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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
2020	981.6	991.5	984.1	827.4	839.1	852.8	861.3	868.6	890.6	900.8	902.9	895.0	899.6
2021	880.6	893.4	(p)892.7
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2020	23.6	23.6	23.9	14.4	20.3	22.2	22.8	23.1	23.2	23.7	23.7	23.4	22.3
2021	22.7	22.1	(p)22.1
Manufacturing
2020	33.3	33.1	33.0	27.1	29.0	30.2	30.5	30.8	30.9	31.3	31.2	31.3	31.0
2021	30.8	30.9	(p)30.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	136.9	135.7	135.4	109.5	112.5	120.7	123.0	123.3	125.1	125.1	127.5	129.1	125.3
2021	126.0	124.1	(p)124.2
Information
2020	18.6	18.6	18.4	16.9	16.8	16.9	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.2	17.3	17.2	17.4
2021	16.7	16.9	(p)16.9
Financial Activities
2020	59.6	59.6	59.4	57.1	56.9	57.3	57.9	57.6	56.9	56.6	56.8	56.9	57.7
2021	56.1	55.9	(p)55.5
Professional & Business Services
2020	139.1	140.1	139.6	124.7	125.4	126.3	126.8	127.1	127.9	131.2	131.5	131.9	131.0
2021	132.1	132.8	(p)131.1
Educational & Health Services
2020	302.2	311.9	308.7	283.8	280.3	275.1	274.1	274.8	285.3	291.2	292.1	287.9	289.0
2021	281.2	290.3	(p)290.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	96.2	96.2	93.3	38.5	42.9	47.9	54.5	57.6	60.5	61.1	59.9	54.4	63.6
2021	54.6	58.4	(p)59.1
Other Services
2020	40.4	40.6	39.8	25.6	26.5	27.9	31.9	32.9	33.3	33.6	33.5	33.4	33.3
2021	33.0	33.3	(p)33.6
Government
2020	131.7	132.1	132.6	129.8	128.5	128.3	122.7	124.3	130.4	129.8	129.4	129.5	129.1
2021	127.4	128.7	(p)129.2
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
2020	(1)1,034,959	(1)1,040,617	(1)1,031,951	(1)1,009,171	(1)1,028,110	(1)1,035,935	(1)1,048,591	(1)1,006,988	(1)1,005,322	(1)1,000,421	(1)997,203	(1)984,461	(1)1,018,644
2021	986,922	1,004,393	(p)996,047
Employment
2020	(1)979,037	(1)984,394	(1)968,406	(1)839,129	(1)860,130	(1)857,350	(1)860,073	(1)863,522	(1)904,725	(1)909,092	(1)905,779	(1)894,382	(1)902,168
2021	886,267	902,479	(p)900,627
Unemployment
2020	(1)55,922	(1)56,223	(1)63,545	(1)170,042	(1)167,980	(1)178,585	(1)188,518	(1)143,466	(1)100,597	(1)91,329	(1)91,424	(1)90,079	(1)116,476
2021	100,655	101,914	(p)95,420
Unemployment Rate
2020	(1)5.4	(1)5.4	(1)6.2	(1)16.8	(1)16.3	(1)17.2	(1)18.0	(1)14.2	(1)10.0	(1)9.1	(1)9.2	(1)9.2	(1)11.4
2021	10.2	10.1	(p)9.6
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021. (p) Preliminary
The Philadelphia, Pa., Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.