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Philadelphia City, PA: 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 City (County), Pa.
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2021	664.1	670.9	680.1	687.5	688.5	685.5	687.0	691.6	706.0	715.7	719.0	722.6	693.2
2022	705.8	714.6	717.6	721.8	724.6	721.9	722.4	723.6	732.9	742.3	746.7	(p)743.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	11.1	10.8	11.0	11.7	11.9	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.0	11.9	11.8	11.5	11.7
2022	11.1	11.2	11.4	11.8	12.2	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.5	12.6	12.5	(p)12.2
Manufacturing
2021	17.7	17.7	17.8	17.9	18.0	18.0	18.3	18.3	18.4	18.6	18.8	18.8	18.2
2022	18.5	18.7	18.6	18.6	18.7	18.7	18.8	18.6	18.6	18.7	18.8	(p)18.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	87.5	86.5	86.6	86.2	86.7	87.5	87.5	88.0	88.6	89.9	91.8	93.9	88.4
2022	90.4	90.2	90.2	89.8	90.5	90.8	91.2	91.1	91.2	92.6	94.3	(p)95.3
Information
2021	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.4	11.6	11.9	11.9	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.8	12.3
2022	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	(p)13.9
Financial Activities
2021	42.0	42.2	42.3	42.4	42.3	42.8	43.3	43.3	42.7	42.2	42.2	42.5	42.5
2022	42.0	41.6	42.0	41.2	41.9	42.9	43.2	43.0	43.0	43.4	43.2	(p)43.1
Professional & Business Services
2021	98.2	98.9	99.6	100.6	101.0	101.8	102.8	103.0	103.5	105.0	105.4	106.3	102.2
2022	105.4	105.9	105.7	108.1	107.5	109.0	110.3	112.2	109.8	111.5	112.1	(p)111.6
Educational & Health Services
2021	228.1	231.9	236.5	238.6	235.9	227.8	226.6	227.6	235.4	240.3	240.6	240.4	234.1
2022	234.8	241.5	241.6	243.2	241.7	236.8	237.3	236.6	244.0	249.3	251.2	(p)249.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	39.7	42.6	46.1	50.3	53.0	55.7	57.8	60.6	61.8	64.0	63.9	64.7	55.0
2022	60.7	62.4	64.7	66.4	69.1	68.1	67.5	68.3	69.2	69.5	69.2	(p)68.6
Other Services
2021	24.0	24.2	24.5	24.9	25.2	25.5	25.7	25.7	26.0	26.5	26.3	26.6	25.4
2022	26.3	26.4	26.7	27.0	27.5	27.8	27.9	27.7	27.4	27.4	27.4	(p)27.4
Government
2021	104.3	104.5	104.1	103.4	103.1	102.8	101.0	101.0	104.1	103.7	104.5	104.1	103.4
2022	103.2	103.4	103.4	102.2	101.9	101.6	99.8	99.8	103.3	103.4	104.1	(p)103.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Philadelphia City (County), Pa.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2022	724,047	721,261	725,099	719,856	724,879	720,050	725,809	729,251	728,077	731,005	724,429	(p)723,233
2023	(p)734,100
Employment
2022	668,329	672,211	679,776	676,461	683,244	675,661	680,533	682,376	692,395	696,889	689,655	(p)690,464
2023	(p)696,208
Unemployment
2022	55,718	49,050	45,323	43,395	41,635	44,389	45,276	46,875	35,682	34,116	34,774	(p)32,769
2023	(p)37,892
Unemployment Rate
2022	7.7	6.8	6.3	6.0	5.7	6.2	6.2	6.4	4.9	4.7	4.8	(p)4.5
2023	(p)5.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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Philadelphia City, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data