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

  

2010

 2,648.8 2,647.4 2,667.6 2,705.6 2,728.3 2,725.9 2,688.2 2,677.7 2,695.5 2,721.5 2,732.4 2,730.6 2,697.5

2011

 2,657.5 2,665.9 2,683.3 2,707.5 2,716.4 2,720.9 2,676.2 2,665.4 2,690.3 2,718.9 2,727.4 (P) 2,724.3  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

  

2010

 92.0 89.1 93.5 99.6 101.7 103.3 104.3 104.6 103.3 103.0 103.0 100.7 99.8

2011

 95.8 93.4 93.7 96.6 94.6 96.6 98.1 99.3 98.9 99.8 97.5 (P) 94.1  

Manufacturing

  

2010

 187.7 186.3 186.3 187.2 187.4 188.7 187.9 187.4 187.0 186.6 186.6 186.4 187.2

2011

 183.7 183.0 183.7 182.6 182.2 183.3 182.3 183.1 182.2 182.1 182.4 (P) 183.0  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2010

 497.4 488.3 491.7 495.9 500.9 503.9 497.7 497.1 497.7 502.2 511.3 517.9 500.2

2011

 496.6 490.2 492.8 498.0 505.3 508.0 500.0 498.3 499.8 504.4 514.2 (P) 519.1  

Information

  

2010

 51.8 51.4 51.7 51.6 51.4 51.9 51.7 51.1 51.1 51.2 51.0 50.8 51.4

2011

 50.6 50.5 50.5 50.6 50.9 51.1 50.9 47.4 50.2 50.2 49.8 (P) 50.0  

Financial Activities

  

2010

 200.3 199.7 199.6 199.6 200.3 201.0 202.2 202.4 200.6 200.0 199.8 200.5 200.5

2011

 199.1 199.6 200.6 199.7 200.4 201.3 201.7 201.9 200.1 200.3 199.5 (P) 199.7  

Professional & Business Services

  

2010

 396.4 397.3 399.4 408.3 409.8 411.7 411.2 411.0 409.2 410.0 410.2 409.2 407.0

2011

 397.8 397.9 402.0 408.2 407.4 416.7 415.6 417.8 415.5 414.9 414.6 (P) 413.2  

Educational & Health Services

  

2010

 550.0 559.1 558.9 562.9 561.0 549.9 548.5 546.2 556.7 570.4 572.3 568.6 558.7

2011

 557.6 569.6 572.8 573.7 567.4 556.1 553.2 551.2 561.9 575.0 578.4 (P) 575.9  

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2010

 205.2 203.0 209.9 220.5 228.9 233.4 235.3 235.1 229.6 228.4 225.3 223.9 223.2

2011

 213.9 214.9 216.8 226.0 236.2 239.3 238.0 235.0 231.9 231.2 227.8 (P) 225.8  

Other Services

  

2010

 117.6 116.7 118.1 118.9 120.2 121.5 120.6 120.4 119.4 120.2 119.9 120.1 119.4

2011

 118.6 118.6 119.8 120.6 122.8 123.9 123.4 122.6 121.5 121.4 121.7 (P) 122.3  

Government

  

2010

 350.4 356.5 358.5 361.1 366.7 360.6 328.8 322.4 340.9 349.5 353.0 352.5 350.1

2011

 343.8 348.2 350.6 351.5 349.2 344.6 313.0 308.8 328.3 339.6 341.5 (P) 341.2  

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

  

2010

 2,963,340 2,953,706 2,950,253 2,955,369 2,957,282 2,966,969 2,982,236 2,969,973 2,930,890 2,939,878 2,953,830 2,943,592 2,955,610

2011

 2,944,912 2,939,905 2,934,197 2,922,904 2,942,116 2,961,255 2,964,719 2,965,807 2,947,601 2,961,960 2,956,292 (P) 2,946,707  

Employment

  

2010

 2,681,849 2,671,068 2,672,985 2,693,131 2,692,500 2,697,820 2,704,424 2,700,631 2,677,647 2,686,088 2,697,928 2,696,425 2,689,375

2011

 2,678,317 2,676,273 2,683,429 2,689,490 2,695,942 2,698,948 2,694,125 2,695,943 2,698,151 2,721,161 2,716,338 (P) 2,714,044  

Unemployment

  

2010

 281,491 282,638 277,268 262,238 264,782 269,149 277,812 269,342 253,243 253,790 255,902 247,167 266,235

2011

 266,595 263,632 250,768 233,414 246,174 262,307 270,594 269,864 249,450 240,799 239,954 (P) 232,663  

Unemployment Rate

  

2010

 9.5 9.6 9.4 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.3 9.1 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.4 9.0

2011

 9.1 9.0 8.5 8.0 8.4 8.9 9.1 9.1 8.5 8.1 8.1 (P) 7.9  

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.