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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia City/County, PA

Philadelphia City/County, PA

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Philadelphia City, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2022
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2017-18 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2019
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2019
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2019
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Nov 2019
Philadelphia City/County, PA Economy at a Glance:
Philadelphia City/County, PA
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 724.0 721.3 725.1 719.9 (p)724.5  

Employment(1)

 668.3 672.2 679.8 676.5 (p)683.0  

Unemployment(1)

 55.7 49.1 45.3 43.4 (p)41.5  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 7.7 6.8 6.3 6.0 (p)5.7  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 705.8 714.6 717.6 721.8 (p)723.9  

12-month % change

 6.3 6.5 5.5 5.0 (p)5.1  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 11.1 11.2 11.4 11.8 (p)12.2  

12-month % change

 0.0 3.7 3.6 0.9 (p)2.5  

Manufacturing(3)

 18.5 18.7 18.6 18.6 (p)18.7  

12-month % change

 4.5 5.6 4.5 3.9 (p)3.9  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 90.4 90.2 90.2 89.8 (p)89.7  

12-month % change

 3.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 (p)3.5  

Information(3)

 13.4 13.3 13.3 13.5 (p)13.7  

12-month % change

 16.5 14.7 14.7 17.4 (p)20.2  

Financial Activities(3)

 42.0 41.6 42.0 41.2 (p)42.0  

12-month % change

 0.0 -1.4 -0.7 -2.8 (p)-0.7  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 105.4 105.9 105.7 108.1 (p)107.3  

12-month % change

 7.3 7.1 6.1 7.5 (p)6.2  

Education and Health Services(3)

 234.8 241.5 241.6 243.2 (p)241.5  

12-month % change

 2.9 4.1 2.2 1.9 (p)2.4  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 60.7 62.4 64.7 66.4 (p)69.3  

12-month % change

 52.9 46.5 40.3 32.0 (p)30.8  

Other Services(3)

 26.3 26.4 26.7 27.0 (p)27.6  

12-month % change

 9.6 9.1 9.0 8.4 (p)9.5  

Government(3)

 103.2 103.4 103.4 102.2 (p)101.9  

12-month % change

 -1.1 -1.1 -0.7 -1.2 (p)-1.2  

Consumer Price Index: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

CPI-U, All items(4)

   281.402   287.602   294.207

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     7.3   8.4   8.8

CPI-W, All items(5)

   283.844   288.748   295.482

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     7.7   8.3   8.9

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary