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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
2023	176.8	177.5	178.4	179.6	180.3	178.4	177.3	177.7	180.4	181.1	182.1	182.0	179.3
2024	177.5	(p)178.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	7.6	7.6	7.7	8.0	8.1	8.3	8.4	8.5	8.3	8.3	8.1	8.0	8.1
2024	7.6	(p)7.6
Manufacturing
2023	31.3	31.4	31.5	31.6	31.6	31.7	31.7	31.8	31.7	31.6	31.6	31.7	31.6
2024	31.7	(p)31.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	35.1	34.5	34.6	34.6	34.5	34.6	34.3	34.4	34.3	34.8	35.6	35.8	34.8
2024	34.4	(p)34.1
Information
2023	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
2024	1.0	(p)1.0
Financial Activities
2023	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.9
2024	6.8	(p)6.8
Professional & Business Services
2023	22.7	22.6	22.7	22.7	23.1	22.3	22.0	22.2	23.2	23.3	23.2	23.0	22.8
2024	22.3	(p)22.3
Educational & Health Services
2023	31.5	31.7	32.0	32.0	32.0	31.5	31.7	31.9	32.7	32.9	33.2	33.1	32.2
2024	32.9	(p)33.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	14.2	14.3	14.5	15.0	15.4	15.8	15.8	15.3	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.9
2024	14.3	(p)14.5
Other Services
2023	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.7
2024	7.8	(p)7.7
Government
2023	18.8	19.8	19.7	19.9	19.8	18.3	17.6	17.9	20.0	20.1	20.3	20.1	19.4
2024	18.7	(p)20.0
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
2023	214,255	213,491	212,707	212,078	213,632	215,841	215,726	216,858	213,916	215,049	215,705	(p)213,522
2024	213,913	(p)215,477
Employment
2023	204,904	203,796	204,861	205,267	205,758	207,227	207,422	207,205	206,988	207,787	209,029	(p)207,115
2024	206,234	(p)207,425
Unemployment
2023	9,351	9,695	7,846	6,811	7,874	8,614	8,304	9,653	6,928	7,262	6,676	(p)6,407
2024	7,679	(p)8,052
Unemployment Rate
2023	4.4	4.5	3.7	3.2	3.7	4.0	3.8	4.5	3.2	3.4	3.1	(p)3.0
2024	3.6	(p)3.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Berks County in Pennsylvania.