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Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: 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-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2024

3,048.3 3,067.0 3,091.6 3,104.0 3,113.0 3,117.5 3,083.4 3,081.0 3,113.8 3,129.4 3,141.6 3,147.2 3,103.2

2025

(p)3,082.3                        

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2024

118.3 118.1 121.3 125.0 124.9 126.9 127.3 127.3 126.5 127.8 126.0 123.1 124.4

2025

(p)117.3                        

Manufacturing

2024

179.0 178.7 178.8 178.3 178.4 180.2 179.6 179.2 178.4 177.7 177.9 178.0 178.7

2025

(p)176.9                        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2024

547.1 539.6 540.3 537.9 540.7 543.4 540.2 539.3 541.0 546.9 558.5 567.8 545.2

2025

(p)547.8                        

Information

2024

53.3 53.3 53.3 52.5 52.1 52.3 52.4 52.4 52.1 51.9 51.8 51.7 52.4

2025

(p)51.4                        

Financial Activities

2024

225.6 225.4 226.2 225.8 225.7 228.6 228.5 227.5 225.9 225.1 224.9 226.2 226.3

2025

(p)224.7                        

Professional & Business Services

2024

486.4 488.8 496.8 499.6 500.5 499.2 493.3 491.7 498.5 499.2 499.4 499.6 496.1

2025

(p)487.2                        

Educational & Health Services

2024

712.6 729.6 730.3 733.1 730.6 720.4 717.0 717.2 736.6 744.5 750.5 749.4 731.0

2025

(p)740.0                        

Leisure & Hospitality

2024

261.6 262.0 270.6 277.2 286.4 294.9 292.7 291.5 280.7 275.3 269.3 268.2 277.5

2025

(p)260.7                        

Other Services

2024

122.7 123.0 124.0 124.9 126.0 127.2 126.7 126.7 126.1 127.8 127.7 128.4 125.9

2025

(p)127.7                        

Government

2024

341.7 348.5 350.0 349.7 347.7 344.4 325.7 328.2 348.0 353.2 355.6 354.8 345.6

2025

(p)348.6                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2024

(1)3,283,136 (1)3,303,468 (1)3,316,340 (1)3,294,980 (1)3,292,359 (1)3,307,956 (1)3,328,989 (1)3,309,688 (1)3,278,410 (1)3,290,844 (1)3,275,332 (1)3,263,697  

2025

(p)3,262,161                        

Employment

2024

(1)3,155,157 (1)3,168,952 (1)3,192,886 (1)3,186,529 (1)3,174,611 (1)3,174,769 (1)3,179,662 (1)3,157,511 (1)3,161,993 (1)3,170,341 (1)3,157,530 (1)3,151,859  

2025

(p)3,124,333                        

Unemployment

2024

(1)127,979 (1)134,516 (1)123,454 (1)108,451 (1)117,748 (1)133,187 (1)149,327 (1)152,177 (1)116,417 (1)120,503 (1)117,802 (1)111,838  

2025

(p)137,828                        

Unemployment Rate

2024

(1)3.9 (1)4.1 (1)3.7 (1)3.3 (1)3.6 (1)4.0 (1)4.5 (1)4.6 (1)3.6 (1)3.7 (1)3.6 (1)3.4  

2025

(p)4.2                        

Footnotes
(1) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(p) Preliminary

The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md., Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.