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Philadelphia City, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Philadelphia City (County), Pa.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	785,878	794,410	794,007	787,035	785,531	784,797	788,217	786,828	783,735	785,130	780,913	775,922	786,034
2025	778,376	785,421	790,308	786,782	781,666	784,685	(p)789,965
Employment
2024	750,687	756,937	760,173	756,775	752,558	747,889	746,954	743,678	750,540	751,014	747,277	744,179	750,722
2025	739,090	746,464	753,043	751,594	743,689	742,361	(p)744,954
Unemployment
2024	35,191	37,473	33,834	30,260	32,973	36,908	41,263	43,150	33,195	34,116	33,636	31,743	35,312
2025	39,286	38,957	37,265	35,188	37,977	42,324	(p)45,011
Unemployment Rate
2024	4.5	4.7	4.3	3.8	4.2	4.7	5.2	5.5	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.1	4.5
2025	5.0	5.0	4.7	4.5	4.9	5.4	(p)5.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment