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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	Sep 2026
Philadelphia, PA, Division Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Sep 2026
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2026
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic	Consumer price indexes	Table	Sep 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 — August 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Sep 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	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	1,107.2	1,112.0	1,113.7	1,112.1	(p)1,112.5
Employment(1)	1,055.2	1,062.6	1,061.0	1,061.1	(p)1,061.2
Unemployment(1)	52.0	49.5	52.8	51.0	(p)51.3
Unemployment Rate(2)	4.7	4.4	4.7	4.6	(p)4.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	1,022.4	1,029.1	1,025.3	1,021.9	1,016.4	(p)1,017.4
12-month % change	-0.4	0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.6	(p)0.4
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	24.6	25.1	25.2	25.9	26.3	(p)25.8
12-month % change	-1.6	-1.6	-1.9	-1.1	1.5	(p)0.0
Manufacturing(3)	31.0	31.0	31.0	31.2	31.5	(p)31.4
12-month % change	-1.3	-1.0	-0.6	-0.6	1.3	(p)1.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	122.9	122.8	123.4	123.8	123.9	(p)123.9
12-month % change	-2.9	-2.2	-2.1	-2.1	-1.9	(p)-1.7
Information(3)	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	(p)18.5
12-month % change	-3.6	-2.1	-0.5	-1.1	-1.1	(p)-1.1
Financial Activities(3)	62.2	61.8	62.0	62.8	63.3	(p)63.1
12-month % change	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.8	-0.2	(p)-0.2
Professional and Business Services(3)	146.6	148.9	148.1	149.2	148.9	(p)147.8
12-month % change	-1.7	-0.6	-1.8	0.2	0.7	(p)0.5
Education and Health Services(3)	349.1	350.3	344.5	335.3	332.0	(p)332.3
12-month % change	1.8	2.1	2.2	1.2	1.1	(p)1.1
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	95.3	98.6	100.6	102.7	103.6	(p)104.2
12-month % change	-0.8	-0.7	-0.8	1.0	4.4	(p)3.4
Other Services(3)	40.4	40.5	41.0	41.6	41.2	(p)40.6
12-month % change	-0.5	-0.5	0.5	1.2	1.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)	131.8	131.6	131.0	130.9	127.2	(p)129.8
12-month % change	-1.1	-1.3	-1.3	-0.9	-1.6	(p)-1.3
Consumer Price Index: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CPI-U, All items(4)		338.030		342.280		340.008
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)		4.8		5.4		4.2
CPI-W, All items(5)		339.929		339.934		339.457
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)		5.3		4.8		4.1
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

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