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

654.9 662.1 661.1 665.4 665.3 660.2 659.4 656.4 (P) 660.1        

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 12.6 (P) 12.1        

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 27.2 (P) 27.2        

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 87.0 (P) 87.6        

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 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 46.9 (P) 46.4        

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 86.1 (P) 85.9        

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

195.8 203.0 201.2 203.1 199.6 193.9 193.3 192.2 (P) 198.7        

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 58.2 (P) 58.4        

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 28.4 (P) 28.4        

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

104.0 104.5 104.6 104.9 105.2 104.6 106.1 104.8 (P) 102.3        

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

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

2008

617,500 611,746 611,983 615,360 622,152 626,647 631,330 632,157 (P) 625,860        

Employment

 

2007

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

2008

574,050 569,298 570,894 576,340 579,078 581,677 584,933 581,725 (P) 578,424        

Unemployment

 

2007

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

2008

43,450 42,448 41,089 39,020 43,074 44,970 46,397 50,432 (P) 47,436        

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

6.5 6.0 5.8 5.4 6.0 6.2 6.4 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.9 6.0

2008

7.0 6.9 6.7 6.3 6.9 7.2 7.3 8.0 (P) 7.6        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary