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Philadelphia City/County, PA

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2017
Philadelphia City, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2017
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2017
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2017
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2014-15 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2016
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Sep 2017
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City – July 2017 Average energy prices News Release Aug 2017
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2017
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2017
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2017
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2017

Philadelphia City/County, PA Economy at a Glance:

Philadelphia City/County, PA
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 709.6 712.5 712.4 710.4 (p)716.7  

Employment(1)

 667.0 670.4 664.7 665.0 (p)667.6  

Unemployment(1)

 42.6 42.1 47.7 45.3 (p)49.1  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 6.0 5.9 6.7 6.4 (p)6.9  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 713.6 718.2 714.9 711.8 709.9 (p)705.3

12-month % change

 3.3 2.5 2.6 3.1 2.7 (p)2.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 11.8 12.2 12.4 12.8 12.7 (p)12.8

12-month % change

 2.6 2.5 0.0 3.2 1.6 (p)6.7

Manufacturing(3)

 19.9 19.9 19.9 19.7 19.8 (p)19.6

12-month % change

 -2.0 -2.9 -2.9 -3.9 -3.4 (p)-3.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 93.6 93.0 92.9 93.2 92.2 (p)92.4

12-month % change

 2.5 1.2 0.4 0.5 -0.5 (p)-0.5

Information(3)

 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.9 11.7 (p)11.7

12-month % change

 0.9 -0.8 9.3 0.8 -1.7 (p)-0.8

Financial Activities(3)

 42.3 42.4 42.9 43.9 44.0 (p)44.1

12-month % change

 0.0 -0.7 0.5 1.6 1.6 (p)1.8

Professional and Business Services(3)

 97.1 97.8 98.0 98.3 98.1 (p)97.9

12-month % change

 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.4 2.4 (p)2.1

Education and Health Services(3)

 234.7 236.3 231.1 224.1 224.6 (p)221.5

12-month % change

 5.2 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.0 (p)3.1

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 71.1 73.3 74.5 76.5 77.3 (p)77.5

12-month % change

 4.6 2.9 4.1 8.2 10.9 (p)9.0

Other Services(3)

 28.0 28.2 28.4 28.7 28.6 (p)28.4

12-month % change

 2.2 2.5 2.2 2.9 1.8 (p)1.1

Government(3)

 103.4 103.4 103.1 102.7 100.9 (p)99.4

12-month % change

 1.4 1.2 1.4 0.9 0.2 (p)0.2

Consumer Price Index: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD

CPI-U, All items(4)

   248.411   247.713   248.919

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     1.3   0.7   1.4

CPI-W, All items(5)

   249.592   248.833   250.152

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     1.3   0.7   1.5

Footnotes
 (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary