Area Cross State Estimates Pennsylvania Major Metropolitan Estimates Allentown Bethlehem Easton Erie Harrisburg Carlisle Lancaster

ter Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Scranton Wilkes Barre State College York Hanover

Total Employment

Employment Per 1000 **

Location Quotient **

Average Hourly Wage

Average Annual Wage

3,280

0.59

0.95

$15.37

$31,980

250 50 110 120 1,160 530 120 140 90 180

0.75 0.4 0.36 0.55 0.65 0.48 0.78 0.58 1.32 1.06

1.2 0.63 0.57 0.88 1.03 0.77 1.23 0.93 2.1 1.69

$14.92 $11.79 $13.59 $13.83 $17.81 $14.54 $14.75 $14.92 $13.77 $15.31

$31,040 $24,530 $28,260 $28,770 $37,050 $30,240 $30,680 $31,030 $28,640 $31,840

** Employment Per 1000 ** Location Quotient

The number of jobs (employment) in the given occupation per 1000 jobs in the given area A Location Quotient for an industry is the simple ratio of the percentage of local employment in the industry divided by the percentage of national employment in the industry. For an industry to be highly specialized, the location quotient should be higher than 1.4. A location quotient between 0.7 and 1.4 is considered medium concentration, whilst a location quotient below 0.7 is considered to have a low concentration.