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Philadelphia City, PA: 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 City (County), Pa.
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2021	664.1	670.9	680.1	687.5	688.5	685.5	687.0	691.6	706.0	715.7	719.0	722.6	693.2
2022	705.8	714.6	717.6	721.8	724.6	(p)723.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	11.1	10.8	11.0	11.7	11.9	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.0	11.9	11.8	11.5	11.7
2022	11.1	11.2	11.4	11.8	12.2	(p)12.5
Manufacturing
2021	17.7	17.7	17.8	17.9	18.0	18.0	18.3	18.3	18.4	18.6	18.8	18.8	18.2
2022	18.5	18.7	18.6	18.6	18.7	(p)18.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	87.5	86.5	86.6	86.2	86.7	87.5	87.5	88.0	88.6	89.9	91.8	93.9	88.4
2022	90.4	90.2	90.2	89.8	90.5	(p)90.6
Information
2021	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.4	11.6	11.9	11.9	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.8	12.3
2022	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.5	13.6	(p)13.6
Financial Activities
2021	42.0	42.2	42.3	42.4	42.3	42.8	43.3	43.3	42.7	42.2	42.2	42.5	42.5
2022	42.0	41.6	42.0	41.2	41.9	(p)43.1
Professional & Business Services
2021	98.2	98.9	99.6	100.6	101.0	101.8	102.8	103.0	103.5	105.0	105.4	106.3	102.2
2022	105.4	105.9	105.7	108.1	107.5	(p)110.0
Educational & Health Services
2021	228.1	231.9	236.5	238.6	235.9	227.8	226.6	227.6	235.4	240.3	240.6	240.4	234.1
2022	234.8	241.5	241.6	243.2	241.7	(p)237.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	39.7	42.6	46.1	50.3	53.0	55.7	57.8	60.6	61.8	64.0	63.9	64.7	55.0
2022	60.7	62.4	64.7	66.4	69.1	(p)67.9
Other Services
2021	24.0	24.2	24.5	24.9	25.2	25.5	25.7	25.7	26.0	26.5	26.3	26.6	25.4
2022	26.3	26.4	26.7	27.0	27.5	(p)27.6
Government
2021	104.3	104.5	104.1	103.4	103.1	102.8	101.0	101.0	104.1	103.7	104.5	104.1	103.4
2022	103.2	103.4	103.4	102.2	101.9	(p)101.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Philadelphia City (County), Pa.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2021	(1)721,638	(1)724,370	(1)723,315	(1)720,996	(1)718,869	(1)724,198	(1)725,294	(1)721,021	(1)721,411	(1)722,323	(1)718,688	(1)712,569	(1)721,225
2022	724,047	721,261	725,099	719,856	724,879	(p)720,379
Employment
2021	(1)641,587	(1)646,313	(1)649,105	(1)650,867	(1)649,632	(1)650,182	(1)654,803	(1)653,833	(1)662,846	(1)666,814	(1)668,079	(1)667,785	(1)655,154
2022	668,329	672,211	679,776	676,461	683,244	(p)675,901
Unemployment
2021	(1)80,051	(1)78,057	(1)74,210	(1)70,129	(1)69,237	(1)74,016	(1)70,491	(1)67,188	(1)58,565	(1)55,509	(1)50,609	(1)44,784	(1)66,071
2022	55,718	49,050	45,323	43,395	41,635	(p)44,478
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)11.1	(1)10.8	(1)10.3	(1)9.7	(1)9.6	(1)10.2	(1)9.7	(1)9.3	(1)8.1	(1)7.7	(1)7.0	(1)6.3	(1)9.2
2022	7.7	6.8	6.3	6.0	5.7	(p)6.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (p) Preliminary