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
Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

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

171.9 172.2 172.7 173.6 174.2 174.0 171.8 171.7 (P) 172.7        

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

 

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 (P) 9.4        

Manufacturing

 

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 30.7 (P) 30.5        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

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 33.8 (P) 33.8        

Information

 

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 (P) 1.6        

Financial Activities

 

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 (P) 7.9        

Professional & Business Services

 

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 (P) 19.9        

Educational & Health Services

 

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 (P) 25.3        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

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 (P) 13.5        

Other Services

 

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 (P) 8.2        

Government

 

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 20.3 (P) 22.6        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

 

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

202,008 200,805 200,305 200,711 203,407 206,051 206,135 206,528 (P) 204,633        

Employment

 

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

191,125 189,890 189,956 191,358 192,996 194,946 195,153 194,586 (P) 193,655        

Unemployment

 

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 10,982 11,942 (P) 10,978        

Unemployment Rate

 

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 5.3 5.8 (P) 5.4        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

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