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Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Philadelphia, Pa. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	985.0	994.5	1,000.6	1,003.8	1,004.4	997.0	990.2	990.4	1,013.3	1,021.9	1,027.3	1,022.1	1,004.2
2024	998.7	1,011.3	(p)1,016.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	24.4	24.4	24.9	25.2	25.5	26.1	26.1	26.0	26.4	26.2	25.7	25.2	25.5
2024	24.2	24.3	(p)24.7
Manufacturing
2023	32.4	32.5	32.4	32.5	32.5	32.6	32.7	32.4	32.6	32.7	32.7	32.8	32.6
2024	32.6	32.6	(p)32.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	132.4	130.6	130.4	129.6	130.2	130.5	129.3	129.1	129.5	130.4	132.7	133.7	130.7
2024	128.1	126.3	(p)126.5
Information
2023	19.4	19.3	19.2	19.1	19.0	19.0	19.0	18.8	18.6	18.9	19.0	18.7	19.0
2024	18.4	18.6	(p)18.6
Financial Activities
2023	64.5	64.4	64.3	64.1	64.5	65.1	65.3	65.3	64.8	64.8	64.8	65.0	64.7
2024	64.8	64.7	(p)65.0
Professional & Business Services
2023	146.8	146.9	147.8	148.3	149.4	149.5	149.0	148.2	149.5	150.2	150.7	149.2	148.8
2024	147.3	147.4	(p)147.8
Educational & Health Services
2023	308.8	318.8	320.6	321.7	317.5	308.0	308.0	309.8	323.3	329.9	333.3	330.0	319.1
2024	320.4	332.9	(p)334.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	90.2	90.5	92.9	95.7	97.6	98.2	97.1	96.9	98.5	98.3	97.2	96.5	95.8
2024	93.4	94.2	(p)96.4
Other Services
2023	39.6	39.8	40.4	40.5	40.8	40.8	40.7	40.4	40.4	40.8	41.0	40.7	40.5
2024	40.6	40.3	(p)40.5
Government
2023	126.5	127.3	127.7	127.1	127.4	127.2	123.0	123.5	129.7	129.7	130.2	130.3	127.5
2024	128.9	130.0	(p)130.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Philadelphia, Pa. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(1)1,033,781	(1)1,042,477	(1)1,044,452	(1)1,037,155	(1)1,039,841	(1)1,039,814	(1)1,042,493	(1)1,046,767	(1)1,050,212	(1)1,055,265	(1)1,057,011	(1)1,043,700	(1)1,044,414
2024	1,049,533	(p)1,066,205
Employment
2023	(1)989,722	(1)997,003	(1)1,004,706	(1)1,002,159	(1)1,001,310	(1)997,922	(1)998,045	(1)996,106	(1)1,010,887	(1)1,014,908	(1)1,019,760	(1)1,008,174	(1)1,003,392
2024	1,007,865	(p)1,022,797
Unemployment
2023	(1)44,059	(1)45,474	(1)39,746	(1)34,996	(1)38,531	(1)41,892	(1)44,448	(1)50,661	(1)39,325	(1)40,357	(1)37,251	(1)35,526	(1)41,022
2024	41,668	(p)43,408
Unemployment Rate
2023	(1)4.3	(1)4.4	(1)3.8	(1)3.4	(1)3.7	(1)4.0	(1)4.3	(1)4.8	(1)3.7	(1)3.8	(1)3.5	(1)3.4	(1)3.9
2024	4.0	(p)4.1
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024. (p) Preliminary
The Philadelphia, Pa., Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.