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Sector |
Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area | ||||||||||||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Avg |
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Total Nonfarm |
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2024 |
178.7 | 179.5 | 180.6 | 182.5 | 183.0 | 181.4 | 180.4 | 180.7 | 183.7 | 184.4 | 185.2 | 185.8 | 182.2 |
2025 |
181.7 | 182.8 | 183.4 | 184.6 | 185.5 | 184.5 | (p)183.7 | ||||||
Mining, Logging, & Construction |
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2024 |
7.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 |
2025 |
7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | (p)8.5 | ||||||
Manufacturing |
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2024 |
31.4 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 31.4 | 31.4 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 31.4 | 31.2 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 31.4 |
2025 |
31.1 | 31.4 | 31.2 | 31.4 | 31.4 | 31.7 | (p)31.6 | ||||||
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2024 |
36.2 | 35.6 | 35.7 | 35.8 | 35.7 | 35.7 | 35.6 | 36.0 | 36.2 | 36.6 | 37.4 | 37.9 | 36.2 |
2025 |
36.6 | 36.4 | 36.4 | 36.3 | 36.6 | 36.5 | (p)36.4 | ||||||
Information |
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2024 |
1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
2025 |
1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | (p)1.0 | ||||||
Financial Activities |
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2024 |
6.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
2025 |
6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | (p)6.4 | ||||||
Professional & Business Services |
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2024 |
22.4 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 23.2 | 23.1 | 23.0 | 23.8 | 24.0 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 23.3 |
2025 |
23.4 | 23.5 | 23.7 | 23.9 | 24.1 | 23.9 | (p)23.7 | ||||||
Educational & Health Services |
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2024 |
32.6 | 32.8 | 33.2 | 33.3 | 32.8 | 32.5 | 32.7 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 33.6 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 33.1 |
2025 |
33.8 | 33.8 | 33.9 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 33.9 | (p)34.1 | ||||||
Leisure & Hospitality |
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2024 |
14.4 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 15.0 |
2025 |
14.2 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 15.6 | (p)15.5 | ||||||
Other Services |
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2024 |
7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 |
2025 |
7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | (p)8.2 | ||||||
Government |
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2024 |
19.1 | 20.3 | 20.3 | 20.5 | 20.4 | 18.8 | 18.0 | 18.3 | 20.7 | 20.8 | 20.7 | 20.8 | 19.9 |
2025 |
19.8 | 20.7 | 20.7 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 19.0 | (p)18.3 | ||||||
Footnotes |
Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area | |||||||||||||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Avg |
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Labor Force |
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2024 |
218,593 | 218,775 | 218,715 | 219,192 | 220,017 | 220,300 | 222,404 | 220,959 | 218,876 | 219,260 | 217,423 | 216,884 | 219,283 |
2025 |
216,539 | 217,881 | 218,917 | 218,121 | 217,619 | 217,716 | (p)219,572 | ||||||
Employment |
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2024 |
210,082 | 209,625 | 210,630 | 212,442 | 212,588 | 211,425 | 212,916 | 210,908 | 211,733 | 211,697 | 210,064 | 209,898 | 211,167 |
2025 |
207,438 | 208,534 | 210,001 | 210,297 | 209,102 | 207,711 | (p)209,095 | ||||||
Unemployment |
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2024 |
8,511 | 9,150 | 8,085 | 6,750 | 7,429 | 8,875 | 9,488 | 10,051 | 7,143 | 7,563 | 7,359 | 6,986 | 8,116 |
2025 |
9,101 | 9,347 | 8,916 | 7,824 | 8,517 | 10,005 | (p)10,477 | ||||||
Unemployment Rate |
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2024 |
3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
2025 |
4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.6 | (p)4.8 | ||||||
Footnotes |
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The Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Berks County in Pennsylvania. |