Philadelphia City, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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.
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	750.3	758.0	762.7	764.8	764.4	758.0	754.1	754.9	773.7	780.2	784.6	779.6	765.4
2024	763.6	773.3	776.9	(p)780.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	12.1	12.1	12.3	12.4	12.6	13.1	12.9	12.8	13.2	13.1	13.0	12.6	12.7
2024	12.0	12.1	12.4	(p)12.7
Manufacturing
2023	19.2	19.2	19.2	19.3	19.3	19.4	19.5	19.3	19.5	19.6	19.6	19.7	19.4
2024	19.6	19.5	19.6	(p)19.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	88.5	87.3	87.3	86.9	87.2	87.2	86.6	86.5	86.8	87.3	88.7	89.1	87.5
2024	85.8	84.6	84.6	(p)84.6
Information
2023	16.3	16.2	16.1	16.0	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.8	15.7	15.9	16.0	15.8	16.0
2024	15.5	15.7	15.6	(p)15.6
Financial Activities
2023	49.1	49.2	49.4	49.3	49.6	50.1	50.3	50.4	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.2	49.8
2024	50.0	49.9	50.1	(p)49.7
Professional & Business Services
2023	114.4	114.5	114.9	114.8	115.9	116.1	115.6	115.1	116.2	117.0	117.2	115.6	115.6
2024	114.7	114.8	115.0	(p)115.8
Educational & Health Services
2023	249.7	257.7	259.2	259.9	256.1	249.0	249.4	250.8	261.4	266.7	269.6	266.9	258.0
2024	259.9	269.3	270.4	(p)271.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	69.4	69.8	71.5	73.9	75.0	74.3	73.4	73.5	76.1	75.8	75.1	74.5	73.5
2024	71.9	72.6	74.1	(p)76.4
Other Services
2023	28.4	28.5	29.0	29.1	29.3	29.2	29.1	28.9	29.0	29.2	29.4	29.0	29.0
2024	28.9	28.8	28.9	(p)28.9
Government
2023	103.2	103.5	103.8	103.2	103.5	103.7	101.4	101.8	105.8	105.6	106.0	106.2	104.0
2024	105.3	106.0	106.2	(p)105.2
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
2023	(1)734,953	(1)741,572	(1)742,825	(1)737,258	(1)738,396	(1)738,030	(1)740,780	(1)744,427	(1)747,963	(1)751,699	(1)753,194	(1)742,589	(1)742,808
2024	748,382	761,890	764,736	(p)758,376
Employment
2023	(1)701,444	(1)707,021	(1)712,438	(1)710,483	(1)709,066	(1)706,075	(1)706,794	(1)705,741	(1)717,540	(1)720,482	(1)724,294	(1)715,141	(1)711,377
2024	716,213	727,586	732,540	(p)729,746
Unemployment
2023	(1)33,509	(1)34,551	(1)30,387	(1)26,775	(1)29,330	(1)31,955	(1)33,986	(1)38,686	(1)30,423	(1)31,217	(1)28,900	(1)27,448	(1)31,431
2024	32,169	34,304	32,196	(p)28,630
Unemployment Rate
2023	(1)4.6	(1)4.7	(1)4.1	(1)3.6	(1)4.0	(1)4.3	(1)4.6	(1)5.2	(1)4.1	(1)4.2	(1)3.8	(1)3.7	(1)4.2
2024	4.3	4.5	4.2	(p)3.8
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024. (p) Preliminary