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

Philadelphia, PA

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Philadelphia, PA, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2019
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table May 2023
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, PA Economy at a Glance:
Philadelphia, PA
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2022		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023		 Feb
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,027.8 1,031.9 1,022.2 (p)1,021.8 (p)1,035.7  

Employment(1)

 981.8 987.8 977.3 (p)979.3 (p)985.8  

Unemployment(1)

 46.0 44.1 44.9 (p)42.5 (p)49.9  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.5 4.3 4.4 (p)4.2 (p)4.8  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 968.4 980.3 986.5 (p)983.5    

12-month % change

 3.5 3.4 3.6 (p)3.0    

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 24.8 24.8 24.7 (p)24.4    

12-month % change

 2.5 2.5 3.8 (p)4.7    

Manufacturing(3)

 32.3 32.5 32.7 (p)32.8    

12-month % change

 1.6 1.6 1.6 (p)1.5    

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 135.2 137.0 139.7 (p)142.0    

12-month % change

 3.7 3.6 3.0 (p)2.2    

Information(3)

 16.7 16.7 16.8 (p)16.7    

12-month % change

 2.5 1.8 1.8 (p)0.6    

Financial Activities(3)

 58.9 59.4 59.3 (p)59.2    

12-month % change

 0.7 2.2 2.2 (p)1.7    

Professional and Business Services(3)

 143.5 145.8 146.2 (p)144.9    

12-month % change

 4.6 5.0 4.9 (p)4.1    

Education and Health Services(3)

 301.6 307.8 310.0 (p)307.9    

12-month % change

 3.3 3.4 4.1 (p)3.4    

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 90.4 90.8 90.6 (p)90.0    

12-month % change

 10.6 7.8 8.2 (p)7.0    

Other Services(3)

 38.4 38.4 38.5 (p)38.6    

12-month % change

 4.9 2.9 4.1 (p)3.2    

Government(3)

 126.6 127.1 128.0 (p)127.0    

12-month % change

 -0.3 0.2 0.1 (p)-0.2    

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   295.978   294.883   300.882

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

     7.8   6.4   6.9

CPI-W, All items(5)

   297.450   296.748   301.365

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

     7.7   6.2   6.2

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