Philadelphia, 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, Pa. Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2007

 1,885.8 1,893.4 1,904.9 1,921.1 1,927.1 1,930.2 1,915.9 1,907.9 1,916.2 1,933.0 1,942.3 1,944.3 1,918.5

2008

 1,896.8 1,905.6 1,912.6 1,927.7 1,935.5 1,934.0 1,915.8 1,905.6 (P) 1,915.4        

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

  

2007

 77.5 75.7 78.1 80.7 82.1 83.7 84.9 85.3 84.6 84.3 83.4 81.9 81.9

2008

 77.2 75.8 77.6 78.4 80.6 82.2 82.9 83.6 (P) 82.8        

Manufacturing

  

2007

 151.1 150.6 151.2 150.8 151.5 152.2 151.9 151.3 150.7 150.3 149.8 150.0 151.0

2008

 148.5 147.9 148.0 147.6 147.8 148.4 147.9 146.8 (P) 146.1        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2007

 342.6 336.4 337.4 338.8 341.6 343.4 342.3 340.9 341.0 344.7 352.3 358.0 343.3

2008

 344.7 340.2 340.3 341.0 343.2 344.8 343.3 341.7 (P) 341.2        

Information

  

2007

 41.1 41.1 41.3 41.6 41.6 42.3 42.1 42.3 43.1 42.3 42.3 42.5 42.0

2008

 42.1 42.2 42.0 42.0 42.0 42.0 42.0 42.0 (P) 42.3        

Financial Activities

  

2007

 144.6 144.6 144.5 144.9 145.0 146.4 147.0 146.4 144.9 144.5 144.5 144.8 145.2

2008

 143.1 142.8 143.3 142.8 143.2 143.9 144.1 143.1 (P) 140.6        

Professional & Business Services

  

2007

 293.6 294.1 296.5 302.4 303.7 306.0 305.7 306.2 303.5 305.6 306.8 306.4 302.5

2008

 298.9 299.9 301.8 306.6 307.3 309.1 308.7 308.1 (P) 307.3        

Educational & Health Services

  

2007

 392.8 404.2 404.7 405.1 400.6 392.2 392.1 389.9 399.0 407.4 409.3 405.6 400.2

2008

 397.3 409.5 408.3 411.1 407.8 398.0 397.0 394.5 (P) 404.6        

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2007

 144.1 143.7 147.4 152.2 156.4 160.2 158.9 158.1 152.7 152.1 150.6 151.4 152.3

2008

 145.1 144.7 147.8 153.1 158.3 161.5 160.2 159.4 (P) 153.8        

Other Services

  

2007

 83.1 83.3 83.5 84.3 84.8 85.6 85.5 85.0 84.5 85.0 84.8 84.8 84.5

2008

 83.7 83.7 84.0 84.6 85.0 85.6 85.5 84.9 (P) 84.5        

Government

  

2007

 215.3 219.7 220.3 220.3 219.8 218.2 205.5 202.5 212.2 216.8 218.5 218.9 215.7

2008

 216.2 218.9 219.5 220.5 220.3 218.5 204.2 201.5 (P) 212.2        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Philadelphia, Pa. Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2007

 1,921,701 1,916,081 1,917,161 1,908,531 1,913,625 1,939,799 1,966,145 1,947,866 1,926,700 1,936,253 1,946,222 1,934,718 1,931,233

2008

 1,936,619 1,921,492 1,922,657 1,933,577 1,951,827 1,964,851 1,979,691 1,979,273 (P) 1,958,628        

Employment

  

2007

 1,830,815 1,830,559 1,834,967 1,834,082 1,831,610 1,852,729 1,874,996 1,860,522 1,844,052 1,853,532 1,864,594 1,853,023 1,847,123

2008

 1,835,194 1,820,003 1,825,105 1,842,513 1,851,266 1,859,577 1,869,985 1,859,729 (P) 1,849,178        

Unemployment

  

2007

 90,886 85,522 82,194 74,449 82,015 87,070 91,149 87,344 82,648 82,721 81,628 81,695 84,110

