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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 Apr 2021
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2021
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2021
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2018-19 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2020
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Apr 2021
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2021
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2021
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2021
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Apr 2021

Philadelphia, PA Economy at a Glance:

Philadelphia, PA
Data Series Back
Data		 Oct
2020		 Nov
2020		 Dec
2020		 Jan
2021		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)1,000.4 (2)997.2 (2)984.5 986.9 (p)1,005.4  

Employment(1)

 (2)909.1 (2)905.8 (2)894.4 886.3 (p)902.8  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)91.3 (2)91.4 (2)90.1 100.7 (p)102.6  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)9.1 (2)9.2 (2)9.2 10.2 (p)10.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 900.8 902.9 895.0 880.6 893.4 (p)892.7

12-month % change

 -9.9 -10.2 -10.9 -10.3 -9.9 (p)-9.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 23.7 23.7 23.4 22.7 22.1 (p)22.1

12-month % change

 -5.6 -6.0 -3.3 -3.8 -6.4 (p)-7.5

Manufacturing(4)

 31.3 31.2 31.3 30.8 30.9 (p)30.9

12-month % change

 -6.0 -6.3 -6.8 -7.5 -6.6 (p)-6.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 125.1 127.5 129.1 126.0 124.1 (p)124.2

12-month % change

 -9.9 -10.5 -10.3 -8.0 -8.5 (p)-8.3

Information(4)

 17.2 17.3 17.2 16.7 16.9 (p)16.9

12-month % change

 -3.9 -6.0 -6.0 -10.2 -9.1 (p)-8.2

Financial Activities(4)

 56.6 56.8 56.9 56.1 55.9 (p)55.5

12-month % change

 -4.9 -5.0 -5.2 -5.9 -6.2 (p)-6.6

Professional and Business Services(4)

 131.2 131.5 131.9 132.1 132.8 (p)131.1

12-month % change

 -7.0 -7.1 -6.9 -5.0 -5.2 (p)-6.1

Education and Health Services(4)

 291.2 292.1 287.9 281.2 290.3 (p)290.1

12-month % change

 -6.3 -6.3 -6.9 -6.9 -6.9 (p)-6.0

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 61.1 59.9 54.4 54.6 58.4 (p)59.1

12-month % change

 -39.1 -39.9 -45.5 -43.2 -39.3 (p)-36.7

Other Services(4)

 33.6 33.5 33.4 33.0 33.3 (p)33.6

12-month % change

 -17.6 -17.7 -17.5 -18.3 -18.0 (p)-15.6

Government(4)

 129.8 129.4 129.5 127.4 128.7 (p)129.2

12-month % change

 -1.7 -2.7 -2.6 -3.3 -2.6 (p)-2.6

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

CPI-U, All items(5)

 259.979   259.991   262.167  

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

   0.8   1.1   1.0  

CPI-W, All items(6)

 261.489   261.473   263.450  

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

   1.3   1.3   1.3  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021.
(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) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary