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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2022

946.4 961.5 968.4 977.9 979.4 972.3 970.2 974.4 992.0 1,002.1 1,009.4 1,007.1 980.1

2023

986.3 999.4 1,004.9 1,012.2 1,012.1 1,009.3 1,007.0 (p)1,008.3          

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2022

23.4 23.5 24.4 24.9 25.3 25.5 25.9 25.7 26.4 26.3 26.2 25.6 25.3

2023

25.3 25.1 25.0 25.5 26.0 26.6 26.9 (p)26.8          

Manufacturing

2022

31.5 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.5 32.6 32.5 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.7 32.8 32.4

2023

32.1 32.3 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 32.6 (p)32.5          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

133.6 133.5 133.2 132.1 132.3 132.5 132.4 132.3 131.8 134.3 137.8 140.0 133.8

2023

135.1 133.3 133.3 132.9 133.6 134.1 134.6 (p)134.4          

Information

2022

19.1 19.0 19.1 19.3 19.2 19.5 19.9 19.8 19.8 19.6 19.8 19.7 19.5

2023

19.6 19.5 19.6 19.6 19.7 20.1 20.0 (p)19.6          

Financial Activities

2022

61.9 62.5 62.9 63.8 64.1 64.7 65.1 65.2 64.5 64.9 64.9 65.1 64.1

2023

64.5 64.3 64.6 64.3 64.4 64.8 65.2 (p)65.2          

Professional & Business Services

2022

140.2 142.0 143.3 144.0 145.3 146.4 144.7 144.6 144.7 146.1 146.7 146.2 144.5

2023

143.1 144.0 144.2 146.7 147.2 148.2 149.0 (p)148.6          

Educational & Health Services

2022

292.2 303.4 303.7 308.1 304.6 293.0 296.2 299.5 310.7 318.5 319.9 317.8 305.6

2023

310.3 321.8 323.9 326.3 322.6 313.4 313.6 (p)313.9          

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

80.9 81.0 84.9 89.3 91.4 93.3 93.0 93.1 94.5 92.5 93.3 91.8 89.9

2023

90.0 92.1 94.9 98.3 99.4 101.9 101.1 (p)102.1          

Other Services

2022

37.5 37.7 38.0 38.5 38.9 39.2 39.4 39.2 39.7 39.8 39.9 40.2 39.0

2023

39.8 40.0 40.3 40.2 40.5 41.6 41.9 (p)41.8          

Government

2022

126.1 126.8 126.7 125.6 125.8 125.6 121.1 122.5 127.5 127.6 128.2 127.9 126.0

2023

126.5 127.0 126.9 126.1 126.3 126.1 122.1 (p)123.4          

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

2022

1,021,383 1,025,966 1,031,535 1,027,725 1,032,769 1,029,425 1,034,902 1,041,178 1,042,200 1,044,053 1,037,682 1,031,718 1,033,378

2023

1,037,696 1,044,541 1,043,722 1,037,416 1,041,022 1,042,813 1,044,407 (p)1,051,322          

Employment

2022

963,573 971,805 981,067 979,528 982,613 974,846 977,148 979,943 993,403 995,282 989,349 987,766 981,360

2023

987,563 993,170 1,000,940 999,312 997,863 998,165 999,137 (p)998,826          

Unemployment

2022

57,810 54,161 50,468 48,197 50,156 54,579 57,754 61,235 48,797 48,771 48,333 43,952 52,018

2023

50,133 51,371 42,782 38,104 43,159 44,648 45,270 (p)52,496          

Unemployment Rate

2022

5.7 5.3 4.9 4.7 4.9 5.3 5.6 5.9 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.3 5.0

2023

4.8 4.9 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.3 (p)5.0          

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Philadelphia, Pa., Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.