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Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland > Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Camden, NJ, Division Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2019
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ, Division Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2020
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2020
Philadelphia, PA, Division Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2020
New York-New Jersey - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2020
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2020
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2020
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2020
Philadelphia City, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2020
Camden, NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2020
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Jan 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 Jan 2020
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – December 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area – September 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2019
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – November 2019 Average energy prices News Release Dec 2019
Fatal Work Injuries in the Philadelphia Area — 2017 Workplace fatalities News Release Jul 2019
Workplace Fatalities in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Feb 2014
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA Consumer price indexes Table Jan 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 Jan 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019
Unemployment in the Philadelphia Area by County – September 2019 Unemployment News Release Nov 2019
Average Earnings and Hours in New Jersey - March 2013 Pay News Release May 2014
Occupational Employment and Wages in Camden — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Pennsylvania’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Emergency Responders in Selected Metropolitan Areas in New York and New Jersey – May 2014 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2015
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2019

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Economy at a Glance:

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2019		 Aug
2019		 Sept
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,151.0 3,137.3 3,144.0 3,173.4 (p)3,165.0  

Employment(1)

 3,014.8 3,001.0 3,022.7 3,042.3 (p)3,039.4  

Unemployment(1)

 136.2 136.4 121.3 131.1 (p)125.6  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.3 4.3 3.9 4.1 (p)4.0  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,958.0 2,955.1 2,985.6 3,002.6 3,013.3 (p)3,007.2

12-month % change

 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.0 (p)0.8

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 128.7 128.2 126.9 127.0 123.6 (p)120.0

12-month % change

 6.1 5.3 4.8 4.5 1.2 (p)-1.0

Manufacturing(3)

 183.3 182.9 181.7 181.5 181.8 (p)182.3

12-month % change

 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.2 (p)0.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 518.8 514.4 520.1 525.5 536.8 (p)541.9

12-month % change

 -0.6 -1.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 (p)0.4

Information(3)

 49.1 48.9 48.3 48.4 48.5 (p)48.8

12-month % change

 0.8 0.8 0.4 -0.6 -0.2 (p)0.8

Financial Activities(3)

 218.8 218.9 219.2 220.2 220.5 (p)221.2

12-month % change

 0.3 0.6 1.5 1.9 1.8 (p)2.1

Professional and Business Services(3)

 475.7 477.7 477.9 478.1 481.2 (p)477.2

12-month % change

 1.7 2.3 1.9 0.7 2.0 (p)1.5

Education and Health Services(3)

 650.4 651.1 667.8 675.4 678.3 (p)676.2

12-month % change

 1.5 1.7 1.2 1.0 1.1 (p)0.8

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 293.3 291.2 281.1 278.6 273.6 (p)271.4

12-month % change

 2.8 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.1 (p)0.7

Other Services(3)

 124.1 123.5 123.3 123.0 122.6 (p)122.2

12-month % change

 1.1 1.1 1.8 1.1 0.7 (p)0.5

Government(3)

 315.8 318.3 339.3 344.9 346.4 (p)346.0

12-month % change

 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.4 (p)0.4

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   258.877   257.966   257.194

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

     2.3   1.9   2.4

CPI-W, All items(5)

   259.137   258.257   258.000

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

     2.1   1.9   2.6

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