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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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2008 |
172.5 |
172.6 |
173.7 |
175.7 |
175.7 |
175.5 |
172.4 |
172.5 |
173.9 |
174.0 |
173.5 |
173.0 |
173.8 |
2009 |
169.0 |
168.2 |
168.1 |
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Mining, Logging, & Construction |
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2008 |
8.4 |
8.2 |
8.5 |
9.1 |
9.2 |
9.2 |
9.3 |
9.3 |
9.1 |
9.1 |
8.9 |
8.7 |
8.9 |
2009 |
8.2 |
8.0 |
8.1 |
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Manufacturing |
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2008 |
30.8 |
30.7 |
30.7 |
30.8 |
30.7 |
30.7 |
30.8 |
30.8 |
30.5 |
30.3 |
29.8 |
29.5 |
30.5 |
2009 |
29.1 |
28.4 |
28.2 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2008 |
34.4 |
33.8 |
34.1 |
34.3 |
34.4 |
34.2 |
33.7 |
33.9 |
33.8 |
33.6 |
34.1 |
34.3 |
34.1 |
2009 |
33.3 |
32.5 |
32.5 |
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Information |
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2008 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
2009 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
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Financial Activities |
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2008 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
8.4 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
8.2 |
8.2 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
8.3 |
2009 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
7.9 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2008 |
19.3 |
19.3 |
19.3 |
19.8 |
19.8 |
19.8 |
19.9 |
20.1 |
19.9 |
20.0 |
19.8 |
19.7 |
19.7 |
2009 |
19.1 |
18.9 |
18.9 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2008 |
25.4 |
25.6 |
25.6 |
25.8 |
25.7 |
25.9 |
25.7 |
25.8 |
26.0 |
26.2 |
26.4 |
26.5 |
25.9 |
2009 |
26.3 |
26.5 |
26.5 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2008 |
13.4 |
13.4 |
13.7 |
14.0 |
14.4 |
14.7 |
14.7 |
14.5 |
13.4 |
13.3 |
13.1 |
13.1 |
13.8 |
2009 |
12.7 |
12.7 |
12.9 |
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Other Services |
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2008 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.1 |
8.3 |
8.2 |
8.1 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
7.9 |
8.1 |
2009 |
7.7 |
7.8 |
7.8 |
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Government |
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2008 |
22.8 |
23.7 |
23.9 |
24.0 |
23.5 |
22.7 |
20.2 |
20.2 |
23.5 |
23.8 |
23.8 |
23.7 |
23.0 |
2009 |
23.1 |
24.0 |
23.9 |
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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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2008 |
202,629 |
201,355 |
202,217 |
202,699 |
204,108 |
206,853 |
206,916 |
206,692 |
204,811 |
205,148 |
205,299 |
205,284 |
204,501 |
2009 |
205,382 |
205,245 |
204,216 |
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Employment |
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2008 |
192,026 |
190,982 |
192,015 |
193,831 |
193,891 |
195,879 |
195,827 |
195,184 |
194,085 |
193,568 |
192,734 |
191,778 |
193,483 |
2009 |
188,757 |
187,044 |
186,251 |
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Unemployment |
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2008 |
10,603 |
10,373 |
10,202 |
8,868 |
10,217 |
10,974 |
11,089 |
11,508 |
10,726 |
11,580 |
12,565 |
13,506 |
11,018 |
2009 |
16,625 |
18,201 |
17,965 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2008 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.0 |
4.4 |
5.0 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.6 |
5.2 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.6 |
5.4 |
2009 |
8.1 |
8.9 |
8.8 |
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The Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Berks County in Pennsylvania.
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