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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.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2016

 681.0 690.1 690.9 700.7 696.9 690.7 691.2 689.5 708.1 715.7 720.6 719.6 699.6

2017

 701.9 712.2 713.6 718.2 714.9 (p)711.7              

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2016

 11.2 11.5 11.5 11.9 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.0 12.1 12.1 12.2 11.7 12.0

2017

 11.3 11.7 11.8 12.2 12.4 (p)12.8              

Manufacturing

2016

 20.4 20.4 20.3 20.5 20.5 20.5 20.5 20.4 20.5 20.3 20.3 20.4 20.4

2017

 20.0 20.1 19.9 19.9 19.9 (p)19.8              

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2016

 91.4 90.9 91.3 91.9 92.5 92.7 92.7 92.9 93.7 94.4 95.3 96.6 93.0

2017

 93.5 92.6 93.6 93.0 92.9 (p)92.9              

Information

2016

 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.8 10.7 11.8 11.9 11.8 11.7 11.8 11.8 11.9 11.7

2017

 11.6 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 (p)11.8              

Financial Activities

2016

 42.3 42.4 42.3 42.7 42.7 43.2 43.3 43.3 42.7 42.5 42.4 42.7 42.7

2017

 42.2 42.3 42.3 42.4 42.9 (p)43.9              

Professional & Business Services

2016

 92.0 93.5 93.5 94.4 94.9 95.1 95.8 95.9 96.5 96.8 99.0 97.9 95.4

2017

 95.8 95.0 97.1 97.8 98.0 (p)98.2              

Educational & Health Services

2016

 218.1 224.4 223.0 226.6 222.1 214.6 216.0 214.8 226.6 232.1 234.9 233.4 223.9

2017

 226.9 236.9 234.7 236.3 231.1 (p)224.2              

Leisure & Hospitality

2016

 66.0 66.5 68.0 71.2 71.6 70.7 69.7 71.1 73.7 74.7 73.5 73.1 70.8

2017

 70.0 70.6 71.1 73.3 74.5 (p)76.6              

Other Services

2016

 26.8 27.1 27.4 27.5 27.8 27.9 28.1 28.1 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.1 27.8

2017

 27.7 27.8 28.0 28.2 28.4 (p)28.8              

Government

2016

 101.2 101.8 102.0 102.2 101.7 101.8 100.7 99.2 102.6 102.9 103.0 103.8 101.9

2017

 102.9 103.5 103.4 103.4 103.1 (p)102.7              

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

2016

 (r)697,867 (r)702,470 (r)703,299 (r)704,148 (r)704,538 (r)704,425 (r)715,091 (r)707,876 (r)712,934 (r)714,271 (r)714,882 (r)709,049 (r)707,571

2017

 704,479 708,970 709,615 712,483 (p)710,906                

Employment

2016

 (r)650,115 (r)655,525 (r)654,427 (r)657,998 (r)656,475 (r)654,500 (r)660,808 (r)655,120 (r)663,545 (r)665,879 (r)670,729 (r)667,956 (r)659,423

2017

 661,374 664,730 666,994 670,431 (p)663,295                

Unemployment

2016

 (r)47,752 (r)46,945 (r)48,872 (r)46,150 (r)48,063 (r)49,925 (r)54,283 (r)52,756 (r)49,389 (r)48,392 (r)44,153 (r)41,093 (r)48,148

2017

 43,105 44,240 42,621 42,052 (p)47,611                

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (r)6.8 (r)6.7 (r)6.9 (r)6.6 (r)6.8 (r)7.1 (r)7.6 (r)7.5 (r)6.9 (r)6.8 (r)6.2 (r)5.8 (r)6.8

2017

 6.1 6.2 6.0 5.9 (p)6.7                

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary
(r) Revised