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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

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

 (1)785,878 (1)794,410 (1)794,007 (1)787,035 (1)785,531 (1)784,797 (1)788,217 (1)786,828 (1)783,735 (1)785,130 (1)780,913 (1)775,922 (1)786,034

2025

 778,376 785,421 790,308 (p)786,160                  

Employment

2024

 (1)750,687 (1)756,937 (1)760,173 (1)756,775 (1)752,558 (1)747,889 (1)746,954 (1)743,678 (1)750,540 (1)751,014 (1)747,277 (1)744,179 (1)750,722

2025

 739,090 746,464 753,043 (p)751,038                  

Unemployment

2024

 (1)35,191 (1)37,473 (1)33,834 (1)30,260 (1)32,973 (1)36,908 (1)41,263 (1)43,150 (1)33,195 (1)34,116 (1)33,636 (1)31,743 (1)35,312

2025

 39,286 38,957 37,265 (p)35,122                  

Unemployment Rate

2024

 (1)4.5 (1)4.7 (1)4.3 (1)3.8 (1)4.2 (1)4.7 (1)5.2 (1)5.5 (1)4.2 (1)4.3 (1)4.3 (1)4.1 (1)4.5

2025

 5.0 5.0 4.7 (p)4.5                  

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