Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: 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-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2011

 2,662.6 2,674.6 2,695.5 2,725.4 2,729.8 2,728.2 2,685.1 2,674.9 2,698.3 2,727.1 2,735.8 2,733.0 2,705.9

2012

 2,670.6 2,684.8 2,702.2 2,729.4 2,738.9 2,741.3 (P) 2,698.3            

Mining, Logging, & Construction

  

2011

 90.6 90.0 95.2 101.1 101.9 103.5 105.1 106.5 106.0 107.1 104.6 101.8 101.1

2012

 97.3 95.5 96.6 98.3 99.0 100.3 (P) 100.4            

Manufacturing

  

2011

 185.6 185.0 185.8 185.9 186.1 186.8 185.9 186.8 185.9 185.6 186.2 187.0 186.1

2012

 185.9 184.2 185.2 185.4 186.4 187.8 (P) 187.2            

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 498.9 493.8 494.8 498.1 500.2 501.7 493.7 492.4 493.5 498.3 508.0 513.8 498.9

2012

 495.1 490.0 492.2 495.9 502.0 500.9 (P) 497.9            

Information

  

2011

 50.0 50.0 49.7 50.4 50.2 50.6 50.5 46.7 49.7 49.5 49.4 49.5 49.7

2012

 49.0 48.8 48.7 49.1 49.2 49.5 (P) 49.6            

Financial Activities

  

2011

 199.1 198.5 198.5 199.1 199.0 200.0 200.3 200.7 198.7 199.0 198.3 198.4 199.1

2012

 197.5 197.8 198.6 199.4 199.3 200.8 (P) 200.3            

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 406.7 406.6 410.5 419.2 418.6 421.2 420.3 422.7 420.6 420.8 420.7 419.3 417.3

2012

 409.5 416.5 421.5 427.7 427.1 432.3 (P) 431.0            

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 555.1 568.9 569.4 570.1 566.6 556.0 553.1 551.1 562.0 575.4 578.9 576.3 565.2

2012

 569.1 579.8 579.1 580.6 575.8 564.3 (P) 557.1            

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 212.8 213.1 220.3 228.9 236.0 239.5 238.9 235.7 231.6 229.9 226.2 222.9 228.0

2012

 214.9 213.8 220.0 232.2 240.5 247.2 (P) 244.8            

Other Services

  

2011

 118.9 119.1 119.9 120.4 121.0 122.8 122.0 121.3 120.4 120.4 120.7 121.0 120.7

2012

 118.7 117.2 118.5 118.7 120.4 122.1 (P) 121.5            

Government

  

2011

 344.9 349.6 351.4 352.2 350.2 346.1 315.3 311.0 329.9 341.1 342.8 343.0 339.8

2012

 333.6 341.2 341.8 342.1 339.2 336.1 (P) 308.5            

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2011

 (1) 2,976,648 (1) 2,967,825 (1) 2,967,951 (1) 2,964,711 (1) 2,977,766 (1) 2,988,798 (1) 2,988,526 (1) 2,983,463 (1) 2,966,746 (1) 2,981,171 (1) 2,976,441 (1) 2,968,631 (1) 2,975,723

2012

 (2) 2,956,444 (2) 2,964,283 (2) 2,975,922 (2) 2,978,070 2,993,632 3,017,223 (P) 3,026,090            

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 2,707,701 (1) 2,702,333 (1) 2,712,381 (1) 2,724,809 (1) 2,725,970 (1) 2,723,001 (1) 2,715,363 (1) 2,717,084 (1) 2,715,584 (1) 2,733,751 (1) 2,738,223 (1) 2,733,618 (1) 2,720,818

2012

 (2) 2,695,212 (2) 2,703,660 (2) 2,726,145 (2) 2,743,888 2,750,824 2,748,879 (P) 2,747,526            

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 268,947 (1) 265,492 (1) 255,570 (1) 239,902 (1) 251,796 (1) 265,797 (1) 273,163 (1) 266,379 (1) 251,162 (1) 247,420 (1) 238,218 (1) 235,013 (1) 254,905

2012

 (2) 261,232 (2) 260,623 (2) 249,777 (2) 234,182 242,808 268,344 (P) 278,564            

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 9.0 (1) 8.9 (1) 8.6 (1) 8.1 (1) 8.5 (1) 8.9 (1) 9.1 (1) 8.9 (1) 8.5 (1) 8.3 (1) 8.0 (1) 7.9 (1) 8.6

2012

 (2) 8.8 (2) 8.8 (2) 8.4 (2) 7.9 8.1 8.9 (P) 9.2            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals.
(2) Corrected.
(P) Preliminary

The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md., Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.