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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	893.5	900.2	902.2	902.1	895.2	(p)895.8
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	22.0	23.1	23.2	22.7	23.0	(p)23.2
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	30.9	31.0	30.9	31.2	31.4	(p)31.2
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	124.6	124.3	124.8	125.9	125.3	(p)124.6
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	16.9	17.5	17.7	18.2	18.4	(p)18.5
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	55.5	56.3	56.7	57.5	58.0	(p)57.9
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	131.3	132.2	132.5	133.9	133.1	(p)133.3
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	290.2	290.3	287.2	280.9	279.4	(p)277.9
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	59.2	63.1	67.7	70.3	70.9	(p)70.6
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	33.6	34.1	34.2	34.7	34.6	(p)34.6
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	129.3	128.3	127.3	126.8	121.1	(p)124.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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	1,034,959	1,040,617	1,031,951	1,009,171	1,028,110	1,035,935	1,048,591	1,006,988	1,005,322	1,000,421	997,203	984,461	1,018,644
2021	986,922	1,004,393	995,861	984,810	976,175	990,959	992,777	(p)988,227
Employment
2020	979,037	984,394	968,406	839,129	860,130	857,350	860,073	863,522	904,725	909,092	905,779	894,382	902,168
2021	886,267	902,479	900,591	900,821	901,476	906,614	906,947	(p)901,948
Unemployment
2020	55,922	56,223	63,545	170,042	167,980	178,585	188,518	143,466	100,597	91,329	91,424	90,079	116,476
2021	100,655	101,914	95,270	83,989	74,699	84,345	85,830	(p)86,279
Unemployment Rate
2020	5.4	5.4	6.2	16.8	16.3	17.2	18.0	14.2	10.0	9.1	9.2	9.2	11.4
2021	10.2	10.1	9.6	8.5	7.7	8.5	8.6	(p)8.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Philadelphia, Pa., Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data