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Reading, 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	Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2025	182.4	182.8	184.2	185.3	185.9	184.4	181.3	182.0	184.7	185.2	185.8	186.1	184.2
2026	(p)183.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	7.8	7.6	7.9	8.3	8.4	8.6	8.8	8.8	8.6	8.4	8.4	8.2	8.3
2026	(p)7.9
Manufacturing
2025	31.5	31.4	31.4	31.4	31.5	31.6	31.4	31.2	30.8	30.6	30.7	30.8	31.2
2026	(p)30.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	37.0	36.4	36.4	36.4	36.5	36.5	35.9	36.0	36.2	36.8	37.4	38.1	36.6
2026	(p)36.8
Information
2025	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
2026	(p)1.1
Financial Activities
2025	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
2026	(p)6.3
Professional & Business Services
2025	23.9	23.9	24.1	24.6	24.7	24.3	23.7	23.4	24.3	24.5	24.4	24.4	24.2
2026	(p)23.9
Educational & Health Services
2025	33.1	33.7	33.8	33.8	33.2	32.9	32.8	33.0	34.0	34.0	34.2	34.0	33.5
2026	(p)34.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	13.9	14.0	14.6	14.8	15.4	15.9	15.4	15.4	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.9
2026	(p)14.5
Other Services
2025	7.9	7.8	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.8	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.9
2026	(p)7.7
Government
2025	19.9	20.6	20.7	20.7	20.8	19.2	17.9	18.8	20.5	20.6	20.6	20.6	20.1
2026	(p)19.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
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	219,629	219,122	218,002	(1)-	219,489	(p)219,246
Employment
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	209,152	207,731	208,325	(1)-	210,940	(p)211,029
Unemployment
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	10,477	11,391	9,677	(1)-	8,549	(p)8,217
Unemployment Rate
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	4.8	5.2	4.4	(1)-	3.9	(p)3.7
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary
The Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Berks County in Pennsylvania.