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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
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Philadelphia City/County, PA Economy at a Glance:
Philadelphia City/County, PA
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2024		 Oct
2024		 Nov
2024		 Dec
2024		 Jan
2025		 Feb
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (m)754.4 (m)755.9 (m)751.6 (m)745.5 778.4 (p)784.7

Employment(1)

 (m)720.9 (m)721.4 (m)717.8 (m)713.5 739.1 (p)745.7

Unemployment(1)

 (m)33.5 (m)34.5 (m)33.8 (m)31.9 39.3 (p)39.0

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (m)4.4 (m)4.6 (m)4.5 (m)4.3 5.0 (p)5.0

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

CPI-U, All items(3)

           320.935

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(3)

             3.1

CPI-W, All items(4)

   317.957   317.558   321.743

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

     3.4   3.3   3.3

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(p) Preliminary