Pennsylvania | Local Government vs. Retail Trade Employment Structure & Performance by County

Employment by County

Percent of Total Employment, 2022

Local Government vs. Retail Trade
Pennsylvania Employment Distribution by County:

Percent of Total Employment, 2022

	More than 10%	10% to 9%	9% to 8%	8% to 7%	7% to 6%	6% to 5%	5% to 4%	4% or Below	Total
Local Government	0	3	6	14	15	16	7	6	67
Retail Trade	52	3	7	1	1	1	2	0	67

Local Government vs. Retail Trade
Employment Structure by County:
Pennsylvania, 2022

	Local Government				Retail Trade
County	Jobs	Percent of Total Jobs	1Location Quotient	Percent of State Sector Total	Jobs	Percent of Total Jobs	1Location Quotient	Percent of State Sector Total
Adams	3,081	6.3	0.9	0.7	5,303	10.8	1.2	0.7
Allegheny	44,862	4.9	0.7	10.3	78,108	8.5	0.9	10.4
Armstrong	1,798	7.4	1.1	0.4	2,706	11.1	1.2	0.4
Beaver	5,960	8.3	1.3	1.4	8,214	11.5	1.2	1.1
Bedford	1,648	6.9	1.0	0.4	2,792	11.6	1.3	0.4
Berks	14,906	6.4	1.0	3.4	23,623	10.2	1.1	3.1
Blair	4,256	5.6	0.8	1.0	9,547	12.6	1.4	1.3
Bradford	2,346	7.4	1.1	0.5	3,336	10.5	1.1	0.4
Bucks	20,579	5.2	0.8	4.7	40,944	10.3	1.1	5.5
Butler	5,606	4.6	0.7	1.3	12,943	10.7	1.2	1.7
Cambria	4,698	7.3	1.1	1.1	7,761	12.1	1.3	1.0
Cameron	S	S	U	S	128	5.9	0.6	0.0
Carbon	1,926	8.2	1.2	0.4	2,845	12.1	1.3	0.4
Centre	4,401	3.8	0.6	1.0	9,295	8.0	0.9	1.2
Chester	17,318	4.6	0.7	4.0	32,840	8.6	0.9	4.4
Clarion	1,439	7.7	1.2	0.3	2,103	11.3	1.2	0.3
Clearfield	2,415	6.1	0.9	0.6	5,648	14.3	1.6	0.8
Clinton	1,374	8.0	1.2	0.3	2,313	13.4	1.5	0.3
Columbia	1,991	5.8	0.9	0.5	4,154	12.2	1.3	0.6
Crawford	2,650	6.3	0.9	0.6	4,308	10.2	1.1	0.6
Cumberland	6,998	3.7	0.6	1.6	19,562	10.5	1.1	2.6
Dauphin	11,130	4.7	0.7	2.6	17,496	7.3	0.8	2.3
Delaware	19,226	5.7	0.9	4.4	28,927	8.5	0.9	3.9
Elk	976	5.7	0.9	0.2	1,731	10.0	1.1	0.2
Erie	9,613	6.1	0.9	2.2	16,525	10.4	1.1	2.2
Fayette	3,726	7.1	1.1	0.9	6,873	13.0	1.4	0.9
Forest	S	S	U	S	125	4.7	0.5	0.0
Franklin	4,456	5.4	0.8	1.0	9,743	11.8	1.3	1.3
Fulton	542	7.4	1.1	0.1	641	8.8	1.0	0.1
Greene	1,429	8.6	1.3	0.3	1,680	10.1	1.1	0.2
Huntingdon	1,417	7.7	1.2	0.3	2,114	11.5	1.3	0.3
Indiana	2,426	5.9	0.9	0.6	4,834	11.9	1.3	0.6
Jefferson	1,284	6.0	0.9	0.3	2,294	10.7	1.2	0.3
Juniata	583	5.4	0.8	0.1	1,192	11.1	1.2	0.2
Lackawanna	6,789	5.2	0.8	1.6	13,523	10.4	1.1	1.8
Lancaster	15,042	4.2	0.6	3.5	38,726	10.8	1.2	5.2
Lawrence	2,790	7.0	1.1	0.6	4,278	10.7	1.2	0.6
Lebanon	4,054	5.6	0.8	0.9	8,534	11.9	1.3	1.1
Lehigh	14,424	5.5	0.8	3.3	23,116	8.8	1.0	3.1
Luzerne	10,330	5.4	0.8	2.4	20,035	10.4	1.1	2.7
Lycoming	3,815	5.7	0.9	0.9	7,379	11.0	1.2	1.0
McKean	1,672	8.6	1.3	0.4	2,170	11.2	1.2	0.3
Mercer	3,626	6.1	0.9	0.8	7,407	12.5	1.4	1.0
Mifflin	1,462	6.5	1.0	0.3	2,839	12.7	1.4	0.4
Monroe	5,449	6.7	1.0	1.3	10,489	13.0	1.4	1.4
Montgomery	27,193	3.7	0.6	6.3	60,353	8.2	0.9	8.0
Montour	740	3.8	0.6	0.2	947	4.8	0.5	0.1
Northampton	12,563	7.4	1.1	2.9	16,175	9.5	1.0	2.2
Northumberland	2,753	7.3	1.1	0.6	3,928	10.5	1.1	0.5
Perry	1,292	8.7	1.3	0.3	2,158	14.5	1.6	0.3
Philadelphia	61,502	6.4	1.0	14.2	59,420	6.1	0.7	7.9
Pike	2,067	10.0	1.5	0.5	2,969	14.3	1.6	0.4
Potter	778	9.7	1.5	0.2	788	9.9	1.1	0.1
Schuylkill	4,801	7.3	1.1	1.1	7,043	10.8	1.2	0.9
Snyder	1,120	5.0	0.7	0.3	3,499	15.5	1.7	0.5
Somerset	2,443	7.2	1.1	0.6	3,529	10.4	1.1	0.5
Sullivan	223	8.4	1.3	0.1	276	10.4	1.1	0.0
Susquehanna	1,518	9.0	1.4	0.3	1,833	10.9	1.2	0.2
Tioga	1,395	7.1	1.1	0.3	2,524	12.9	1.4	0.3
Union	1,165	4.8	0.7	0.3	2,579	10.7	1.2	0.3
Venango	1,625	6.9	1.0	0.4	3,088	13.2	1.4	0.4
Warren	1,222	6.3	0.9	0.3	2,461	12.6	1.4	0.3
Washington	6,280	5.1	0.8	1.4	11,596	9.4	1.0	1.5
Wayne	1,584	6.5	1.0	0.4	3,115	12.8	1.4	0.4
Westmoreland	10,506	5.7	0.9	2.4	22,691	12.3	1.3	3.0
Wyoming	824	6.1	0.9	0.2	1,513	11.2	1.2	0.2
York	13,477	5.4	0.8	3.1	26,874	10.7	1.2	3.6

Pennsylvania	433,992	5.4	0.8	100.0	750,503	9.4	1.0	100.0
Metropolitan	386,504	5.3	0.8	89.1	671,314	9.2	1.0	89.4
Nonmetropolitan	47,488	6.9	1.0	10.9	79,189	11.5	1.3	10.6

United States	14,130,000	6.7	1.0		19,510,300	9.2	1.0
Metropolitan U.S.	11,736,953	6.2	0.9		16,934,114	9.0	1.0
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	2,393,047	9.9	1.5		2,576,186	10.6	1.2

1 Ratio of the share of earninngs in a given industry locally to the corresponding industry share nationwide.

S Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information.

U (Undefined) Insufficient Data Available.

Source: Calculations by the Pennsylvania Regional Economic Analysis Project (PA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Local Government vs. Retail Trade
Employment Structure by Region:
Pennsylvania, 2022

	Local Government				Retail Trade
Metropolitan Statistical Areas	Jobs	Percent of Total Jobs	1Location Quotient	Percent of State Sector Total	Jobs	Percent of Total Jobs	1Location Quotient	Percent of State Sector Total
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton	33,220	6.5	1.0	7.7	49,236	9.7	1.1	6.6
Altoona	4,256	5.6	0.8	1.0	9,547	12.6	1.4	1.3
Chambersburg	4,456	5.4	0.8	1.0	9,743	11.8	1.3	1.3
Erie	9,613	6.1	0.9	2.2	16,525	10.4	1.1	2.2
Gettysburg	3,081	6.3	0.9	0.7	5,303	10.8	1.2	0.7
Harrisburg-Carlisle	19,420	4.4	0.7	4.5	39,216	8.9	1.0	5.2
Johnstown	4,698	7.3	1.1	1.1	7,761	12.1	1.3	1.0
Lancaster	15,042	4.2	0.6	3.5	38,726	10.8	1.2	5.2
Lebanon	4,054	5.6	0.8	0.9	8,534	11.9	1.3	1.1
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington	221,570	5.4	0.8	51.1	351,067	8.6	0.9	46.8
Pittsburgh	78,738	5.3	0.8	18.1	143,131	9.5	1.0	19.1
Reading	14,906	6.4	1.0	3.4	23,623	10.2	1.1	3.1
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre	17,943	5.3	0.8	4.1	35,071	10.4	1.1	4.7
State College	4,401	3.8	0.6	1.0	9,295	8.0	0.9	1.2
Williamsport	3,815	5.7	0.9	0.9	7,379	11.0	1.2	1.0
York-Hanover	13,477	5.4	0.8	3.1	26,874	10.7	1.2	3.6

