Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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
Sector	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	3,080.9	3,097.9	(p)3,116.4
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	117.4	116.6	(p)117.9
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	176.6	177.3	(p)177.2
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	547.2	542.8	(p)542.3
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	51.5	50.6	(p)51.0
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	224.4	223.9	(p)223.1
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	486.9	490.9	(p)494.3
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	739.8	754.3	(p)758.7
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	260.8	259.3	(p)266.7
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	127.5	127.7	(p)129.4
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	348.8	354.5	(p)355.8
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)3,289,731	(1)3,309,137	(1)3,323,543	(1)3,300,115	(1)3,295,263	(1)3,308,388	(1)3,318,860	(1)3,302,899	(1)3,279,086	(1)3,290,349	(1)3,274,871	(1)3,264,483	(1)3,296,394
2025	3,262,814	3,283,669	(p)3,305,968
Employment
2024	(1)3,161,661	(1)3,174,427	(1)3,199,881	(1)3,191,604	(1)3,177,411	(1)3,174,908	(1)3,169,392	(1)3,150,470	(1)3,162,647	(1)3,169,787	(1)3,156,927	(1)3,152,575	(1)3,170,141
2025	3,125,078	3,144,522	(p)3,171,576
Unemployment
2024	(1)128,070	(1)134,710	(1)123,662	(1)108,511	(1)117,852	(1)133,480	(1)149,468	(1)152,429	(1)116,439	(1)120,562	(1)117,944	(1)111,908	(1)126,253
2025	137,736	139,147	(p)134,392
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	(1)3.8
2025	4.2	4.2	(p)4.1
Footnotes (1) Data were 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.