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Reading, 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	Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2021	166.0	166.5	167.8	168.5	169.0	170.0	169.8	169.3	170.3	171.3	173.1	172.4	169.5
2022	167.5	169.8	170.7	172.0	172.9	173.0	172.9	173.0	174.8	175.3	176.6	(p)177.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	7.2	6.8	7.2	7.6	7.7	7.9	8.1	8.0	7.9	7.9	7.7	7.3	7.6
2022	6.9	6.8	7.0	7.4	7.5	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.6	(p)7.4
Manufacturing
2021	29.2	29.1	29.4	29.2	29.2	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.3	29.4	29.7	29.7	29.4
2022	29.4	30.2	30.2	30.2	30.4	30.7	30.6	30.7	30.7	30.8	30.9	(p)31.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	33.6	33.3	33.3	33.2	33.4	33.3	33.4	33.4	33.8	34.3	35.3	36.1	33.9
2022	34.9	35.1	35.2	35.2	35.4	35.8	35.6	35.6	36.0	36.3	37.2	(p)37.8
Information
2021	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2022	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)1.0
Financial Activities
2021	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6
2022	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	(p)6.6
Professional & Business Services
2021	21.1	21.2	21.0	21.2	21.2	21.4	21.6	21.5	21.8	21.5	22.1	21.0	21.4
2022	20.3	20.5	20.9	21.4	21.3	21.1	21.6	21.7	21.4	21.5	21.8	(p)21.7
Educational & Health Services
2021	30.0	30.2	30.4	30.3	30.2	29.7	29.6	29.5	29.6	29.7	29.8	29.7	29.9
2022	29.4	29.6	29.7	29.7	29.9	29.8	30.0	30.3	31.1	31.3	31.3	(p)31.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	11.2	11.5	11.9	12.2	12.7	13.5	13.9	13.7	12.9	13.1	13.0	13.0	12.7
2022	12.4	12.5	12.6	13.0	13.5	14.1	14.3	14.1	13.4	13.3	13.1	(p)13.1
Other Services
2021	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.5	7.6	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.6
2022	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	8.0	8.1	8.1	7.9	7.9	7.9	(p)8.0
Government
2021	19.1	19.6	19.8	19.7	19.4	19.2	18.1	18.1	19.8	20.1	20.2	20.2	19.4
2022	18.9	19.8	19.8	19.8	19.5	18.3	17.4	17.2	19.0	19.0	19.2	(p)19.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2022	208,181	207,688	209,084	208,260	212,064	211,997	212,756	212,155	211,139	212,309	210,070	(p)211,578
2023	(p)214,236
Employment
2022	196,155	197,113	199,304	199,259	203,195	201,856	202,740	201,880	203,840	205,177	202,840	(p)204,386
2023	(p)204,895
Unemployment
2022	12,026	10,575	9,780	9,001	8,869	10,141	10,016	10,275	7,299	7,132	7,230	(p)7,192
2023	(p)9,341
Unemployment Rate
2022	5.8	5.1	4.7	4.3	4.2	4.8	4.7	4.8	3.5	3.4	3.4	(p)3.4
2023	(p)4.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Berks County in Pennsylvania.