Total nonfarm employment for the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, metropolitan area stood at 3,116,400, in March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that while employment levels in the Philadelphia area were little changed over the year, the national rate of job gain was 1.2 percent. (All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year net change for total nonfarm employment in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, March 2022–March 2025

Period	Net change (in thousands)
Mar 2022	163.7
Apr 2022	161.8
May 2022	160.0
Jun 2022	150.5
Jul 2022	145.0
Aug 2022	143.9
Sep 2022	147.7
Oct 2022	117.6
Nov 2022	105.9
Dec 2022	93.6
Jan 2023	106.4
Feb 2023	84.6
Mar 2023	80.6
Apr 2023	63.8
May 2023	69.0
Jun 2023	74.9
Jul 2023	53.2
Aug 2023	51.6
Sep 2023	56.0
Oct 2023	51.3
Nov 2023	49.2
Dec 2023	48.3
Jan 2024	30.8
Feb 2024	34.2
Mar 2024	36.7
Apr 2024	39.3
May 2024	31.8
Jun 2024	29.0
Jul 2024	22.3
Aug 2024	22.7
Sep 2024	21.1
Oct 2024	24.6
Nov 2024	22.2
Dec 2024	25.2
Jan 2025	32.6
Feb 2025	30.9
Mar 2025	24.8

In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, the education and health services supersector added 28,400 jobs from March 2024 to March 2025. Within this supersector, health care and social assistance accounted for an increase of 28,800 jobs. (See chart 2.) The 3.9-percent rise in the metropolitan area’s education and health services supersector compared to the 3.4-percent gain on a national level.

  

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Chart 2. Over-the-year net change for industry supersector employment in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, March 2025

Industry	Net change (in thousands)
Education and health services*	28.4
Other services	5.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	2.0
Manufacturing	-1.6
Information	-2.3
Professional and business services	-2.5
Financial activities	-3.1
Mining, logging, and construction	-3.4
Leisure and hospitality	-3.9
Note: An asterisk indicates statistical significance at the 90-percent confidence level. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in March 2025. Three of twelve areas gained total nonfarm payroll employment over the year: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (+94,200), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (+56,100), and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (+31,500). (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Significant increases in employment ranged from 1.3 percent (Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX) to 1.0 percent (New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ).

  

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Chart 3. Over-the-year net change in total nonfarm employment for the 12 largest metropolitan areas, March 2025 (in thousands)

Area	Net change (in thousands)
New York*	94.2
Dallas*	56.1
Houston	36.3
Miami*	31.5
Washington	26.2
Philadelphia	24.8
Atlanta	19.0
Chicago	16.2
Boston	-7.7
Phoenix	-9.5
Los Angeles	-16.3
San Francisco	-20.5
Note: An asterisk indicates statistical significance at the 90-percent confidence level. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for April 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the CES program. More information about the CES data is available in the State Employment and Unemployment Summary and the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary. See the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Technical Note for more information on definitions and methodology.

Reliability of the employment estimates. The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Changes in metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. Documentation on the reliability of state and area estimates is available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this news release reflect the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineations issued on July 21, 2023. The 12 metropolitan areas discussed in this release are the metropolitan areas with the largest population according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

• The Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division includes Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties in New Jersey.

• The Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division includes Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.

• The Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metropolitan Division includes Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania.

• The Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division includes New Castle County in Delaware; Cecil County in Maryland; and Salem County in New Jersey.

Additional information

State and area employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website.

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Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Philadelphia metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)

Area	Back data	Mar 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025(p)	Mar 2024 to Mar 2025(p)
						Net change	Percent change
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total nonfarm		3,091.6	3,080.9	3,097.9	3,116.4	24.8	0.8
Mining, logging, and construction		121.3	117.4	116.6	117.9	-3.4	-2.8
Manufacturing		178.8	176.6	177.3	177.2	-1.6	-0.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities		540.3	547.2	542.8	542.3	2.0	0.4
Information		53.3	51.5	50.6	51.0	-2.3	-4.3
Financial activities		226.2	224.4	223.9	223.1	-3.1	-1.4
Professional and business services		496.8	486.9	490.9	494.3	-2.5	-0.5
Education and health services		730.3	739.8	754.3	758.7	28.4	3.9
Leisure and hospitality		270.6	260.8	259.3	266.7	-3.9	-1.4
Other services		124.0	127.5	127.7	129.4	5.4	4.4
Government		350.0	348.8	354.5	355.8	5.8	1.7
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm		1,011.4	1,009.1	1,019.6	1,025.2	13.8	1.4
Mining, logging, and construction		25.0	24.5	24.1	24.4	-0.6	-2.4
Manufacturing		31.5	31.6	31.7	31.6	0.1	0.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities		126.4	127.1	125.9	125.4	-1.0	-0.8
Information		19.3	18.5	18.1	18.4	-0.9	-4.7
Financial activities		63.4	62.0	61.9	61.8	-1.6	-2.5
Professional and business services		147.1	144.5	146.1	147.1	0.0	0.0
Education and health services		331.9	332.9	343.1	344.1	12.2	3.7
Leisure and hospitality		94.8	92.8	92.7	95.6	0.8	0.8
Other services		40.6	42.5	42.8	43.5	2.9	7.1
Government		131.4	132.7	133.2	133.3	1.9	1.4
Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm		1,122.8	1,120.9	1,122.3	1,130.6	7.8	0.7
Mining, logging, and construction		56.3	53.9	53.4	54.0	-2.3	-4.1
Manufacturing		89.7	88.2	88.7	88.7	-1.0	-1.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities		203.0	206.4	205.0	205.1	2.1	1.0
Information		25.0	24.6	24.1	24.2	-0.8	-3.2
Financial activities		88.5	89.0	88.5	88.3	-0.2	-0.2
Professional and business services		215.8	210.3	211.7	213.9	-1.9	-0.9
Education and health services		220.9	224.9	228.0	230.2	9.3	4.2
Leisure and hospitality		89.8	87.6	86.4	88.4	-1.4	-1.6
Other services		47.9	49.6	49.5	50.4	2.5	5.2
Government		85.9	86.4	87.0	87.4	1.5	1.7
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm		578.0	577.4	580.2	583.2	5.2	0.9
Mining, logging, and construction		22.1	21.4	21.2	21.7	-0.4	-1.8
Manufacturing		40.4	39.9	40.2	40.2	-0.2	-0.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities		136.0	137.5	136.6	136.4	0.4	0.3
Information		6.3	5.7	5.7	5.7	-0.6	-9.5
Financial activities		29.2	29.6	29.7	29.5	0.3	1.0
Professional and business services		82.3	82.2	83.4	83.5	1.2	1.5
Education and health services		110.0	113.8	114.3	115.0	5.0	4.5
Leisure and hospitality		50.8	48.2	47.4	49.1	-1.7	-3.3
Other services		21.0	20.9	20.8	21.0	0.0	0.0
Government		79.9	78.2	80.9	81.1	1.2	1.5
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm		379.4	373.5	375.8	377.4	-2.0	-0.5
Mining, logging, and construction		17.9	17.6	17.9	17.8	-0.1	-0.6
Manufacturing		17.2	16.9	16.7	16.7	-0.5	-2.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities		74.9	76.2	75.3	75.4	0.5	0.7
Information		2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	0.0	0.0
Financial activities		45.1	43.8	43.8	43.5	-1.6	-3.5
Professional and business services		51.6	49.9	49.7	49.8	-1.8	-3.5
Education and health services		67.5	68.2	68.9	69.4	1.9	2.8
Leisure and hospitality		35.2	32.2	32.8	33.6	-1.6	-4.5
Other services		14.5	14.5	14.6	14.5	0.0	0.0
Government		52.8	51.5	53.4	54.0	1.2	2.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area