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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
2025	1,013.2	1,021.6	1,026.5	1,029.1	1,025.9	1,020.2	1,010.8	1,013.5	1,029.5	1,033.4	1,035.5	1,035.1	1,024.5
2026	(p)1,016.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	24.2	24.2	25.0	25.5	25.7	26.2	25.9	25.8	25.9	25.6	25.5	24.8	25.4
2026	(p)24.2
Manufacturing
2025	31.4	31.3	31.4	31.3	31.2	31.4	31.1	31.0	31.0	31.0	30.9	31.0	31.2
2026	(p)31.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	127.5	126.7	126.6	125.6	126.0	126.5	126.3	126.0	125.9	127.0	129.0	130.7	127.0
2026	(p)125.3
Information
2025	18.9	18.9	19.2	18.9	18.6	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.6	18.7	18.7	18.8	18.8
2026	(p)18.1
Financial Activities
2025	62.4	62.2	62.2	61.5	61.7	62.3	63.4	63.2	62.7	62.6	62.7	63.3	62.5
2026	(p)62.7
Professional & Business Services
2025	147.4	148.1	149.1	149.8	150.8	148.9	147.8	147.1	148.7	150.1	149.6	149.8	148.9
2026	(p)146.2
Educational & Health Services
2025	333.7	343.0	343.0	343.2	337.0	331.3	328.3	328.8	341.5	346.1	348.1	347.3	339.3
2026	(p)343.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	94.1	93.5	96.1	99.3	101.4	101.7	99.2	100.8	100.7	99.4	97.5	96.3	98.3
2026	(p)94.0
Other Services
2025	40.3	40.3	40.6	40.7	40.8	41.1	40.8	40.6	40.7	40.9	40.8	40.6	40.7
2026	(p)40.3
Government
2025	133.3	133.4	133.3	133.3	132.7	132.1	129.3	131.5	133.8	132.0	132.7	132.5	132.5
2026	(p)131.1
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
2024	1,089,944	1,101,495	1,101,426	1,092,017	1,089,959	1,088,772	1,093,231	1,091,338	1,087,213	1,089,464	1,083,241	1,076,184	1,090,357
2025	1,079,021	1,088,905	1,095,898	1,090,953	1,084,576	1,088,356	1,095,257	1,091,094	1,094,816	(1)-	1,100,554	(p)1,092,000
Employment
2024	1,044,237	1,052,813	1,057,264	1,052,828	1,047,004	1,040,619	1,039,435	1,034,786	1,044,178	1,044,913	1,039,598	1,035,259	1,044,411
2025	1,028,099	1,038,332	1,047,470	1,045,574	1,034,545	1,032,686	1,035,912	1,029,567	1,039,064	(1)-	1,050,042	(p)1,045,508
Unemployment
2024	45,707	48,682	44,162	39,189	42,955	48,153	53,796	56,552	43,035	44,551	43,643	40,925	45,946
2025	50,922	50,573	48,428	45,379	50,031	55,670	59,345	61,527	55,752	(1)-	50,512	(p)46,492
Unemployment Rate
2024	4.2	4.4	4.0	3.6	3.9	4.4	4.9	5.2	4.0	4.1	4.0	3.8	4.2
2025	4.7	4.6	4.4	4.2	4.6	5.1	5.4	5.6	5.1	(1)-	4.6	(p)4.3
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary
The Philadelphia, Pa., Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.