Pennsylvania	433,992	5.4	0.8	100.0	750,503	9.4	1.0	100.0
Metropolitan	386,504	5.3	0.8	89.1	671,314	9.2	1.0	89.4
Nonmetropolitan	47,488	6.9	1.0	10.9	79,189	11.5	1.3	10.6

United States	14,130,000	6.7	1.0		19,510,300	9.2	1.0
Metropolitan U.S.	11,736,953	6.2	0.9		16,934,114	9.0	1.0
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	2,393,047	9.9	1.5		2,576,186	10.6	1.2

1 Ratio of the share of earninngs in a given industry locally to the corresponding industry share nationwide.

Source: Calculations by the Pennsylvania Regional Economic Analysis Project (PA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Employment Growth by County

Growth Rates, 2022

Local Government vs. Retail Trade
Pennsylvania Employment Growth Distribution by County:

Growth Rates, 2022

	More than 1.0%	1.0% to 0.5%	0.5% to 0.0%	0.0% to -0.5%	-0.5% to -1.0%	-1.0% to -1.5%	-1.5% to -2.0%	-2.0% or Below	Total
Local Government	22	3	9	8	3	9	3	10	67
Retail Trade	66	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	67

Local Government vs. Retail Trade
Employment Growth by County:
Pennsylvania, 2022

