Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: 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
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2008

2,778.9 2,789.8 2,801.8 2,831.1 2,835.4 2,836.0 2,799.2 2,791.3 2,803.5 2,827.5 2,817.7 2,804.2 2,809.7

2009

2,729.8 2,721.5 2,723.0 2,739.1 2,748.1 2,740.5 2,707.6 2,696.0 (P) 2,712.7        

Mining, Logging, & Construction

 

2008

120.4 118.6 121.2 126.0 127.3 128.7 128.5 128.2 125.3 123.9 119.4 115.2 123.6

2009

107.6 103.6 104.1 107.2 108.6 110.3 110.6 110.7 (P) 108.1        

Manufacturing

 

2008

217.7 218.6 218.8 218.0 217.4 219.5 217.4 216.8 214.9 214.0 212.5 211.1 216.4

2009

207.9 205.9 205.2 204.1 204.1 203.8 203.2 202.1 (P) 201.3        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2008

532.0 522.2 523.9 525.2 528.6 528.9 524.0 522.2 522.9 524.4 528.0 532.0 526.2

2009

511.1 503.1 504.2 504.4 507.2 508.9 501.5 499.7 (P) 498.8        

Information

 

2008

57.8 57.8 57.6 57.9 57.9 57.5 57.0 56.8 56.2 56.0 56.1 56.0 57.1

2009

55.6 55.3 55.0 54.9 54.6 54.5 54.4 54.2 (P) 53.9        

Financial Activities

 

2008

217.8 218.0 218.2 218.1 217.8 218.7 219.4 218.5 215.6 215.9 215.1 214.7 217.3

2009

212.5 210.7 210.2 209.7 209.1 209.7 209.3 208.6 (P) 207.2        

Professional & Business Services

 

2008

425.2 424.3 428.0 434.1 434.5 435.7 433.2 433.1 430.0 432.9 428.9 421.9 430.2

2009

409.2 404.8 405.8 410.4 414.8 412.5 410.7 412.6 (P) 407.3        

Educational & Health Services

 

2008

525.6 540.9 538.5 543.8 538.9 529.1 528.2 527.3 538.2 550.4 551.9 548.7 538.5

2009

539.8 549.5 545.5 548.3 543.9 533.3 533.2 530.8 (P) 544.0        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2008

209.8 209.8 214.8 224.7 230.8 236.0 236.8 233.7 227.2 224.4 219.0 218.7 223.8

2009

208.6 207.4 210.7 216.5 223.6 226.3 225.4 222.4 (P) 220.2        

Other Services

 

2008

121.7 121.7 121.6 122.8 123.9 125.1 124.8 124.3 123.6 124.1 123.5 123.2 123.4

2009

121.8 121.7 122.1 122.1 122.9 124.0 123.6 122.7 (P) 121.4        

Government

 

2008

350.9 357.9 359.2 360.5 358.3 356.8 329.9 330.4 349.6 361.5 363.3 362.7 353.4

2009

355.7 359.5 360.2 361.5 359.3 357.2 335.7 332.2 (P) 350.5        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2008

2,963,442 2,948,276 2,961,095 2,971,369 2,976,701 2,995,559 3,019,365 3,008,118 2,977,744 3,009,130 3,003,898 2,999,743 2,986,203

2009

2,988,647 2,983,974 2,982,653 2,983,932 3,003,384 3,011,961 3,016,720 2,981,102 (P) 2,947,854        

Employment

 

2008

2,814,623 2,803,138 2,817,491 2,841,479 2,829,623 2,838,998 2,849,307 2,834,890 2,813,473 2,837,780 2,826,405 2,808,824 2,826,336

2009

2,764,492 2,744,566 2,743,144 2,757,408 2,757,340 2,751,453 2,750,605 2,717,096 (P) 2,688,700        

Unemployment

 

2008

148,819 145,138 143,604 129,890 147,078 156,561 170,058 173,228 164,271 171,350 177,493 190,919 159,867

2009

224,155 239,408 239,509 226,524 246,044 260,508 266,115 264,006 (P) 259,154        

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

5.0 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.9 5.2 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.9 6.4 5.4

2009

7.5 8.0 8.0 7.6 8.2 8.6 8.8 8.9 (P) 8.8        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md., Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.