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

Philadelphia, PA

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Philadelphia, PA, Division Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2020
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2020
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2020
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2017-18 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2019
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Mar 2020
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2020
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2020

Philadelphia, PA Economy at a Glance:

Philadelphia, PA
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Jan
2020		 Feb
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,031.7 1,042.6 1,040.9 (p)1,035.1 (p)1,032.0  

Employment(1)

 981.9 988.0 988.8 (p)983.4 (p)975.2  

Unemployment(1)

 49.8 54.6 52.1 (p)51.7 (p)56.8  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.8 5.2 5.0 (p)5.0 (p)5.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 985.8 995.4 1,001.5 999.1 980.3 (p)994.0

12-month % change

 1.6 1.3 1.7 2.0 1.9 (p)2.5

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 25.5 25.8 25.4 24.3 23.7 (p)23.6

12-month % change

 1.6 -0.8 -0.4 0.8 0.4 (p)0.0

Manufacturing(3)

 33.4 33.1 33.3 33.2 32.8 (p)32.8

12-month % change

 -3.2 -4.1 -3.2 -3.8 -3.5 (p)-4.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 136.6 138.0 141.6 142.8 138.1 (p)137.7

12-month % change

 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 (p)2.8

Information(3)

 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.5 15.2 (p)15.3

12-month % change

 4.8 4.0 4.0 4.7 4.1 (p)4.1

Financial Activities(3)

 59.5 60.1 60.2 60.3 59.9 (p)60.1

12-month % change

 0.8 2.0 2.0 2.4 1.2 (p)1.3

Professional and Business Services(3)

 139.1 138.6 140.1 139.5 138.0 (p)139.4

12-month % change

 3.7 2.3 2.9 2.9 2.5 (p)2.7

Education and Health Services(3)

 303.8 310.3 311.0 309.3 303.2 (p)313.5

12-month % change

 1.3 1.2 1.5 2.0 1.7 (p)2.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 101.2 101.8 101.8 101.3 98.8 (p)99.6

12-month % change

 2.7 2.4 4.2 4.6 6.4 (p)7.0

Other Services(3)

 40.2 40.4 40.2 40.2 39.8 (p)39.9

12-month % change

 1.3 1.3 0.8 1.0 1.0 (p)1.3

Government(3)

 131.1 131.8 132.4 132.7 130.8 (p)132.1

12-month % change

 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.3 (p)1.5

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   257.966   257.194   259.694

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

     1.9   2.4   2.6

CPI-W, All items(5)

   258.257   258.000   260.059

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

     1.9   2.6   2.7

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