	Local Government				Retail Trade
County	Growth Rate	CC1	2Local - National Growth	3Local - State Growth	Growth Rate	CC1	2Local - National Growth	3Local - State Growth
Adams	-1.0	-0.1	-3.0	-1.6	3.6	0.4	1.3	0.9
Allegheny	0.1	0.0	-1.9	-0.4	2.5	0.2	0.3	-0.1
Armstrong	-2.2	-0.2	-4.1	-2.7	2.5	0.3	0.2	-0.2
Beaver	0.2	0.0	-1.7	-0.3	2.2	0.2	0.0	-0.4
Bedford	3.1	0.2	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.4	1.5	1.1
Berks	-0.1	0.0	-2.1	-0.7	3.0	0.3	0.8	0.4
Blair	-0.1	0.0	-2.1	-0.7	0.9	0.1	-1.3	-1.7
Bradford	-1.4	-0.1	-3.4	-2.0	2.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.5
Bucks	S	S	S	S	2.0	0.2	-0.2	-0.6
Butler	0.8	0.0	-1.1	0.3	2.0	0.2	-0.2	-0.6
Cambria	0.2	0.0	-1.8	-0.4	1.5	0.2	-0.8	-1.2
Cameron	S	S	S	S	5.8	0.3	3.6	3.2
Carbon	S	S	S	S	3.2	0.4	0.9	0.5
Centre	2.5	0.1	0.6	2.0	2.9	0.2	0.7	0.3
Chester	S	S	S	S	3.5	0.3	1.2	0.8
Clarion	-1.2	-0.1	-3.1	-1.7	3.3	0.4	1.1	0.7
Clearfield	0.0	0.0	-1.9	-0.5	1.9	0.3	-0.3	-0.7
Clinton	1.3	0.1	-0.6	0.8	1.5	0.2	-0.7	-1.1
Columbia	-0.4	0.0	-2.4	-0.9	2.1	0.3	-0.1	-0.5
Crawford	-0.2	0.0	-2.2	-0.8	1.9	0.2	-0.3	-0.7
Cumberland	-1.4	-0.1	-3.3	-1.9	2.7	0.3	0.5	0.1
Dauphin	1.0	0.0	-1.0	0.4	2.3	0.2	0.1	-0.3
Delaware	2.1	0.1	0.2	1.6	2.2	0.2	0.0	-0.4
Elk	1.6	0.1	-0.4	1.0	1.8	0.2	-0.4	-0.8
Erie	1.9	0.1	0.0	1.4	1.4	0.1	-0.9	-1.3
Fayette	0.4	0.0	-1.5	-0.1	2.0	0.3	-0.2	-0.6
Forest	S	S	S	S	4.2	0.2	1.9	1.5
Franklin	2.2	0.1	0.2	1.6	2.4	0.3	0.2	-0.2
Fulton	5.2	0.4	3.3	4.7	5.1	0.4	2.9	2.5
Greene	1.3	0.1	-0.7	0.7	4.1	0.4	1.9	1.5
Huntingdon	2.2	0.2	0.3	1.7	3.3	0.4	1.1	0.7
Indiana	-0.2	0.0	-2.1	-0.7	1.6	0.2	-0.6	-1.0
Jefferson	-2.1	-0.1	-4.0	-2.6	2.3	0.2	0.1	-0.3
Juniata	S	S	S	S	3.2	0.3	1.0	0.6
Lackawanna	1.9	0.1	0.0	1.4	2.3	0.2	0.1	-0.3
Lancaster	-0.1	0.0	-2.0	-0.6	3.0	0.3	0.8	0.4
Lawrence	1.9	0.1	-0.1	1.4	2.4	0.3	0.1	-0.2
Lebanon	-0.5	0.0	-2.5	-1.1	3.0	0.4	0.8	0.4
Lehigh	1.2	0.1	-0.8	0.6	2.0	0.2	-0.2	-0.6
Luzerne	2.9	0.2	0.9	2.3	3.4	0.4	1.2	0.8
Lycoming	1.2	0.1	-0.8	0.6	1.2	0.1	-1.1	-1.5
McKean	1.3	0.1	-0.7	0.7	1.2	0.1	-1.1	-1.5
Mercer	0.8	0.1	-1.1	0.3	2.9	0.4	0.7	0.3
Mifflin	0.3	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	3.0	0.4	0.8	0.4
Monroe	-1.2	-0.1	-3.1	-1.7	2.9	0.4	0.7	0.3
Montgomery	2.6	0.1	0.7	2.1	2.3	0.2	0.0	-0.4
Montour	-0.9	0.0	-2.9	-1.5	2.9	0.1	0.7	0.3
Northampton	-0.7	-0.1	-2.6	-1.2	2.3	0.2	0.0	-0.4
Northumberland	-3.4	-0.3	-5.4	-4.0	3.8	0.4	1.6	1.2
Perry	-1.6	-0.1	-3.6	-2.1	6.1	0.9	3.9	3.5
Philadelphia	-1.1	-0.1	-3.0	-1.6	3.3	0.2	1.1	0.7
Pike	S	S	S	S	12.0	1.6	9.7	9.3
Potter	2.4	0.2	0.4	1.8	4.0	0.4	1.7	1.3
Schuylkill	-0.1	0.0	-2.0	-0.6	3.0	0.3	0.8	0.4
Snyder	-1.8	-0.1	-3.8	-2.4	2.0	0.3	-0.2	-0.6
Somerset	-0.2	0.0	-2.2	-0.7	3.6	0.4	1.4	1.0
Sullivan	1.8	0.2	-0.1	1.3	4.5	0.5	2.3	1.9
Susquehanna	2.6	0.2	0.7	2.1	4.3	0.5	2.1	1.7
Tioga	0.1	0.0	-1.9	-0.5	2.6	0.3	0.4	0.0
Union	-1.0	-0.1	-3.0	-1.6	3.5	0.4	1.3	0.9
Venango	0.3	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	3.1	0.4	0.9	0.5
Warren	4.0	0.3	2.0	3.5	4.2	0.5	2.0	1.6
Washington	1.2	0.1	-0.7	0.7	2.6	0.2	0.4	0.0
Wayne	-1.4	-0.1	-3.3	-1.9	3.0	0.4	0.8	0.4
Westmoreland	0.3	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	3.0	0.4	0.8	0.4
Wyoming	-1.6	-0.1	-3.5	-2.1	3.3	0.4	1.1	0.7
York	-1.1	-0.1	-3.1	-1.7	2.2	0.2	0.0	-0.4

Pennsylvania	0.5	0.0	-1.4	0.0	2.6	0.3	0.4	0.0
Metropolitan	S	S	S	S	2.6	0.2	0.4	0.0
Nonmetropolitan	1.9	0.1	-0.1	1.3	2.8	0.3	0.6	0.2

United States	2.0	0.1	0.0		2.2	0.2	0.0
Metropolitan U.S.	2.0	0.1	0.1		2.2	0.2	0.0
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	1.7	0.2	-0.3		2.4	0.3	0.2

1 CC (Component Contribution) - Contibution to the to total growth of all local employment.

2 Difference between the national growth rate and the local growth rate.

3 Difference between the Pennsylvania growth rate and the local growth rate.

S Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information.

