Philadelphia City/County, PA

Philadelphia City/County, PA

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2019	Apr 2019	May 2019	June 2019	July 2019	Aug 2019
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		722.3	717.9	717.3	719.4	727.9	(p)726.2
Employment(1)		688.6	688.4	682.2	682.1	685.1	(p)682.9
Unemployment(1)		33.6	29.5	35.1	37.3	42.8	(p)43.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.7	4.1	4.9	5.2	5.9	(p)6.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		737.9	743.2	740.5	734.7	731.0	(p)733.5
12-month % change		3.1	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.6	(p)2.4
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		12.5	13.0	13.6	13.7	13.6	(p)13.5
12-month % change		5.0	0.8	5.4	6.2	7.1	(p)5.5
Manufacturing(3)		19.4	19.4	19.4	19.5	19.4	(p)19.3
12-month % change		-2.0	-2.0	-2.5	-2.5	-2.5	(p)-3.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		91.7	92.5	92.7	92.9	92.3	(p)92.2
12-month % change		0.5	0.7	0.3	0.2	-0.3	(p)0.0
Information(3)		11.9	12.0	12.0	12.3	12.2	(p)12.3
12-month % change		0.8	-3.2	-1.6	0.8	2.5	(p)4.2
Financial Activities(3)		43.3	43.2	43.8	44.4	44.6	(p)44.8
12-month % change		3.8	2.9	3.8	3.3	3.5	(p)3.9
Professional and Business Services(3)		100.7	101.2	101.8	102.6	103.4	(p)105.7
12-month % change		2.8	1.9	2.1	3.1	3.6	(p)5.5
Education and Health Services(3)		247.4	249.6	243.9	235.1	235.6	(p)233.3
12-month % change		3.7	3.4	2.7	2.3	2.5	(p)1.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		77.2	78.5	79.6	79.9	78.5	(p)78.5
12-month % change		8.4	5.8	5.4	5.5	5.9	(p)5.4
Other Services(3)		28.3	28.6	28.8	29.1	29.1	(p)29.1
12-month % change		0.7	0.7	0.7	1.4	1.7	(p)2.1
Government(3)		105.5	105.2	104.9	105.2	102.3	(p)104.8
12-month % change		1.7	1.8	2.0	1.8	2.2	(p)1.9
Consumer Price Index: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CPI-U, All items(4)			256.528		257.709		258.877
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)			1.9		2.1		2.3
CPI-W, All items(5)			256.881		257.880		259.137
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)			1.8		1.8		2.1
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary

Data extracted on: October 11, 2019

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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