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Philadelphia, PA

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Philadelphia, PA, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Jun 2023
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2023
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2023
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — 2020-21 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2022
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2022
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2023
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2022
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary May 2023
Philadelphia, PA Economy at a Glance:
Philadelphia, PA
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

(2)1,037.7 (2)1,031.7 1,037.7 1,044.5 1,043.7 (p)1,037.6

Employment(1)

(2)989.3 (2)987.8 987.6 993.2 1,000.9 (p)999.3

Unemployment(1)

(2)48.3 (2)44.0 50.1 51.4 42.8 (p)38.3

Unemployment Rate(3)

(2)4.7 (2)4.3 4.8 4.9 4.1 (p)3.7

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

1,009.4 1,007.1 986.3 999.4 1,004.9 (p)1,012.0

12-month % change

4.5 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.8 (p)3.5

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

26.2 25.6 25.3 25.1 25.0 (p)25.5

12-month % change

6.9 4.5 8.1 6.8 2.5 (p)2.4

Manufacturing(4)

32.7 32.8 32.1 32.3 32.2 (p)32.4

12-month % change

1.2 1.2 1.9 0.6 0.0 (p)0.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

137.8 140.0 135.1 133.3 133.3 (p)132.7

12-month % change

1.3 1.0 1.1 -0.1 0.1 (p)0.5

Information(4)

19.8 19.7 19.6 19.5 19.6 (p)19.6

12-month % change

10.0 3.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 (p)1.6

Financial Activities(4)

64.9 65.1 64.5 64.3 64.6 (p)64.3

12-month % change

4.5 4.5 4.2 2.9 2.7 (p)0.8

Professional and Business Services(4)

146.7 146.2 143.1 144.0 144.2 (p)146.6

12-month % change

3.3 2.6 2.1 1.4 0.6 (p)1.8

Education and Health Services(4)

319.9 317.8 310.3 321.8 323.9 (p)326.1

12-month % change

6.0 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.7 (p)5.8

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

93.3 91.8 90.0 92.1 94.9 (p)98.4

12-month % change

10.3 8.0 11.2 13.7 11.8 (p)10.2

Other Services(4)

39.9 40.2 39.8 40.0 40.3 (p)40.2

12-month % change

7.5 7.8 6.1 6.1 6.1 (p)4.4

Government(4)

128.2 127.9 126.5 127.0 126.9 (p)126.2

12-month % change

0.6 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 (p)0.5

Consumer Price Index: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

CPI-U, All items(5)

  294.883   300.882   301.225

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)

    6.4   6.9   4.7

CPI-W, All items(6)

  296.748   301.365   301.733

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

    6.2   6.2   4.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 21, 2023.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary