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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
2023	176.8	177.5	178.4	179.6	180.3	178.4	177.3	177.7	180.4	181.1	182.1	182.0	179.3
2024	177.5	178.7	179.1	180.1	181.3	181.7	181.1	181.0	182.2	(p)182.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	7.6	7.6	7.7	8.0	8.1	8.3	8.4	8.5	8.3	8.3	8.1	8.0	8.1
2024	7.6	7.6	7.7	8.0	8.1	8.2	8.5	8.5	8.3	(p)8.4
Manufacturing
2023	31.3	31.4	31.5	31.6	31.6	31.7	31.7	31.8	31.7	31.6	31.6	31.7	31.6
2024	31.7	31.6	31.6	31.6	31.8	31.9	32.0	31.8	31.7	(p)31.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	35.1	34.5	34.6	34.6	34.5	34.6	34.3	34.4	34.3	34.8	35.6	35.8	34.8
2024	34.4	34.1	34.0	34.1	34.2	34.3	34.1	34.0	34.1	(p)34.6
Information
2023	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
2024	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)1.0
Financial Activities
2023	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.9
2024	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8	(p)6.8
Professional & Business Services
2023	22.7	22.6	22.7	22.7	23.1	22.3	22.0	22.2	23.2	23.3	23.2	23.0	22.8
2024	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.5	22.6	22.9	23.0	23.0	23.0	(p)23.0
Educational & Health Services
2023	31.5	31.7	32.0	32.0	32.0	31.5	31.7	31.9	32.7	32.9	33.2	33.1	32.2
2024	32.9	33.2	33.2	33.3	33.4	33.4	33.3	33.4	33.8	(p)33.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	14.2	14.3	14.5	15.0	15.4	15.8	15.8	15.3	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.9
2024	14.3	14.4	14.6	15.0	15.6	16.3	16.2	16.1	15.2	(p)15.1
Other Services
2023	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.7
2024	7.8	7.7	7.8	7.7	7.8	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.8	(p)7.9
Government
2023	18.8	19.8	19.7	19.9	19.8	18.3	17.6	17.9	20.0	20.1	20.3	20.1	19.4
2024	18.7	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.0	18.8	18.1	18.4	20.5	(p)20.6
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
2023	213,189	212,939	213,067	213,643	215,417	215,846	216,371	217,511	215,851	216,300	216,312	214,016	215,039
2024	213,913	215,698	216,215	216,061	216,940	217,141	219,054	215,682	213,036	(p)213,076
Employment
2023	204,973	204,359	205,765	207,380	208,380	207,759	208,214	208,197	208,954	209,265	209,789	207,656	207,558
2024	206,234	207,422	208,591	209,759	209,784	208,663	210,202	206,315	206,408	(p)205,823
Unemployment
2023	8,216	8,580	7,302	6,263	7,037	8,087	8,157	9,314	6,897	7,035	6,523	6,360	7,481
2024	7,679	8,276	7,624	6,302	7,156	8,478	8,852	9,367	6,628	(p)7,253
Unemployment Rate
2023	3.9	4.0	3.4	2.9	3.3	3.7	3.8	4.3	3.2	3.3	3.0	3.0	3.5
2024	3.6	3.8	3.5	2.9	3.3	3.9	4.0	4.3	3.1	(p)3.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Berks County in Pennsylvania.