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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Reading Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Oct 2019
Reading, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2023
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Reading – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Pennsylvania’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2017

Reading, PA Economy at a Glance:

Reading, PA

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		212.2	211.1	212.3	210.1	(p)211.6	(p)214.2
Employment(1)		201.9	203.8	205.2	202.8	(p)204.4	(p)204.9
Unemployment(1)		10.3	7.3	7.1	7.2	(p)7.2	(p)9.3
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.8	3.5	3.4	3.4	(p)3.4	(p)4.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		173.0	174.8	175.3	176.6	(p)177.0
12-month % change		2.2	2.6	2.3	2.0	(p)2.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		7.7	7.7	7.6	7.6	(p)7.4
12-month % change		-3.8	-2.5	-3.8	-1.3	(p)1.4
Manufacturing(3)		30.7	30.7	30.8	30.9	(p)31.0
12-month % change		3.7	4.8	4.8	4.0	(p)4.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		35.6	36.0	36.3	37.2	(p)37.8
12-month % change		6.6	6.5	5.8	5.4	(p)4.7
Information(3)		1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)1.0
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	(p)6.6
12-month % change		-1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	(p)1.5
Professional and Business Services(3)		21.7	21.4	21.5	21.8	(p)21.7
12-month % change		0.9	-1.8	0.0	-1.4	(p)3.3
Education and Health Services(3)		30.3	31.1	31.3	31.3	(p)31.3
12-month % change		2.7	5.1	5.4	5.0	(p)5.4
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		14.1	13.4	13.3	13.1	(p)13.1
12-month % change		2.9	3.9	1.5	0.8	(p)0.8
Other Services(3)		8.1	7.9	7.9	7.9	(p)8.0
12-month % change		3.8	2.6	1.3	1.3	(p)1.3
Government(3)		17.2	19.0	19.0	19.2	(p)19.1
12-month % change		-5.0	-4.0	-5.5	-5.0	(p)-5.4
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. (p) Preliminary