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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

2025

 784,571 787,214 789,662 786,205 784,039 786,573 789,548 790,521 790,882 (1)- 795,758 788,828 (2)788,528

2026

 791,843 792,667 798,612 801,961 803,297 802,180 (p)802,370            

Employment

2025

 743,496 745,919 750,242 749,311 743,956 742,897 742,550 740,302 746,635 (1)- 755,743 752,546 (2)746,691

2026

 749,683 748,717 758,839 764,100 762,938 762,968 (p)762,953            

Unemployment

2025

 41,075 41,295 39,420 36,894 40,083 43,676 46,998 50,219 44,247 (1)- 40,015 36,282 (2)41,837

2026

 42,160 43,950 39,773 37,861 40,359 39,212 (p)39,417            

Unemployment Rate

2025

 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.7 5.1 5.6 6.0 6.4 5.6 (1)- 5.0 4.6 (2)5.3

2026

 5.3 5.5 5.0 4.7 5.0 4.9 (p)4.9            

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(2) 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