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
2025	3,088.3	3,098.8	3,121.4	3,133.6	3,145.2	3,145.5	3,110.3	3,102.2	3,131.4	3,147.7	3,156.9	3,159.0	3,128.4
2026	3,094.6	3,091.5	(p)3,111.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	118.6	119.0	122.8	126.0	127.5	129.0	129.2	129.6	128.7	128.0	126.8	123.3	125.7
2026	118.9	114.9	(p)118.9
Manufacturing
2025	177.7	177.5	178.5	178.4	178.5	179.5	178.3	177.7	176.5	176.0	175.6	176.7	177.6
2026	175.5	175.4	(p)176.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	546.2	541.4	540.7	538.4	540.0	542.3	540.3	539.0	539.9	545.4	554.6	562.2	544.2
2026	540.9	531.9	(p)532.5
Information
2025	51.8	51.7	52.0	51.3	51.1	51.4	51.8	51.9	51.3	51.5	51.1	51.3	51.5
2026	50.0	50.2	(p)50.1
Financial Activities
2025	225.5	225.1	225.2	224.2	224.4	226.5	227.6	227.0	225.1	225.6	226.3	227.3	225.8
2026	225.6	225.4	(p)224.9
Professional & Business Services
2025	489.7	490.6	496.0	500.9	503.7	502.3	495.9	491.1	498.8	502.7	501.3	501.1	497.8
2026	489.1	489.0	(p)493.5
Educational & Health Services
2025	740.0	752.6	754.6	755.4	750.3	743.4	737.0	737.5	753.1	761.9	767.1	766.2	751.6
2026	760.1	765.9	(p)768.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	264.4	262.7	270.8	277.7	289.0	294.6	292.3	292.4	280.9	276.0	271.1	269.4	278.4
2026	260.4	258.9	(p)265.8
Other Services
2025	123.9	124.1	125.0	125.4	126.0	127.2	126.6	126.1	124.9	125.2	125.1	124.5	125.3
2026	123.7	124.5	(p)123.8
Government
2025	350.5	354.1	355.8	355.9	354.7	349.3	331.3	329.9	352.2	355.4	357.9	357.0	350.3
2026	350.4	355.4	(p)357.9
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
2025	(1)3,282,815	(1)3,286,275	(1)3,303,873	(1)3,295,921	(1)3,284,594	(1)3,303,740	(1)3,313,303	(1)3,304,916	(1)3,296,775	(2)-	(1)3,326,183	(1)3,306,293	(1)(3)3,300,426
2026	3,298,557	3,297,511	(p)3,327,250
Employment
2025	(1)3,137,700	(1)3,137,725	(1)3,161,679	(1)3,164,743	(1)3,143,489	(1)3,149,168	(1)3,143,256	(1)3,125,412	(1)3,137,092	(2)-	(1)3,182,920	(1)3,173,955	(1)(3)3,150,649
2026	3,150,377	3,139,962	(p)3,184,916
Unemployment
2025	(1)145,115	(1)148,550	(1)142,194	(1)131,178	(1)141,105	(1)154,572	(1)170,047	(1)179,504	(1)159,683	(2)-	(1)143,263	(1)132,338	(1)(3)149,777
2026	148,180	157,549	(p)142,334
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)4.4	(1)4.5	(1)4.3	(1)4.0	(1)4.3	(1)4.7	(1)5.1	(1)5.4	(1)4.8	(2)-	(1)4.3	(1)4.0	(1)(3)4.5
2026	4.5	4.8	(p)4.3
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (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.