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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia City/County, PA

Philadelphia City/County, PA

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Vineland Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary May 2026
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table May 2026
Philadelphia City, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table May 2026
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table May 2026
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — 2023–24 Consumer spending News Release Jan 2026
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — April 2026 Consumer price indexes News Release May 2026
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2022
Philadelphia City/County, PA Economy at a Glance:
Philadelphia City/County, PA
Data Series Back
Data		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Jan
2026		 Feb
2026		 Mar
2026		 Apr
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)795.8 (2)788.8 791.8 792.7 (p)799.3  

Employment(1)

 (2)755.7 (2)752.5 749.7 748.7 (p)759.5  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)40.0 (2)36.3 42.2 44.0 (p)39.8  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)5.0 (2)4.6 5.3 5.5 (p)5.0  

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   328.861   332.301   338.030

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

     3.9   3.5   4.8

CPI-W, All items(5)

   329.825   332.562   339.929

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

     3.9   3.4   5.3

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(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