2008

 101,425 101,489 97,552 91,064 100,561 105,274 109,706 119,544 (P) 109,450        

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 4.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.4

2008

 5.2 5.3 5.1 4.7 5.2 5.4 5.5 6.0 (P) 5.6        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

The Philadelphia, Pa., Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Bucks County, Pa.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2007

 344,023 343,679 343,466 341,763 342,296 346,875 351,691 348,520 344,524 346,433 348,457 346,407 345,678

2008

 346,927 344,712 344,764 346,461 349,194 351,266 354,001 353,628 (P) 349,794        

Employment

  

2007

 329,751 329,705 330,499 330,340 329,894 333,698 337,709 335,102 332,135 333,843 335,835 333,751 332,689

2008

 330,540 327,804 328,723 331,858 333,435 334,932 336,806 334,959 (P) 333,059        

Unemployment

  

2007

 14,272 13,974 12,967 11,423 12,402 13,177 13,982 13,418 12,389 12,590 12,622 12,656 12,989

2008

 16,387 16,908 16,041 14,603 15,759 16,334 17,195 18,669 (P) 16,735        

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.6 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8

2008

 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.2 4.5 4.7 4.9 5.3 (P) 4.8        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Chester County, Pa.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2007

 261,155 260,699 261,082 259,864 260,260 264,111 267,724 265,441 262,016 263,341 265,015 263,283 262,832

2008

 262,899 261,025 261,230 262,902 265,207 266,906 269,387 269,080 (P) 265,823        

Employment

  

2007

 252,404 252,369 252,976 252,854 252,514 255,425 258,495 256,500 254,229 255,536 257,061 255,466 254,652

2008

 253,008 250,913 251,617 254,017 255,223 256,369 257,804 256,390 (P) 254,936        

Unemployment

  

2007

 8,751 8,330 8,106 7,010 7,746 8,686 9,229 8,941 7,787 7,805 7,954 7,817 8,180

2008

 9,891 10,112 9,613 8,885 9,984 10,537 11,583 12,690 (P) 10,887        

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1

2008

 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.8 3.9 4.3 4.7 (P) 4.1        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Delaware County, Pa.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2007

 279,975 279,306 279,524 278,466 279,152 282,880 286,664 284,170 280,999 282,377 283,837 282,042 281,616

2008

 282,212 279,987 280,359 282,075 284,732 286,797 288,843 288,478 (P) 285,352        

Employment

  

2007

 267,921 267,883 268,528 268,399 268,037 271,128 274,386 272,268 269,858 271,245 272,864 271,171 270,307

2008

 268,561 266,338 267,085 269,633 270,913 272,130 273,653 272,152 (P) 270,608        

Unemployment

  

2007

 12,054 11,423 10,996 10,067 11,115 11,752 12,278 11,902 11,141 11,132 10,973 10,871 11,309

2008

 13,651 13,649 13,274 12,442 13,819 14,667 15,190 16,326 (P) 14,744        

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0

2008

 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.7 (P) 5.2        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Montgomery County, Pa.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2007

 424,142 423,395 423,743 421,769 422,461 428,078 433,565 429,838 424,970 427,247 429,638 427,187 426,337

2008

 427,081 424,021 424,320 426,781 430,541 433,235 436,131 435,930 (P) 431,798        

Employment

  

2007

 408,059 408,002 408,984 408,787 408,236 412,943 417,906 414,680 411,009 413,122 415,587 413,008 411,694

2008

 409,035 405,649 406,786 410,666 412,617 414,469 416,789 414,503 (P) 412,151        

Unemployment

  

2007

 16,083 15,393 14,759 12,982 14,225 15,135 15,659 15,158 13,961 14,125 14,051 14,179 14,643

2008

 18,046 18,372 17,534 16,115 17,924 18,766 19,342 21,427 (P) 19,647        

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4

2008

 4.2 4.3 4.1 3.8 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.9 (P) 4.6        

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