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Philadelphia City, PA: 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 City (County), Pa.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2022

715.8 727.3 732.3 740.3 740.2 733.9 733.7 738.5 751.6 759.4 765.5 762.7 741.8

2023

747.9 758.8 763.0 768.3 767.3 765.0 763.5 (p)765.4          

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2022

11.4 11.4 11.9 12.2 12.4 12.6 12.8 12.6 13.3 13.3 13.2 12.7 12.5

2023

12.5 12.4 12.3 12.7 13.1 13.2 13.2 (p)13.2          

Manufacturing

2022

18.5 18.9 19.1 19.1 19.2 19.1 19.2 19.1 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.1

2023

19.0 19.1 19.1 19.2 19.2 19.2 19.3 (p)19.2          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

90.5 90.5 90.3 89.6 89.6 89.3 89.2 88.9 88.6 90.5 93.0 94.0 90.3

2023

91.0 89.6 89.8 89.3 89.8 90.5 90.5 (p)90.3          

Information

2022

16.2 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.2 16.4 16.8 16.7 16.7 16.5 16.7 16.7 16.5

2023

16.6 16.5 16.6 16.6 16.7 17.0 16.9 (p)16.6          

Financial Activities

2022

45.2 45.6 45.9 46.4 46.6 47.0 47.7 47.9 47.4 47.7 47.7 47.7 46.9

2023

47.2 47.0 47.2 47.0 47.1 47.3 47.7 (p)47.8          

Professional & Business Services

2022

107.0 108.2 108.9 109.5 110.6 111.7 110.5 110.4 110.2 111.5 112.3 112.2 110.3

2023

110.3 111.2 110.8 112.2 112.3 113.2 113.6 (p)113.0          

Educational & Health Services

2022

235.6 244.9 244.9 249.1 245.8 236.8 239.5 242.7 251.0 257.7 259.0 257.0 247.0

2023

251.0 260.4 262.2 264.6 261.6 254.6 255.0 (p)255.3          

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

61.7 61.7 64.8 68.7 70.0 70.8 70.1 70.6 73.1 71.0 71.9 70.4 68.7

2023

69.0 71.1 73.5 76.2 76.7 78.2 77.4 (p)78.5          

Other Services

2022

26.6 26.8 27.1 27.6 27.9 28.0 28.1 28.0 28.6 28.7 28.7 28.9 27.9

2023

28.6 28.8 29.0 28.9 29.1 29.8 30.0 (p)30.0          

Government

2022

103.1 103.2 103.2 101.8 101.9 102.2 99.8 101.6 103.6 103.3 103.7 103.7 102.6

2023

102.7 102.7 102.5 101.6 101.7 102.0 99.9 (p)101.5          

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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

2022

723,752 726,914 730,084 727,884 730,441 727,364 732,119 738,057 738,513 739,878 735,898 730,604 731,792

2023

735,758 741,492 740,638 735,670 737,595 738,783 (p)739,763            

Employment

2022

679,484 685,559 691,698 691,150 692,291 686,233 688,480 691,676 701,377 702,807 699,081 697,227 692,255

2023

697,630 702,463 707,919 706,510 704,719 704,724 (p)705,156            

Unemployment

2022

44,268 41,355 38,386 36,734 38,150 41,131 43,639 46,381 37,136 37,071 36,817 33,377 39,537

2023

38,128 39,029 32,719 29,160 32,876 34,059 (p)34,607            

Unemployment Rate

2022

6.1 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.6 5.4

2023

5.2 5.3 4.4 4.0 4.5 4.6 (p)4.7            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary