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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
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

181.7 182.8 183.4 184.6 185.5 184.5 (p)183.7            

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 7.9 8.1 8.3 8.4 (p)8.5            

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 31.2 31.4 31.4 31.7 (p)31.6            

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 36.4 36.3 36.6 36.5 (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 1.0 1.0 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 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.3 (p)6.4            

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 23.7 23.9 24.1 23.9 (p)23.7            

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 33.9 34.0 34.0 33.9 (p)34.1            

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 14.4 14.8 15.2 15.6 (p)15.5            

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 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.2 (p)8.2            

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 20.7 20.8 20.5 19.0 (p)18.3            

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 (p)219,572            

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 (p)209,095            

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 (p)10,477            

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 (p)4.8            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Berks County in Pennsylvania.