Philadelphia City, 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
Philadelphia City (County), Pa.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2012

649.9 658.4 663.4 666.5 666.6 657.3 652.0 651.0 664.8 670.0 669.2 667.1 661.4

2013

655.0 661.8 663.7 (P) 670.3                  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

 

2012

9.3 9.6 9.7 9.9 9.9 10.5 10.1 10.4 11.1 11.4 11.0 10.9 10.3

2013

10.7 11.0 11.1 (P) 11.5                  

Manufacturing

 

2012

23.0 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.7 23.3 23.1 23.3

2013

23.0 23.0 23.0 (P) 23.0                  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2012

87.6 87.3 88.2 88.4 89.0 89.0 88.7 88.6 89.0 90.4 91.4 92.8 89.2

2013

89.3 87.8 88.2 (P) 89.3                  

Information

 

2012

11.9 11.9 12.0 11.9 12.0 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.9 12.0 12.0 11.9

2013

11.8 11.8 11.8 (P) 11.8                  

Financial Activities

 

2012

40.9 40.9 40.8 40.9 41.0 41.2 41.5 41.5 41.0 41.0 41.1 41.1 41.1

2013

41.2 41.1 41.1 (P) 41.0                  

Professional & Business Services

 

2012

82.3 82.7 83.0 83.0 83.2 83.6 83.3 83.5 83.8 83.9 84.3 83.0 83.3

2013

82.7 83.5 82.7 (P) 83.5                  

Educational & Health Services

 

2012

209.9 216.9 217.6 217.3 215.5 206.4 206.4 205.8 214.1 218.5 218.5 217.8 213.7

2013

213.7 221.0 221.2 (P) 224.0                  

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2012

58.7 58.7 61.5 64.1 65.6 64.1 63.5 64.2 64.9 63.9 61.9 59.9 62.6

2013

57.6 57.3 59.5 (P) 61.3                  

Other Services

 

2012

26.2 26.3 26.5 26.6 26.9 27.0 27.0 26.8 26.8 26.3 26.6 27.0 26.7

2013

26.9 26.4 26.2 (P) 26.0                  

Government

 

2012

100.1 101.1 101.0 101.2 100.2 100.2 96.3 94.9 98.7 99.0 99.1 99.5 99.3

2013

98.1 98.9 98.9 (P) 98.9                  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Philadelphia City (County), Pa.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2012

(1) 645,865 (1) 644,654 (1) 648,531 (1) 645,728 (1) 654,672 (1) 660,983 (1) 665,307 (1) 662,362 (1) 660,042 (1) 665,274 (1) 660,389 (1) 660,276 (1) 656,173

2013

661,583 650,269 (P) 646,306                    

Employment

 

2012

(1) 575,059 (1) 575,050 (1) 579,980 (1) 582,079 (1) 585,410 (1) 587,683 (1) 588,022 (1) 586,183 (1) 589,125 (1) 593,222 (1) 591,978 (1) 590,748 (1) 585,378

2013

583,363 581,025 (P) 580,913                    

Unemployment

 

2012

(1) 70,806 (1) 69,604 (1) 68,551 (1) 63,649 (1) 69,262 (1) 73,300 (1) 77,285 (1) 76,179 (1) 70,917 (1) 72,052 (1) 68,411 (1) 69,528 (1) 70,795

2013

78,220 69,244 (P) 65,393                    

Unemployment Rate

 

2012

(1) 11.0 (1) 10.8 (1) 10.6 (1) 9.9 (1) 10.6 (1) 11.1 (1) 11.6 (1) 11.5 (1) 10.7 (1) 10.8 (1) 10.4 (1) 10.5 (1) 10.8

2013

11.8 10.6 (P) 10.1                    

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals.
(P) Preliminary