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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 Feb 2024
Philadelphia, PA, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Feb 2024
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2024
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — 2021-22 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2023
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region – February 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2024
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jun 2022
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
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

1,046.9 1,055.3 1,059.9 (p)1,048.5 (p)1,049.3  

Employment(1)

1,007.4 1,013.6 1,021.7 (p)1,012.6 (p)1,007.7  

Unemployment(1)

39.5 41.7 38.1 (p)35.8 (p)41.6  

Unemployment Rate(2)

3.8 3.9 3.6 (p)3.4 (p)4.0  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

1,013.3 1,021.9 1,027.3 1,022.1 (p)1,000.6  

12-month % change

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.0 (p)1.6  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

26.4 26.2 25.7 25.2 (p)24.2  

12-month % change

0.4 1.2 0.0 0.8 (p)-0.8  

Manufacturing(3)

32.6 32.7 32.7 32.8 (p)32.6  

12-month % change

0.6 0.9 0.6 0.3 (p)0.6  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

129.5 130.4 132.7 133.7 (p)128.1  

12-month % change

-1.5 -1.7 -2.3 -2.8 (p)-3.2  

Information(3)

18.6 18.9 19.0 18.7 (p)18.8  

12-month % change

-6.5 -3.6 -2.6 -3.6 (p)-3.1  

Financial Activities(3)

64.8 64.8 64.8 65.0 (p)64.9  

12-month % change

0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 (p)0.6  

Professional and Business Services(3)

149.5 150.2 150.7 149.2 (p)148.1  

12-month % change

3.1 2.0 1.8 1.0 (p)0.9  

Education and Health Services(3)

323.3 329.9 333.3 330.0 (p)320.6  

12-month % change

4.2 4.7 5.2 4.9 (p)3.8  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

98.5 98.3 97.2 96.5 (p)93.7  

12-month % change

3.9 4.4 4.2 4.1 (p)3.9  

Other Services(3)

40.4 40.8 41.0 40.7 (p)40.7  

12-month % change

1.0 -1.2 1.2 1.8 (p)2.8  

Government(3)

129.7 129.7 130.2 130.3 (p)128.9  

12-month % change

1.8 2.2 1.8 1.9 (p)1.9  

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

  306.276   306.386   311.227

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

    3.5   3.9   3.4

CPI-W, All items(5)

  307.523   307.441   311.504

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

    3.4   3.6   3.4

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