Note: Percent growth figures may not add due to rounding by a factor of ± 0.1%

Source: Calculations by the Pennsylvania Regional Economic Analysis Project (PA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Local Government vs. Retail Trade
Employment Growth by Region:
Pennsylvania, 2022

	Local Government				Retail Trade
Metropolitan Statistical Areas	Growth Rate	CC1	2Local - National Growth	3Local - State Growth	Growth Rate	CC1	2Local - National Growth	3Local - State Growth
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton	0.6	0.0	-1.4	0.0	2.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.5
Altoona	-0.1	0.0	-2.1	-0.7	0.9	0.1	-1.3	-1.7
Chambersburg	2.2	0.1	0.2	1.6	2.4	0.3	0.2	-0.2
Erie	1.9	0.1	0.0	1.4	1.4	0.1	-0.9	-1.3
Gettysburg	-1.0	-0.1	-3.0	-1.6	3.6	0.4	1.3	0.9
Harrisburg-Carlisle	-0.1	0.0	-2.0	-0.6	2.7	0.2	0.5	0.1
Johnstown	0.2	0.0	-1.8	-0.4	1.5	0.2	-0.8	-1.2
Lancaster	-0.1	0.0	-2.0	-0.6	3.0	0.3	0.8	0.4
Lebanon	-0.5	0.0	-2.5	-1.1	3.0	0.4	0.8	0.4
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington	S	S	S	S	2.6	0.2	0.4	0.0
Pittsburgh	0.2	0.0	-1.7	-0.3	2.5	0.2	0.3	-0.1
Reading	-0.1	0.0	-2.1	-0.7	3.0	0.3	0.8	0.4
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre	2.3	0.1	0.3	1.8	3.0	0.3	0.8	0.4
State College	2.5	0.1	0.6	2.0	2.9	0.2	0.7	0.3
Williamsport	1.2	0.1	-0.8	0.6	1.2	0.1	-1.1	-1.5
York-Hanover	-1.1	-0.1	-3.1	-1.7	2.2	0.2	0.0	-0.4

Pennsylvania	0.5	0.0	-1.4	0.0	2.6	0.3	0.4	0.0
Metropolitan	S	S	S	S	2.6	0.2	0.4	0.0
Nonmetropolitan	1.9	0.1	-0.1	1.3	2.8	0.3	0.6	0.2

United States	2.0	0.1	0.0		2.2	0.2	0.0
Metropolitan U.S.	2.0	0.1	0.1		2.2	0.2	0.0
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	1.7	0.2	-0.3		2.4	0.3	0.2

1 CC (Component Contribution) - Contibution to the to total growth of all local employment.

2 Difference between the national growth rate and the local growth rate.

3 Difference between the Pennsylvania growth rate and the local growth rate.

S Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information.

Note: Percent growth figures may not add due to rounding by a factor of ± 0.1%

Source: Calculations by the Pennsylvania Regional Economic Analysis Project (PA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

November 2023

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Additional Notes on Interpreting
Employment for Pennsylvania

Employment

The employment estimates compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) measure the number of full- and part-time employees, plus the number of proprietors of unincorporated businesses. People holding more than one job are counted in the employment estimates for each job they hold. This means BEA employment estimates represent a job count, not a number-of-people employed count. Also, BEA employment is by place-of-work, rather than by place-of-residence. Therefore, the jobs held by residents living outside Pennsylvania but who commute to work in Pennsylvania are included in the employment (or job) count for Pennsylvania.

Other/Suppressed Industries

For some areas, an industry category labeled "Other/Suppressed Industries" may appear in the table. It is not uncommon, especially for smaller areas, to encounter suppressed data for selected industries. Data are suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information regarding individual firms. Even though the concern for confidentiality may relate to only one industry, data for at least two must be suppressed as summing over the reported data and subtracting from the total yields data for the suppressed category. When suppressed data is encountered, it is reported in the "Other/Suppressed Industries" category.

Location Quotient

Location quotients help gauge the extent to which various industries are more or less concentrated locally when compared with the nation at large. If an industry's share of total employment is the same as the national share, then its location quotient is equal to one. If an industry is concentrated in a region, its local employment share will be larger than the share nationally, and its location quotient will correspondingly be greater than one. Conversely, the location quotient for an industry not concentrated in the region will fall between zero and one.

Component Contribution

The component contribution isolates and records each industry's individual contribution to the total growth of employment in Pennsylvania over 2022, and 2002-2022, respectively. When summed over all industries the component contribution will match Pennsylvania's TOTAL employment growth rate.

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