Division of Research & Evaluation

Appalachian Regional Commission

Industrial snapshot: Appalachian Pennsylvania

Largest industrial share in 2017: Health & Social Services, 463,000 jobs, 14.2 percent of total employment

Fastest growth in employment from 2012 to 2017: Utilities, 14.6 percent growth

Fastest growth in earnings per employee from 2012 to 2017: Retail Trade, 62.1 percent growth

For more information, please see the complete report, Industrial Make-up of the Appalachian Region, Employment and Earnings, 2002-2017, available 

for download at www.arc.gov/research. The report includes county-level maps for each industry in the region, allowing for comparisons across states and 

subregions, as well discussion about how trends in the Region compare with those in the United States as a whole.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 3,255 4,431 7,685 13,420 196,132 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 $51,411 $64,072 $58,710 $46,697 $57,187

Health, Social Services 463 640 1,103 1,562 22,199 14.2 14.4 14.3 11.6 11.3 $54,263 $58,185 $56,539 $53,807 $56,340

Professional, Technical Services 389 675 1,064 1,619 28,479 11.9 15.2 13.8 12.1 14.5 $56,040 $74,542 $67,786 $43,107 $61,372

Retail Trade 348 417 765 1,493 19,222 10.7 9.4 10.0 11.1 9.8 $28,471 $29,364 $28,957 $17,906 $22,477

State & Local Government 315 326 641 1,488 19,619 9.7 7.4 8.3 11.1 10.0 $66,699 $77,502 $72,193 $58,113 $69,677

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 295 383 678 1,240 19,155 9.1 8.6 8.8 9.2 9.8 $23,571 $26,419 $25,179 $21,308 $27,685

Manufacturing 275 321 596 1,342 13,307 8.5 7.2 7.8 10.0 6.8 $65,714 $78,525 $72,609 $63,583 $77,469

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 274 449 723 1,040 19,616 8.4 10.1 9.4 7.8 10.0 $45,258 $88,981 $72,406 $37,716 $60,386

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 225 354 579 874 14,148 6.9 8.0 7.5 6.5 7.2 $72,298 $77,789 $75,655 $80,686 $83,878

Personal & Other Services 182 243 425 793 11,170 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.9 5.7 $35,864 $38,563 $37,404 $32,180 $36,353

Construction 175 219 394 775 10,636 5.4 4.9 5.1 5.8 5.4 $60,130 $76,442 $69,193 $53,773 $64,788

Education, Information Services 144 262 406 432 8,075 4.4 5.9 5.3 3.2 4.1 $64,800 $75,766 $71,882 $79,670 $82,520

Farming, Forestry 56 44 99 325 3,552 1.7 1.0 1.3 2.4 1.8 $17,417 $22,049 $19,455 $13,726 $28,111

Federal Government, Military 52 80 133 241 4,786 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.4 $76,961 $89,776 $84,727 $78,938 $91,808

Coal, Gas, Other Mining 46 5 51 140 1,505 1.4 0.1 0.7 1.0 0.8 $58,011 $35,216 $55,708 $48,966 $67,769

Utilities 15 13 28 57 664 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 $114,399 $130,071 $121,658 $109,314 $125,893

2017

Employment (thousands) Industrial Share Earnings per employee

Pennsylvania App. U.S. Pennsylvania App. U.S. Pennsylvania App. U.S.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 1.7 8.4 5.5 4.7 9.6 4.8 4.7 5.1 3.7 3.4

Health, Social Services 3.0 11.8 7.9 5.3 10.5 4.6 1.5 3.0 4.7 4.1

Professional, Technical Services 4.5 11.1 8.6 7.1 12.0 5.0 11.2 9.6 9.3 7.8

Retail Trade -2.5 1.3 -0.5 2.5 6.4 62.1 26.8 40.9 22.4 15.6

State & Local Government -3.1 -0.1 -1.6 -0.7 2.3 6.5 5.9 6.3 6.8 7.9

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 6.1 11.3 8.9 11.6 15.1 6.0 10.0 8.4 6.2 8.0

Manufacturing -1.6 2.0 0.3 5.5 5.6 3.6 2.1 2.9 3.4 1.4

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 8.3 9.8 9.2 8.6 11.7 1.9 1.7 2.0 -2.5 2.9

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 3.1 19.8 12.7 6.2 16.8 -5.9 -13.9 -10.6 -0.6 -5.6

Personal & Other Services 0.7 6.7 4.0 3.7 7.7 9.9 2.5 5.6 3.1 2.5

Construction 3.6 13.4 8.8 7.2 19.0 5.4 20.3 14.3 3.5 7.9

Education, Information Services 2.2 7.4 5.5 2.4 8.7 3.0 8.0 6.5 4.4 6.5

Farming, Forestry 2.1 4.4 3.1 0.7 1.3 -29.3 -34.1 -31.6 -6.2 -18.9

Federal Government, Military -3.0 -3.1 -3.1 -3.9 -2.9 1.9 4.7 3.7 3.4 2.8

Coal, Gas, Other Mining -14.8 -2.2 -13.7 -17.3 -2.7 -17.3 -20.8 -17.9 -23.3 -36.4

Utilities 14.6 27.3 20.2 11.0 14.9 -1.8 -7.6 -4.3 0.3 -2.6

2012-2017

Percent change in employment Percent change in earnings per employee

Pennsylvania App. U.S. Pennsylvania App. U.S.