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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
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	(p)183.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
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	(p)7.9
Manufacturing
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	(p)31.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
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	(p)36.4
Information
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	(p)1.0
Financial Activities
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	(p)6.2
Professional & Business Services
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	(p)23.6
Educational & Health Services
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	(p)33.9
Leisure & Hospitality
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	(p)14.4
Other Services
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	(p)8.0
Government
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	(p)20.7
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	(1)218,593	(1)218,775	(1)218,715	(1)219,192	(1)220,017	(1)220,300	(1)222,404	(1)220,959	(1)218,876	(1)219,260	(1)217,423	(1)216,884	(1)219,283
2025	216,539	217,881	(p)218,882
Employment
2024	(1)210,082	(1)209,625	(1)210,630	(1)212,442	(1)212,588	(1)211,425	(1)212,916	(1)210,908	(1)211,733	(1)211,697	(1)210,064	(1)209,898	(1)211,167
2025	207,438	208,534	(p)209,964
Unemployment
2024	(1)8,511	(1)9,150	(1)8,085	(1)6,750	(1)7,429	(1)8,875	(1)9,488	(1)10,051	(1)7,143	(1)7,563	(1)7,359	(1)6,986	(1)8,116
2025	9,101	9,347	(p)8,918
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)3.9	(1)4.2	(1)3.7	(1)3.1	(1)3.4	(1)4.0	(1)4.3	(1)4.5	(1)3.3	(1)3.4	(1)3.4	(1)3.2	(1)3.7
2025	4.2	4.3	(p)4.1
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary
The Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Berks County in Pennsylvania.