Historical Employment - Reading (PDF)

Nonfarm Employment by Industry from the Current Employment Statistics Survey
(levels in thousands)
Industry Reading, Pa.
Annual Averages (not seasonally adjusted)
Historical data 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Total nonfarm
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 165.0 166.2 168.4 171.5 170.0 167.3 163.8 166.2 169.4 173.4 174.4

Natural resources, mining, and construction
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 7.2 7.1 7.6 8.1 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.7 9.1 9.2

Manufacturing
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 42.7 41.8 41.4 41.5 39.0 35.2 32.4 31.6 31.6 32.2 31.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 34.8 34.7 34.9 34.8 33.5 32.8 31.9 33.0 33.8 34.5 34.7

Information
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 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.7

Financial activities
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 8.6 8.6 8.8 8.7 8.8 8.4 8.1 8.2 7.9 8.2 8.2

Professional and business services
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 14.1 15.5 16.6 18.2 18.8 19.1 18.7 19.2 19.1 19.4 20.0

Education and health services
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 17.8 18.4 18.4 19.0 19.5 20.2 20.5 21.5 23.2 24.1 24.8

Leisure and hospitality
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 11.9 12.0 12.2 12.3 12.4 13.0 12.9 13.0 13.3 13.7 13.8

Other services
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 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.1

Government
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 18.6 18.7 19.0 19.3 19.8 20.5 20.9 21.2 21.9 22.4 22.6

The Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Berks County in Pennsylvania.

 

Last Modified Date: April 14, 2008