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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
2021	883.5	893.0	905.0	914.2	916.4	912.9	913.8	918.0	935.7	947.8	952.0	955.1	920.6
2022	931.8	942.7	947.0	(p)953.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	22.5	22.0	22.6	23.6	23.9	24.2	24.5	24.6	24.2	24.2	23.8	23.3	23.6
2022	22.7	22.7	23.1	(p)23.7
Manufacturing
2021	31.3	31.5	31.4	31.5	31.6	31.7	31.8	31.7	31.8	32.0	32.2	32.3	31.7
2022	31.9	32.2	32.2	(p)32.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	129.2	127.7	128.0	127.4	128.0	129.3	129.3	130.0	130.4	132.2	135.6	138.9	130.5
2022	133.3	132.8	133.1	(p)132.7
Information
2021	13.7	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.8	14.1	14.6	14.7	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.6	14.9
2022	16.2	16.0	16.1	(p)16.2
Financial Activities
2021	58.5	58.6	58.3	58.2	58.1	58.7	59.2	59.3	58.5	58.1	58.0	58.2	58.5
2022	57.7	57.3	57.7	(p)57.3
Professional & Business Services
2021	130.0	131.0	132.4	134.0	134.5	135.2	136.1	136.2	137.2	138.8	139.4	139.2	135.3
2022	138.2	138.7	138.8	(p)141.5
Educational & Health Services
2021	281.8	287.8	293.4	295.5	292.7	282.0	280.7	281.4	292.0	297.7	297.9	297.9	290.1
2022	289.9	298.9	298.9	(p)300.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	55.4	58.6	63.0	68.1	71.8	75.9	78.8	81.5	81.7	84.2	83.7	84.1	73.9
2022	78.8	80.4	83.1	(p)85.7
Other Services
2021	33.9	34.2	34.6	35.2	35.6	36.0	36.4	36.3	36.6	37.3	37.0	37.4	35.9
2022	37.1	37.2	37.5	(p)37.7
Government
2021	127.2	127.7	127.4	126.8	126.4	125.8	122.4	122.3	127.0	126.9	127.9	127.2	126.3
2022	126.0	126.5	126.5	(p)125.7
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
2021	(1)1,016,077	(1)1,020,721	(1)1,019,158	(1)1,016,320	(1)1,014,905	(1)1,022,351	(1)1,024,758	(1)1,017,467	(1)1,016,798	(1)1,018,310	(1)1,013,470	(1)1,004,235	(1)1,017,048
2022	1,018,326	1,014,739	(p)1,021,131
Employment
2021	(1)914,060	(1)921,030	(1)924,766	(1)926,856	(1)926,211	(1)927,206	(1)933,364	(1)930,730	(1)941,881	(1)946,964	(1)948,627	(1)946,859	(1)932,380
2022	946,830	951,864	(p)962,890
Unemployment
2021	(1)102,017	(1)99,691	(1)94,392	(1)89,464	(1)88,694	(1)95,145	(1)91,394	(1)86,737	(1)74,917	(1)71,346	(1)64,843	(1)57,376	(1)84,668
2022	71,496	62,875	(p)58,241
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)10.0	(1)9.8	(1)9.3	(1)8.8	(1)8.7	(1)9.3	(1)8.9	(1)8.5	(1)7.4	(1)7.0	(1)6.4	(1)5.7	(1)8.3
2022	7.0	6.2	(p)5.7
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (p) Preliminary
The Philadelphia, Pa., Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.