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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
2024	996.3	1,008.7	1,011.4	1,015.5	1,012.8	1,007.2	996.5	1,000.3	1,017.9	1,026.1	1,029.2	1,027.7	1,012.5
2025	1,009.1	1,019.6	(p)1,025.2
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	24.2	24.3	25.0	25.5	25.7	26.4	26.1	25.9	25.9	26.0	25.6	25.0	25.5
2025	24.5	24.1	(p)24.4
Manufacturing
2024	31.7	31.6	31.5	31.5	31.6	31.8	31.8	31.8	31.8	31.7	31.8	31.8	31.7
2025	31.6	31.7	(p)31.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	127.8	126.5	126.4	125.3	125.9	126.4	126.1	126.2	126.4	128.3	130.5	132.1	127.3
2025	127.1	125.9	(p)125.4
Information
2024	19.3	19.3	19.3	19.0	18.9	18.9	18.8	18.7	18.6	18.6	18.5	18.5	18.9
2025	18.5	18.1	(p)18.4
Financial Activities
2024	63.3	63.2	63.4	63.2	63.4	64.1	63.7	63.2	62.7	62.6	62.5	62.9	63.2
2025	62.0	61.9	(p)61.8
Professional & Business Services
2024	145.2	145.7	147.1	147.9	147.3	147.0	145.8	145.3	146.5	148.2	148.0	147.7	146.8
2025	144.5	146.1	(p)147.1
Educational & Health Services
2024	322.3	334.5	331.9	333.4	329.8	320.9	319.8	319.6	332.3	336.7	339.9	338.1	329.9
2025	332.9	343.1	(p)344.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	91.5	91.9	94.8	98.3	99.0	100.1	97.2	98.4	99.6	98.4	96.5	95.5	96.8
2025	92.8	92.7	(p)95.6
Other Services
2024	40.3	40.4	40.6	40.8	41.1	41.4	41.3	41.4	41.9	42.5	42.4	42.7	41.4
2025	42.5	42.8	(p)43.5
Government
2024	130.7	131.3	131.4	130.6	130.1	130.2	125.9	129.8	132.2	133.1	133.5	133.4	131.0
2025	132.7	133.2	(p)133.3
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)1,089,944	(1)1,101,495	(1)1,101,426	(1)1,092,017	(1)1,089,959	(1)1,088,772	(1)1,093,231	(1)1,091,338	(1)1,087,213	(1)1,089,464	(1)1,083,241	(1)1,076,184	(1)1,090,357
2025	1,079,021	1,088,905	(p)1,095,961
Employment
2024	(1)1,044,237	(1)1,052,813	(1)1,057,264	(1)1,052,828	(1)1,047,004	(1)1,040,619	(1)1,039,435	(1)1,034,786	(1)1,044,178	(1)1,044,913	(1)1,039,598	(1)1,035,259	(1)1,044,411
2025	1,028,099	1,038,332	(p)1,047,552
Unemployment
2024	(1)45,707	(1)48,682	(1)44,162	(1)39,189	(1)42,955	(1)48,153	(1)53,796	(1)56,552	(1)43,035	(1)44,551	(1)43,643	(1)40,925	(1)45,946
2025	50,922	50,573	(p)48,409
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)4.2	(1)4.4	(1)4.0	(1)3.6	(1)3.9	(1)4.4	(1)4.9	(1)5.2	(1)4.0	(1)4.1	(1)4.0	(1)3.8	(1)4.2
2025	4.7	4.6	(p)4.4
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary
The Philadelphia, Pa., Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.