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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Reading Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jan 2026
Reading, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Feb 2026
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Feb 2026
Consumer Price Index, Northeast region — December 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jan 2026
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — September 2025	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Dec 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Reading – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Pennsylvania’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2017

Reading, PA Economy at a Glance:

Reading, PA

Data Series	Back Data	July 2025	Aug 2025	Sept 2025	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		219.6	219.1	218.0	(2)-	219.5	(p)219.2
Employment(1)		209.2	207.7	208.3	(2)-	210.9	(p)211.0
Unemployment(1)		10.5	11.4	9.7	(2)-	8.5	(p)8.2
Unemployment Rate(3)		4.8	5.2	4.4	(2)-	3.9	(p)3.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		183.9	183.7	185.3	185.7	186.5	(p)186.7
12-month % change		1.9	1.7	0.9	0.7	0.7	(p)0.5
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		8.6	8.5	8.4	8.3	8.3	(p)8.1
12-month % change		2.4	1.2	2.4	0.0	2.5	(p)0.0
Manufacturing(4)		31.7	31.8	31.7	31.6	31.6	(p)31.7
12-month % change		0.6	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.0	(p)1.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		36.3	36.3	36.3	36.9	37.5	(p)38.1
12-month % change		2.0	0.8	0.3	0.8	0.3	(p)0.5
Information(4)		1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)1.0
12-month % change		-9.1	-9.1	-9.1	-9.1	-9.1	(p)-9.1
Financial Activities(4)		6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	(p)6.3
12-month % change		1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(4)		23.8	23.6	23.7	23.8	23.7	(p)23.7
12-month % change		3.0	2.6	-0.4	-0.8	-1.7	(p)-1.7
Education and Health Services(4)		34.1	34.4	34.6	34.7	35.0	(p)34.9
12-month % change		4.3	5.8	3.3	3.3	3.6	(p)3.3
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		15.5	15.3	14.7	14.6	14.4	(p)14.3
12-month % change		-1.3	-1.9	0.0	0.0	-0.7	(p)-1.4
Other Services(4)		8.2	8.1	7.9	7.9	7.9	(p)7.9
12-month % change		2.5	0.0	0.0	-1.3	-1.3	(p)0.0
Government(4)		18.3	18.4	20.7	20.6	20.8	(p)20.7
12-month % change		1.7	0.5	0.0	-1.0	0.5	(p)-0.5
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary