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Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: 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, Pa. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2019	961.6	970.1	973.5	983.1	980.6	970.8	962.0	967.0	985.8	995.4	1,001.5	999.1	979.2
2020	980.3	996.1	991.3	857.0	870.3	(p)902.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	23.6	23.6	23.5	24.6	25.1	25.0	25.2	25.1	25.5	25.8	25.4	24.3	24.7
2020	23.7	23.6	23.5	16.1	22.1	(p)23.6
Manufacturing
2019	34.0	34.2	34.1	34.0	33.9	34.2	33.9	34.0	33.4	33.1	33.3	33.2	33.8
2020	32.8	33.0	32.7	30.0	30.9	(p)31.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	136.1	133.9	134.1	134.9	135.4	135.9	135.8	136.4	136.6	138.0	141.6	142.8	136.8
2020	138.1	137.7	138.0	126.1	126.7	(p)130.2
Information
2019	14.6	14.7	14.8	15.0	15.0	15.4	15.6	15.6	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.2
2020	15.2	15.3	15.3	14.3	14.3	(p)14.5
Financial Activities
2019	59.2	59.3	59.2	59.3	59.5	60.1	60.3	60.1	59.5	60.1	60.2	60.3	59.8
2020	59.9	60.2	60.7	58.8	59.2	(p)59.2
Professional & Business Services
2019	134.6	135.8	136.0	137.8	137.7	137.5	137.7	138.1	139.1	138.6	140.1	139.5	137.7
2020	138.0	140.7	140.1	128.0	126.7	(p)130.1
Educational & Health Services
2019	298.1	306.0	306.3	308.9	303.6	293.2	289.6	290.1	303.8	310.3	311.0	309.3	302.5
2020	303.2	314.0	311.0	280.1	279.7	(p)289.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	92.9	93.1	95.7	99.3	100.6	100.9	100.0	100.9	101.2	101.8	101.8	101.3	99.1
2020	98.8	99.5	97.6	43.9	49.8	(p)59.5
Other Services
2019	39.4	39.4	39.6	39.8	40.3	40.5	40.4	40.2	40.2	40.4	40.2	40.2	40.1
2020	39.8	40.0	40.0	28.5	30.3	(p)34.3
Government
2019	129.1	130.1	130.2	129.5	129.5	128.1	123.5	126.5	131.1	131.8	132.4	132.7	129.5
2020	130.8	132.1	132.4	131.2	130.6	(p)130.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Philadelphia, Pa. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	(1)1,013,294	(1)1,015,487	(1)1,013,987	(1)1,011,224	(1)1,011,828	(1)1,015,771	(1)1,025,225	(1)1,022,756	(1)1,027,002	(1)1,037,136	(1)1,037,254	(1)1,031,591	(1)1,021,880
2020	1,034,920	1,046,605	1,038,670	1,035,494	1,045,878	(p)1,039,802
Employment
2019	(1)960,558	(1)966,223	(1)965,831	(1)968,820	(1)962,882	(1)962,688	(1)965,727	(1)962,731	(1)974,262	(1)981,985	(1)984,181	(1)980,295	(1)969,682
2020	977,657	989,606	972,091	866,591	883,579	(p)868,406
Unemployment
2019	(1)52,736	(1)49,264	(1)48,156	(1)42,404	(1)48,946	(1)53,083	(1)59,498	(1)60,025	(1)52,740	(1)55,151	(1)53,073	(1)51,296	(1)52,198
2020	57,263	56,999	66,579	168,903	162,299	(p)171,396
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)5.2	(1)4.9	(1)4.7	(1)4.2	(1)4.8	(1)5.2	(1)5.8	(1)5.9	(1)5.1	(1)5.3	(1)5.1	(1)5.0	(1)5.1
2020	5.5	5.4	6.4	16.3	15.5	(p)16.5
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary
The Philadelphia, Pa., Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.