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

Philadelphia, 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, Division 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
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 — March 2026 Consumer price indexes News Release Apr 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, PA Economy at a Glance:
Philadelphia, PA
Data Series Back
Data		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Jan
2026		 Feb
2026		 Mar
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)- 1,100.6 (p)1,092.0 1,097.2 (p)1,098.9  

Employment(1)

 (2)- 1,050.0 (p)1,045.5 1,042.5 (p)1,041.2  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)- 50.5 (p)46.5 54.7 (p)57.7  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)- 4.6 (p)4.3 5.0 (p)5.3  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 1,033.4 1,035.5 1,035.1 1,016.3 1,018.5 (p)1,023.3

12-month % change

 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.3 -0.3 (p)-0.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 25.6 25.5 24.8 24.4 23.9 (p)24.4

12-month % change

 -2.3 -0.8 -1.6 0.8 -1.2 (p)-2.4

Manufacturing(4)

 31.0 30.9 31.0 30.9 30.9 (p)31.0

12-month % change

 -2.2 -2.5 -2.8 -1.6 -1.3 (p)-1.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 127.0 129.0 130.7 125.3 122.7 (p)122.9

12-month % change

 -0.4 -0.9 -0.6 -1.7 -3.2 (p)-2.9

Information(4)

 18.7 18.7 18.8 18.3 18.4 (p)18.4

12-month % change

 -1.6 -1.6 -1.1 -3.2 -2.6 (p)-4.2

Financial Activities(4)

 62.6 62.7 63.3 62.6 62.5 (p)62.2

12-month % change

 0.0 0.2 1.1 0.3 0.5 (p)0.0

Professional and Business Services(4)

 150.1 149.6 149.8 146.1 146.6 (p)147.3

12-month % change

 1.1 0.3 0.5 -0.9 -1.0 (p)-1.2

Education and Health Services(4)

 346.1 348.1 347.3 343.3 348.3 (p)349.4

12-month % change

 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.9 1.5 (p)1.9

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 99.4 97.5 96.3 94.0 93.1 (p)95.6

12-month % change

 0.6 -0.2 -2.0 -0.1 -0.4 (p)-0.5

Other Services(4)

 40.9 40.8 40.6 40.3 40.6 (p)40.4

12-month % change

 -5.5 -2.4 -0.7 0.0 0.7 (p)-0.5

Government(4)

 132.0 132.7 132.5 131.1 131.5 (p)131.7

12-month % change

 -0.5 -0.7 -1.1 -1.7 -1.4 (p)-1.2

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

CPI-U, All items(5)

 (6)-   328.861   332.301  

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

       3.9   3.5  

CPI-W, All items(7)

 (6)-   329.825   332.562  

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(7)

       3.9   3.4  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations
(7) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary