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Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Philadelphia, Pa. Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

985.0 994.5 1,000.6 1,003.8 1,004.4 997.0 990.2 990.4 1,013.3 1,021.9 1,027.3 1,022.1 1,004.2

2024

998.7 1,011.3 1,015.9 (p)1,020.6                  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2023

24.4 24.4 24.9 25.2 25.5 26.1 26.1 26.0 26.4 26.2 25.7 25.2 25.5

2024

24.2 24.3 24.8 (p)25.3                  

Manufacturing

2023

32.4 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.5 32.6 32.7 32.4 32.6 32.7 32.7 32.8 32.6

2024

32.6 32.6 32.5 (p)32.6                  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

132.4 130.6 130.4 129.6 130.2 130.5 129.3 129.1 129.5 130.4 132.7 133.7 130.7

2024

128.1 126.3 126.4 (p)126.3                  

Information

2023

19.4 19.3 19.2 19.1 19.0 19.0 19.0 18.8 18.6 18.9 19.0 18.7 19.0

2024

18.4 18.6 18.5 (p)18.5                  

Financial Activities

2023

64.5 64.4 64.3 64.1 64.5 65.1 65.3 65.3 64.8 64.8 64.8 65.0 64.7

2024

64.8 64.7 65.0 (p)64.5                  

Professional & Business Services

2023

146.8 146.9 147.8 148.3 149.4 149.5 149.0 148.2 149.5 150.2 150.7 149.2 148.8

2024

147.3 147.4 147.7 (p)148.7                  

Educational & Health Services

2023

308.8 318.8 320.6 321.7 317.5 308.0 308.0 309.8 323.3 329.9 333.3 330.0 319.1

2024

320.4 332.9 334.3 (p)336.0                  

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

90.2 90.5 92.9 95.7 97.6 98.2 97.1 96.9 98.5 98.3 97.2 96.5 95.8

2024

93.4 94.2 96.1 (p)98.9                  

Other Services

2023

39.6 39.8 40.4 40.5 40.8 40.8 40.7 40.4 40.4 40.8 41.0 40.7 40.5

2024

40.6 40.3 40.4 (p)40.5                  

Government

2023

126.5 127.3 127.7 127.1 127.4 127.2 123.0 123.5 129.7 129.7 130.2 130.3 127.5

2024

128.9 130.0 130.2 (p)129.3                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Philadelphia, Pa. Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

(t)1,033,781 (t)1,042,477 (t)1,044,452 (t)1,037,155 (t)1,039,841 (t)1,039,814 (t)1,042,493 (t)1,046,767 (t)1,050,212 (t)1,055,265 (t)1,057,011 (t)1,043,700 (t)1,044,414

2024

1,049,533 1,068,045 1,072,822 (p)1,063,992                  

Employment

2023

(t)989,722 (t)997,003 (t)1,004,706 (t)1,002,159 (t)1,001,310 (t)997,922 (t)998,045 (t)996,106 (t)1,010,887 (t)1,014,908 (t)1,019,760 (t)1,008,174 (t)1,003,392

2024

1,007,865 1,023,591 1,030,877 (p)1,026,993                  

Unemployment

2023

(t)44,059 (t)45,474 (t)39,746 (t)34,996 (t)38,531 (t)41,892 (t)44,448 (t)50,661 (t)39,325 (t)40,357 (t)37,251 (t)35,526 (t)41,022

2024

41,668 44,454 41,945 (p)36,999                  

Unemployment Rate

2023

(t)4.3 (t)4.4 (t)3.8 (t)3.4 (t)3.7 (t)4.0 (t)4.3 (t)4.8 (t)3.7 (t)3.8 (t)3.5 (t)3.4 (t)3.9

2024

4.0 4.2 3.9 (p)3.5                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(t) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024.

The Philadelphia, Pa., Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.