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
2012	165.5	167.5	168.9	170.0	170.9	170.4	168.9	169.0	170.6	171.8	173.4	173.7	170.1
2013	169.6	170.8	171.5	(P) 172.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2012	6.6	6.6	6.8	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.4	7.2	7.1
2013	6.7	6.6	6.8	(P) 7.1
Manufacturing
2012	29.5	29.2	29.5	29.5	29.6	29.9	30.0	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.7	29.8	29.6
2013	29.8	29.7	29.6	(P) 29.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	31.9	31.4	31.5	31.6	32.0	32.1	31.9	32.0	31.9	32.2	33.6	33.9	32.2
2013	32.6	32.4	32.6	(P) 32.9
Information
2012	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4
2013	1.4	1.3	1.3	(P) 1.3
Financial Activities
2012	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
2013	5.9	5.9	5.9	(P) 5.9
Professional & Business Services
2012	20.0	20.3	20.7	21.0	20.7	20.9	21.3	21.5	21.4	21.3	21.2	21.1	21.0
2013	20.8	20.9	20.8	(P) 21.1
Educational & Health Services
2012	27.7	28.1	28.4	28.5	28.5	28.7	28.8	28.9	29.1	29.3	29.3	29.2	28.7
2013	29.0	29.2	29.5	(P) 29.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	13.2	13.8	13.7	14.3	14.6	14.9	14.7	14.8	14.1	14.3	14.2	14.4	14.3
2013	14.2	14.3	14.5	(P) 14.8
Other Services
2012	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.3	7.4	7.6	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4
2013	7.4	7.4	7.4	(P) 7.5
Government
2012	22.0	23.5	23.6	23.5	23.6	21.6	19.9	20.1	22.6	23.1	23.1	23.2	22.5
2013	21.8	23.1	23.1	(P) 23.0
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
2012	(1) 202,357	(1) 203,741	(1) 203,857	(1) 203,229	(1) 205,802	(1) 207,739	(1) 209,116	(1) 207,388	(1) 207,105	(1) 207,409	(1) 207,073	(1) 207,898	(1) 206,060
2013	207,795	206,071	(P) 204,798
Employment
2012	(1) 185,111	(1) 186,390	(1) 187,128	(1) 187,920	(1) 189,370	(1) 190,238	(1) 191,357	(1) 190,039	(1) 191,412	(1) 191,569	(1) 191,690	(1) 191,820	(1) 189,504
2013	188,993	188,720	(P) 188,951
Unemployment
2012	(1) 17,246	(1) 17,351	(1) 16,729	(1) 15,309	(1) 16,432	(1) 17,501	(1) 17,759	(1) 17,349	(1) 15,693	(1) 15,840	(1) 15,383	(1) 16,078	(1) 16,556
2013	18,802	17,351	(P) 15,847
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 8.5	(1) 8.5	(1) 8.2	(1) 7.5	(1) 8.0	(1) 8.4	(1) 8.5	(1) 8.4	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.7	(1) 8.0
2013	9.0	8.4	(P) 7.7
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals. (P) Preliminary
The Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Berks County in Pennsylvania.

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