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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

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 (p)182.1        

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 (p)8.3        

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 (p)31.7        

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 (p)34.0        

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 (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 (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 (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 (p)33.7        

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 (p)15.3        

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 (p)7.8        

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 (p)20.5        

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 (p)213,050        

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 (p)206,410        

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 (p)6,640        

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 (p)3.1        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

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