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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

2022

715.8 727.3 732.3 740.3 740.2 733.9 733.7 738.5 751.6 759.4 765.5 762.7 741.8

2023

747.9 758.8 763.0 (p)767.9                  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2022

11.4 11.4 11.9 12.2 12.4 12.6 12.8 12.6 13.3 13.3 13.2 12.7 12.5

2023

12.5 12.4 12.3 (p)12.7                  

Manufacturing

2022

18.5 18.9 19.1 19.1 19.2 19.1 19.2 19.1 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.1

2023

19.0 19.1 19.1 (p)19.2                  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

90.5 90.5 90.3 89.6 89.6 89.3 89.2 88.9 88.6 90.5 93.0 94.0 90.3

2023

91.0 89.6 89.8 (p)89.1                  

Information

2022

16.2 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.2 16.4 16.8 16.7 16.7 16.5 16.7 16.7 16.5

2023

16.6 16.5 16.6 (p)16.6                  

Financial Activities

2022

45.2 45.6 45.9 46.4 46.6 47.0 47.7 47.9 47.4 47.7 47.7 47.7 46.9

2023

47.2 47.0 47.2 (p)47.0                  

Professional & Business Services

2022

107.0 108.2 108.9 109.5 110.6 111.7 110.5 110.4 110.2 111.5 112.3 112.2 110.3

2023

110.3 111.2 110.8 (p)112.0                  

Educational & Health Services

2022

235.6 244.9 244.9 249.1 245.8 236.8 239.5 242.7 251.0 257.7 259.0 257.0 247.0

2023

251.0 260.4 262.2 (p)264.5                  

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

61.7 61.7 64.8 68.7 70.0 70.8 70.1 70.6 73.1 71.0 71.9 70.4 68.7

2023

69.0 71.1 73.5 (p)76.3                  

Other Services

2022

26.6 26.8 27.1 27.6 27.9 28.0 28.1 28.0 28.6 28.7 28.7 28.9 27.9

2023

28.6 28.8 29.0 (p)28.9                  

Government

2022

103.1 103.2 103.2 101.8 101.9 102.2 99.8 101.6 103.6 103.3 103.7 103.7 102.6

2023

102.7 102.7 102.5 (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

2022

(1)723,752 (1)726,914 (1)730,084 (1)727,884 (1)730,441 (1)727,364 (1)732,119 (1)738,057 (1)738,513 (1)739,878 (1)735,898 (1)730,604 (1)731,792

2023

735,758 741,492 740,638 (p)735,710                  

Employment

2022

(1)679,484 (1)685,559 (1)691,698 (1)691,150 (1)692,291 (1)686,233 (1)688,480 (1)691,676 (1)701,377 (1)702,807 (1)699,081 (1)697,227 (1)692,255

2023

697,630 702,463 707,919 (p)706,425                  

Unemployment

2022

(1)44,268 (1)41,355 (1)38,386 (1)36,734 (1)38,150 (1)41,131 (1)43,639 (1)46,381 (1)37,136 (1)37,071 (1)36,817 (1)33,377 (1)39,537

2023

38,128 39,029 32,719 (p)29,285                  

Unemployment Rate

2022

(1)6.1 (1)5.7 (1)5.3 (1)5.0 (1)5.2 (1)5.7 (1)6.0 (1)6.3 (1)5.0 (1)5.0 (1)5.0 (1)4.6 (1)5.4

2023

5.2 5.3 4.4 (p)4.0                  

Footnotes
(1) Data were subject to revision on April 21, 2023.
(p) Preliminary