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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
2018	708.7	717.3	716.0	725.5	723.7	717.8	712.6	716.3	731.5	738.7	739.8	740.3	724.0
2019	728.0	736.6	737.9	743.2	740.5	734.7	731.0	733.2	745.4	751.4	756.9	(p)755.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2018	11.5	11.7	11.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.7	12.8	13.0	13.1	13.0	12.6	12.6
2019	12.3	12.5	12.5	13.0	13.6	13.7	13.6	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	(p)12.8
Manufacturing
2018	20.0	19.8	19.8	19.8	19.9	20.0	19.9	20.0	19.9	19.9	19.8	19.8	19.9
2019	19.5	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.5	19.4	19.3	19.0	19.0	19.0	(p)18.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2018	91.8	91.2	91.2	91.9	92.4	92.7	92.6	92.2	93.1	93.6	95.5	95.8	92.8
2019	92.6	92.1	91.7	92.5	92.7	92.9	92.3	92.1	93.4	94.2	96.6	(p)97.3
Information
2018	11.5	11.8	11.8	12.4	12.2	12.2	11.9	11.8	12.0	12.4	12.4	12.2	12.1
2019	11.9	12.0	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	(p)12.3
Financial Activities
2018	41.7	41.8	41.7	42.0	42.2	43.0	43.1	43.1	42.7	42.7	43.4	43.1	42.5
2019	42.8	43.1	43.3	43.2	43.8	44.4	44.6	44.7	44.7	44.9	45.1	(p)45.2
Professional & Business Services
2018	98.1	98.4	98.0	99.3	99.7	99.5	99.8	100.2	100.0	101.7	100.2	100.2	99.6
2019	99.4	99.6	100.7	101.2	101.8	102.6	103.4	106.1	105.9	106.0	107.1	(p)107.1
Educational & Health Services
2018	232.8	240.1	238.6	241.3	237.5	229.8	229.8	230.4	241.3	245.4	245.9	245.7	238.2
2019	240.5	248.7	247.4	249.6	243.9	235.1	235.6	233.3	241.9	246.3	247.7	(p)247.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	70.4	71.0	71.2	74.2	75.5	75.7	74.1	74.5	76.5	76.5	75.8	76.7	74.3
2019	76.3	75.7	77.2	78.5	79.6	79.9	78.5	78.6	79.5	80.0	80.4	(p)78.7
Other Services
2018	27.6	27.9	28.1	28.4	28.6	28.7	28.6	28.5	28.3	28.3	28.3	28.3	28.3
2019	28.0	28.1	28.3	28.6	28.8	29.1	29.1	29.0	28.7	28.8	28.7	(p)28.6
Government
2018	103.3	103.6	103.7	103.3	102.8	103.3	100.1	102.8	104.7	105.1	105.5	105.9	103.7
2019	104.7	105.4	105.5	105.2	104.9	105.2	102.3	104.5	106.6	106.4	106.5	(p)107.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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
2018	702,157	708,335	704,494	706,508	704,457	708,722	715,016	708,381	710,539	717,602	714,864	713,959	709,586
2019	719,890	724,123	722,273	717,865	717,281	719,404	727,914	726,155	729,569	737,425	736,366	(p)732,437
Employment
2018	659,717	665,355	664,347	670,160	667,417	666,304	670,621	664,662	673,443	680,684	680,821	679,637	670,264
2019	682,471	688,638	688,627	688,414	682,220	682,088	685,113	682,736	691,385	695,653	696,329	(p)692,647
Unemployment
2018	42,440	42,980	40,147	36,348	37,040	42,418	44,395	43,719	37,096	36,918	34,043	34,322	39,322
2019	37,419	35,485	33,646	29,451	35,061	37,316	42,801	43,419	38,184	41,772	40,037	(p)39,790
Unemployment Rate
2018	6.0	6.1	5.7	5.1	5.3	6.0	6.2	6.2	5.2	5.1	4.8	4.8	5.5
2019	5.2	4.9	4.7	4.1	4.9	5.2	5.9	6.0	5.2	5.7	5.4	(p)5.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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Philadelphia City, PA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data