Philadelphia City, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Philadelphia City, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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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
2024	(m)756,040	(m)764,720	(m)764,779	(m)756,792	(m)756,214	(m)755,850	(m)761,107	(m)758,273	(m)754,355	(m)755,917	(m)751,625	(m)745,485
2025	778,376	(p)784,653
Employment
2024	(m)720,606	(m)726,977	(m)730,838	(m)726,272	(m)722,960	(m)718,777	(m)719,493	(m)714,862	(m)720,854	(m)721,437	(m)717,788	(m)713,546
2025	739,090	(p)745,703
Unemployment
2024	(m)35,434	(m)37,743	(m)33,941	(m)30,520	(m)33,254	(m)37,073	(m)41,614	(m)43,411	(m)33,501	(m)34,480	(m)33,837	(m)31,939
2025	39,286	(p)38,950
Unemployment Rate
2024	(m)4.7	(m)4.9	(m)4.4	(m)4.0	(m)4.4	(m)4.9	(m)5.5	(m)5.7	(m)4.4	(m)4.6	(m)4.5	(m)4.3
2025	5.0	(p)5.0
Footnotes (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary