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Reading, 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
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Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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2007 |
172.8 |
172.3 |
173.6 |
175.2 |
175.5 |
176.5 |
173.4 |
172.8 |
174.0 |
175.0 |
175.2 |
175.9 |
174.4 |
2008 |
171.9 |
172.2 |
172.7 |
173.6 |
174.2 |
174.0 |
171.8 |
171.0 |
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Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction |
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2007 |
8.5 |
8.1 |
8.6 |
9.1 |
9.2 |
9.6 |
9.7 |
9.7 |
9.5 |
9.4 |
9.3 |
9.1 |
9.2 |
2008 |
8.7 |
8.5 |
8.6 |
8.9 |
9.2 |
9.5 |
9.6 |
9.7 |
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Manufacturing |
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2007 |
31.6 |
31.4 |
31.5 |
31.3 |
31.5 |
31.7 |
31.6 |
31.4 |
31.2 |
31.1 |
31.1 |
31.2 |
31.4 |
2008 |
30.8 |
30.8 |
30.8 |
30.9 |
30.8 |
30.9 |
30.9 |
30.6 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2007 |
34.9 |
34.2 |
34.2 |
34.4 |
34.8 |
34.7 |
34.6 |
34.3 |
34.5 |
34.9 |
35.2 |
35.6 |
34.7 |
2008 |
34.3 |
33.8 |
33.9 |
33.9 |
33.9 |
33.9 |
33.7 |
33.5 |
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Information |
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2007 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
2008 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
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Financial Activities |
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2007 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
8.2 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
8.2 |
2008 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
7.9 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2007 |
19.6 |
19.3 |
19.6 |
19.9 |
19.9 |
20.3 |
20.3 |
20.3 |
20.2 |
20.3 |
20.1 |
20.1 |
20.0 |
2008 |
19.7 |
19.7 |
19.7 |
20.0 |
19.9 |
20.1 |
20.2 |
20.1 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2007 |
24.4 |
24.6 |
24.8 |
24.9 |
24.8 |
25.0 |
24.5 |
24.5 |
24.8 |
25.0 |
25.1 |
25.1 |
24.8 |
2008 |
24.8 |
25.2 |
25.2 |
25.3 |
25.2 |
25.1 |
24.9 |
24.9 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2007 |
13.1 |
13.4 |
13.5 |
14.1 |
14.2 |
14.8 |
14.6 |
14.4 |
13.5 |
13.3 |
13.3 |
13.4 |
13.8 |
2008 |
13.0 |
13.1 |
13.2 |
13.5 |
14.2 |
14.4 |
14.3 |
14.2 |
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Other Services |
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2007 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.1 |
8.2 |
8.2 |
8.2 |
8.2 |
8.0 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
8.2 |
8.1 |
2008 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
8.2 |
8.2 |
8.3 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
8.4 |
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Government |
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2007 |
22.8 |
23.5 |
23.6 |
23.6 |
23.0 |
22.1 |
19.9 |
20.0 |
22.5 |
23.1 |
23.2 |
23.4 |
22.6 |
2008 |
22.8 |
23.4 |
23.5 |
23.4 |
23.1 |
22.0 |
20.1 |
20.0 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
|
Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Labor Force |
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2007 |
201,980 |
200,139 |
200,859 |
199,631 |
200,614 |
203,688 |
203,664 |
201,213 |
199,943 |
200,635 |
201,395 |
201,531 |
201,274 |
2008 |
202,008 |
200,805 |
200,305 |
200,711 |
203,407 |
206,051 |
205,724 |
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Employment |
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2007 |
192,377 |
190,849 |
192,174 |
192,247 |
192,451 |
194,892 |
194,942 |
192,812 |
192,049 |
192,570 |
193,268 |
193,068 |
192,808 |
2008 |
191,125 |
189,890 |
189,956 |
191,358 |
192,996 |
194,946 |
194,665 |
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Unemployment |
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2007 |
9,603 |
9,290 |
8,685 |
7,384 |
8,163 |
8,796 |
8,722 |
8,401 |
7,894 |
8,065 |
8,127 |
8,463 |
8,466 |
2008 |
10,883 |
10,915 |
10,349 |
9,353 |
10,411 |
11,105 |
11,059 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.3 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
2008 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
5.2 |
4.7 |
5.1 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
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The Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Berks County in Pennsylvania.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
