 392,236 establishments, with average annual pay of $74,310.

Total employment in Pennsylvania grew 10.3% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 6,052,400. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Pennsylvania are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

6,052,400Employment, 2025
392,236Establishments
$74,310Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Pennsylvania	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	28,579	0.5%	0.59	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	20,382	0.3%	0.92	pub.
23	Construction	273,484	4.5%	0.83	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	557,731	9.2%	1.14	pub.
22	Utilities	34,496	0.6%	1.01	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	216,492	3.6%	0.92	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	587,922	9.7%	0.98	est. · 1.00
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	350,867	5.8%	1.19	est. · 1.00
51	Information	93,734	1.6%	0.81	est. · 1.00
52	Finance and Insurance	274,674	4.5%	1.11	est. · 1.00
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	67,648	1.1%	0.71	est. · 1.00
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	396,053	6.5%	0.94	est. · 1.00
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	147,226	2.4%	1.45	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	299,135	4.9%	0.84	est. · 1.00
61	Educational Services	496,242	8.2%	0.96	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,185,501	19.6%	1.22	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	107,284	1.8%	0.91	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	468,882	7.8%	0.85	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	207,364	3.4%	1.13	est. · 1.00
92	Public Administration	238,745	3.9%	0.78	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	6,052,441	392,236	$74,309	0.5%	pub.
2024	6,019,836	388,411	$71,724	0.9%	pub.
2023	5,963,389	385,940	$69,250	1.7%	pub.
2022	5,863,233	384,170	$67,281	3.8%	pub.
2021	5,650,325	369,368	$64,697	2.9%	pub.
2020	5,488,591	361,303	$62,049	7.4%	pub.
2019	5,925,588	359,117	$57,497	1.0%	pub.
2018	5,867,784	355,798	$55,628	1.2%	pub.
2017	5,799,123	354,024	$54,000	1.1%	pub.
2016	5,737,759	352,588	$52,460	0.8%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Pennsylvania	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	424,996	7.0%	1.00
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	371,665	6.1%	0.92
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	172,621	2.9%	0.85
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	94,330	1.6%	0.93
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	58,027	1.0%	1.02
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	119,970	2.0%	1.17
23-0000	Legal occupations	46,537	0.8%	0.92
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	357,932	5.9%	1.01
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	64,954	1.1%	0.81
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	427,813	7.1%	1.12
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	390,782	6.5%	1.28
33-0000	Protective service occupations	135,418	2.2%	0.93
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	489,674	8.1%	0.92
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	168,370	2.8%	0.95
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	134,078	2.2%	1.07
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	476,118	7.9%	0.92
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	713,954	11.8%	1.00
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	7,570	0.1%	0.44
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	217,568	3.6%	0.87
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	229,052	3.8%	0.97
51-0000	Production occupations	363,568	6.0%	1.08
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	587,444	9.7%	1.10

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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