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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.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

750.3 758.0 762.7 764.8 764.4 758.0 754.1 754.9 773.7 780.2 784.6 779.6 765.4

2024

763.6 773.3 776.9 (p)780.4                  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2023

12.1 12.1 12.3 12.4 12.6 13.1 12.9 12.8 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.6 12.7

2024

12.0 12.1 12.4 (p)12.7                  

Manufacturing

2023

19.2 19.2 19.2 19.3 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.3 19.5 19.6 19.6 19.7 19.4

2024

19.6 19.5 19.6 (p)19.6                  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

88.5 87.3 87.3 86.9 87.2 87.2 86.6 86.5 86.8 87.3 88.7 89.1 87.5

2024

85.8 84.6 84.6 (p)84.6                  

Information

2023

16.3 16.2 16.1 16.0 15.9 15.9 15.9 15.8 15.7 15.9 16.0 15.8 16.0

2024

15.5 15.7 15.6 (p)15.6                  

Financial Activities

2023

49.1 49.2 49.4 49.3 49.6 50.1 50.3 50.4 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.2 49.8

2024

50.0 49.9 50.1 (p)49.7                  

Professional & Business Services

2023

114.4 114.5 114.9 114.8 115.9 116.1 115.6 115.1 116.2 117.0 117.2 115.6 115.6

2024

114.7 114.8 115.0 (p)115.8                  

Educational & Health Services

2023

249.7 257.7 259.2 259.9 256.1 249.0 249.4 250.8 261.4 266.7 269.6 266.9 258.0

2024

259.9 269.3 270.4 (p)271.9                  

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

69.4 69.8 71.5 73.9 75.0 74.3 73.4 73.5 76.1 75.8 75.1 74.5 73.5

2024

71.9 72.6 74.1 (p)76.4                  

Other Services

2023

28.4 28.5 29.0 29.1 29.3 29.2 29.1 28.9 29.0 29.2 29.4 29.0 29.0

2024

28.9 28.8 28.9 (p)28.9                  

Government

2023

103.2 103.5 103.8 103.2 103.5 103.7 101.4 101.8 105.8 105.6 106.0 106.2 104.0

2024

105.3 106.0 106.2 (p)105.2                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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

2023

(t)734,953 (t)741,572 (t)742,825 (t)737,258 (t)738,396 (t)738,030 (t)740,780 (t)744,427 (t)747,963 (t)751,699 (t)753,194 (t)742,589 (t)742,808

2024

748,382 761,890 764,736 (p)758,376                  

Employment

2023

(t)701,444 (t)707,021 (t)712,438 (t)710,483 (t)709,066 (t)706,075 (t)706,794 (t)705,741 (t)717,540 (t)720,482 (t)724,294 (t)715,141 (t)711,377

2024

716,213 727,586 732,540 (p)729,746                  

Unemployment

2023

(t)33,509 (t)34,551 (t)30,387 (t)26,775 (t)29,330 (t)31,955 (t)33,986 (t)38,686 (t)30,423 (t)31,217 (t)28,900 (t)27,448 (t)31,431

2024

32,169 34,304 32,196 (p)28,630                  

Unemployment Rate

2023

(t)4.6 (t)4.7 (t)4.1 (t)3.6 (t)4.0 (t)4.3 (t)4.6 (t)5.2 (t)4.1 (t)4.2 (t)3.8 (t)3.7 (t)4.2

2024

4.3 4.5 4.2 (p)3.8                  

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