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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	1,016.3	1,018.5	1,022.4	1,029.1	1,025.3	1,021.9	(p)1,017.2
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	24.4	23.9	24.6	25.1	25.2	25.9	(p)26.2
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	30.9	30.9	31.0	31.0	31.0	31.2	(p)31.4
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	125.3	122.7	122.9	122.8	123.4	123.8	(p)124.1
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	18.3	18.4	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	(p)18.5
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	62.6	62.5	62.2	61.8	62.0	62.8	(p)63.5
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	146.1	146.6	146.6	148.9	148.1	149.2	(p)149.5
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	343.3	348.3	349.1	350.3	344.5	335.3	(p)331.9
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	94.0	93.1	95.3	98.6	100.6	102.7	(p)103.7
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	40.3	40.6	40.4	40.5	41.0	41.6	(p)41.2
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	131.1	131.5	131.8	131.6	131.0	130.9	(p)127.2
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
2025	1,087,197	1,090,905	1,094,523	1,089,705	1,087,448	1,090,608	1,094,756	1,095,880	1,096,394	(1)-	1,103,356	1,093,966	(2)1,093,158
2026	1,097,245	1,098,551	1,107,198	1,112,016	1,113,747	1,112,087	(p)1,112,462
Employment
2025	1,033,967	1,037,310	1,043,309	1,042,137	1,034,656	1,033,175	1,032,826	1,029,595	1,038,326	(1)-	1,051,075	1,046,689	(2)1,038,460
2026	1,042,521	1,041,196	1,055,159	1,062,566	1,060,973	1,061,080	(p)1,061,189
Unemployment
2025	53,230	53,595	51,214	47,568	52,792	57,433	61,930	66,285	58,068	(1)-	52,281	47,277	(2)54,698
2026	54,724	57,355	52,039	49,450	52,774	51,007	(p)51,273
Unemployment Rate
2025	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.4	4.9	5.3	5.7	6.0	5.3	(1)-	4.7	4.3	(2)5.0
2026	5.0	5.2	4.7	4.4	4.7	4.6	(p)4.6
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary
The Philadelphia, Pa., Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.