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Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.7 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ Combined Statistical Area (CSA), for the year ended March 2023.
Prices in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased by 0.8 percent for the 2 months ending in August 2023.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.6 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Data Series | Back Data |
Mar 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
May 2023 |
June 2023 |
July 2023 |
Aug 2023 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
496.6 | 497.8 | 499.7 | 501.2 | 503.0 | (p)505.5 | |
Employment(1) |
474.6 | 476.3 | 478.6 | 480.4 | 482.5 | (p)484.7 | |
Unemployment(1) |
22.0 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 20.6 | (p)20.8 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | (p)4.1 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
482.8 | 483.7 | 486.2 | 486.0 | 483.3 | (p)482.9 | |
12-month % change |
2.9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 | (p)1.9 | |
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3) |
24.8 | 24.2 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 24.3 | (p)24.8 | |
12-month % change |
6.0 | 2.1 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | (p)6.0 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
27.1 | 27.2 | 27.5 | 27.2 | 27.4 | (p)27.5 | |
12-month % change |
4.6 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | (p)4.6 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
91.1 | 90.9 | 91.7 | 91.6 | 91.6 | (p)90.7 | |
12-month % change |
2.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.9 | (p)0.7 | |
Information(4) |
3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | (p)3.6 | |
12-month % change |
-2.7 | -2.6 | -2.6 | -5.3 | -7.7 | (p)-5.3 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
50.2 | 50.3 | 50.4 | 51.0 | 49.9 | (p)50.0 | |
12-month % change |
4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 2.5 | (p)1.6 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
67.4 | 67.6 | 67.8 | 66.3 | 65.8 | (p)65.9 | |
12-month % change |
3.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 1.2 | -0.8 | (p)-1.2 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
79.7 | 79.9 | 80.4 | 80.9 | 81.1 | (p)80.6 | |
12-month % change |
1.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.7 | (p)1.8 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
51.9 | 52.6 | 53.1 | 52.9 | 52.8 | (p)53.0 | |
12-month % change |
3.8 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.5 | (p)7.5 | |
Other Services(3) |
18.6 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 18.1 | 17.8 | (p)17.8 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | 0.5 | -1.1 | -2.7 | -3.8 | (p)-3.8 | |
Government(3) |
68.3 | 68.4 | 68.6 | 70.0 | 69.0 | (p)69.0 | |
12-month % change |
2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 | (p)2.7 | |
Footnotes |