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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 Jun 2018
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2018
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2018
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2018
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2015-16 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2017
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jun 2018
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA Consumer price indexes Table May 2018
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2018
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table May 2018
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2018

Philadelphia, PA Economy at a Glance:

Philadelphia, PA
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)992.6 991.5 997.1 987.7 (p)990.0  

Employment(1)

 (r)941.7 933.9 938.9 935.3 (p)943.0  

Unemployment(1)

 (r)50.8 57.7 58.2 52.4 (p)47.0  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)5.1 5.8 5.8 5.3 (p)4.7  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 960.4 936.6 948.1 951.1 962.4 (p)960.6

12-month % change

 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.7 (p)1.5

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 23.6 22.5 23.1 23.4 24.2 (p)25.0

12-month % change

 -0.8 -3.0 -1.3 1.7 3.9 (p)0.8

Manufacturing(3)

 34.3 33.9 34.1 33.8 33.9 (p)34.1

12-month % change

 -0.9 -0.6 0.0 -1.5 -1.2 (p)-0.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 139.8 133.3 133.0 133.3 134.7 (p)135.5

12-month % change

 -0.9 -0.2 0.7 0.9 1.7 (p)1.4

Information(3)

 14.0 13.9 13.9 13.9 14.0 (p)13.9

12-month % change

 -3.4 -1.4 -2.1 -1.4 -1.4 (p)-2.1

Financial Activities(3)

 59.1 58.4 58.7 58.5 58.9 (p)59.2

12-month % change

 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.6 (p)2.1

Professional and Business Services(3)

 128.2 125.9 126.9 127.9 128.8 (p)129.0

12-month % change

 -0.9 -1.2 -0.9 -0.8 -0.8 (p)-1.2

Education and Health Services(3)

 297.2 289.3 298.6 297.9 300.4 (p)294.8

12-month % change

 3.8 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.1 (p)2.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 96.2 93.1 92.5 94.8 99.2 (p)100.6

12-month % change

 2.8 3.8 2.7 3.4 3.4 (p)3.6

Other Services(3)

 39.5 39.0 39.1 39.4 39.8 (p)39.9

12-month % change

 1.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.3 (p)0.5

Government(3)

 128.5 127.3 128.2 128.2 128.5 (p)128.6

12-month % change

 -0.5 0.6 -0.1 0.1 0.8 (p)0.9

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 248.617   249.567   251.850  

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

   0.8   0.5   1.4  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 249.826   250.310   252.417  

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

   0.7   0.2   1.1  

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
(r) Revised