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

 

2007

654.0 662.8 663.4 665.4 663.6 659.4 658.7 656.3 660.2 666.6 669.9 668.1 662.4

2008

654.9 662.1 661.1 665.4 665.3 660.2 659.4 (P) 656.1          

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

 

2007

11.2 11.4 11.6 11.6 11.8 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.1 12.1 12.0 11.7 11.8

2008

11.3 11.5 11.5 11.6 12.1 12.3 12.4 (P) 12.7          

Manufacturing

 

2007

28.8 28.7 28.6 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.1 28.1 28.2 28.2 28.1 28.0 28.3

2008

27.7 27.5 27.4 27.5 27.5 27.5 27.3 (P) 27.4          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2007

87.5 86.7 86.8 87.2 87.6 87.7 87.9 87.6 88.1 88.7 89.5 90.4 88.0

2008

87.1 86.2 86.3 86.5 87.1 87.4 87.4 (P) 87.0          

Information

 

2007

12.5 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.5 12.7 12.7 12.8 13.9 13.3 13.3 13.3 12.9

2008

13.2 13.2 13.2 13.1 13.1 13.1 13.0 (P) 13.1          

Financial Activities

 

2007

47.1 47.1 47.0 46.9 47.0 47.5 47.6 47.4 46.9 46.9 46.9 47.0 47.1

2008

46.7 46.6 46.6 46.5 46.6 46.9 47.0 (P) 46.8          

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

84.3 84.6 84.6 84.7 84.8 85.5 85.7 85.8 85.4 85.8 86.1 86.0 85.3

2008

84.8 85.2 85.2 85.7 85.8 86.2 86.1 (P) 86.0          

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

192.4 199.8 199.1 199.3 195.7 190.7 191.0 189.7 195.6 201.2 202.6 200.0 196.4

2008

195.8 203.0 201.2 203.1 199.6 193.9 193.3 (P) 192.0          

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

56.3 56.9 57.7 58.9 60.2 59.9 57.7 58.3 58.6 58.9 59.0 58.9 58.4

2008

56.5 56.6 57.0 58.1 59.7 59.6 58.2 (P) 58.0          

Other Services

 

2007

27.6 27.9 28.1 28.4 28.4 28.5 28.4 28.2 28.2 28.2 28.2 28.3 28.2

2008

27.8 27.8 28.1 28.4 28.6 28.7 28.6 (P) 28.3          

Government

 

2007

106.3 107.3 107.5 107.6 107.2 106.3 107.4 106.1 103.2 103.3 104.2 104.5 105.9

2008

104.0 104.5 104.6 104.9 105.2 104.6 106.1 (P) 104.8          

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

 

2007

(1) 612,406 (1) 609,001 (1) 609,344 (1) 606,669 (1) 609,456 (1) 617,855 (1) 626,500 (1) 619,898 (1) 614,191 (1) 616,855 (1) 619,275 (1) 615,799 (1) 614,771

2008

617,500 611,746 611,983 615,360 622,152 626,647 (P) 631,944            

Employment

 

2007

(1) 572,680 (1) 572,600 (1) 573,979 (1) 573,702 (1) 572,929 (1) 579,535 (1) 586,500 (1) 581,973 (1) 576,821 (1) 579,786 (1) 583,247 (1) 579,627 (1) 577,782

2008

574,050 569,298 570,894 576,340 579,078 581,677 (P) 585,396            

Unemployment

 

2007

(1) 39,726 (1) 36,401 (1) 35,365 (1) 32,967 (1) 36,527 (1) 38,320 (1) 40,000 (1) 37,925 (1) 37,370 (1) 37,069 (1) 36,028 (1) 36,172 (1) 36,989

2008

43,450 42,448 41,089 39,020 43,074 44,970 (P) 46,548            

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

(1) 6.5 (1) 6.0 (1) 5.8 (1) 5.4 (1) 6.0 (1) 6.2 (1) 6.4 (1) 6.1 (1) 6.1 (1) 6.0 (1) 5.8 (1) 5.9 (1) 6.0

2008

7.0 6.9 6.7 6.3 6.9 7.2 (P) 7.4            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls.
(P) Preliminary