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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 Oct 2019
Philadelphia City, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2019
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2019
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2019
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2016-17 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2018
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jul 2019
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jul 2019

Philadelphia City/County, PA Economy at a Glance:

Philadelphia City/County, PA
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2019

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 722.3 717.9 717.3 719.4 727.9 (p)726.2

Employment(1)

 688.6 688.4 682.2 682.1 685.1 (p)682.9

Unemployment(1)

 33.6 29.5 35.1 37.3 42.8 (p)43.4

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.7 4.1 4.9 5.2 5.9 (p)6.0

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 737.9 743.2 740.5 734.7 731.0 (p)733.5

12-month % change

 3.1 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.6 (p)2.4

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 12.5 13.0 13.6 13.7 13.6 (p)13.5

12-month % change

 5.0 0.8 5.4 6.2 7.1 (p)5.5

Manufacturing(3)

 19.4 19.4 19.4 19.5 19.4 (p)19.3

12-month % change

 -2.0 -2.0 -2.5 -2.5 -2.5 (p)-3.5

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 91.7 92.5 92.7 92.9 92.3 (p)92.2

12-month % change

 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.2 -0.3 (p)0.0

Information(3)

 11.9 12.0 12.0 12.3 12.2 (p)12.3

12-month % change

 0.8 -3.2 -1.6 0.8 2.5 (p)4.2

Financial Activities(3)

 43.3 43.2 43.8 44.4 44.6 (p)44.8

12-month % change

 3.8 2.9 3.8 3.3 3.5 (p)3.9

Professional and Business Services(3)

 100.7 101.2 101.8 102.6 103.4 (p)105.7

12-month % change

 2.8 1.9 2.1 3.1 3.6 (p)5.5

Education and Health Services(3)

 247.4 249.6 243.9 235.1 235.6 (p)233.3

12-month % change

 3.7 3.4 2.7 2.3 2.5 (p)1.3

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 77.2 78.5 79.6 79.9 78.5 (p)78.5

12-month % change

 8.4 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.9 (p)5.4

Other Services(3)

 28.3 28.6 28.8 29.1 29.1 (p)29.1

12-month % change

 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.7 (p)2.1

Government(3)

 105.5 105.2 104.9 105.2 102.3 (p)104.8

12-month % change

 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.8 2.2 (p)1.9

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   256.528   257.709   258.877

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

     1.9   2.1   2.3

CPI-W, All items(5)

   256.881   257.880   259.137

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

     1.8   1.8   2.1

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