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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2011	165.2	166.7	168.1	169.9	170.4	170.7	168.6	168.7	171.2	172.1	172.0	172.4	169.7
2012	168.7	169.2	170.1	172.8	172.2	171.4	170.2	(P) 170.7
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2011	6.3	6.2	6.6	7.1	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.4	7.4	7.3	6.9	7.1
2012	6.6	6.3	6.4	7.1	7.2	7.4	7.6	(P) 7.4
Manufacturing
2011	27.7	27.8	27.8	28.0	28.4	28.6	28.8	28.8	28.6	28.6	28.5	28.5	28.3
2012	28.4	27.8	27.7	28.5	28.3	28.4	28.4	(P) 27.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2011	33.5	33.3	33.3	33.6	33.8	33.8	33.4	33.8	34.3	34.2	34.5	35.3	33.9
2012	33.4	32.9	33.0	33.5	33.5	33.1	32.9	(P) 33.3
Information
2011	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
2012	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	(P) 1.4
Financial Activities
2011	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5
2012	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	(P) 6.6
Professional & Business Services
2011	19.7	19.7	19.7	19.9	20.0	20.3	20.2	20.3	20.2	20.3	20.1	20.1	20.0
2012	19.8	20.0	20.1	20.4	20.4	20.6	21.1	(P) 21.4
Educational & Health Services
2011	27.0	27.5	27.8	27.7	27.5	27.6	27.6	27.6	27.9	28.2	28.3	28.3	27.8
2012	28.1	28.4	28.6	28.6	28.0	27.9	27.9	(P) 28.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2011	12.6	12.6	13.1	13.6	14.1	14.6	14.6	14.5	13.8	13.6	13.3	13.4	13.7
2012	13.1	13.1	13.5	13.9	14.3	15.0	15.3	(P) 15.7
Other Services
2011	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7
2012	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.9	(P) 7.9
Government
2011	23.0	24.2	24.3	24.5	23.8	22.8	20.9	20.6	23.6	24.3	24.5	24.3	23.4
2012	23.8	25.2	25.3	25.2	25.0	23.5	21.2	(P) 21.1
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
2011	(1) 203,724	(1) 203,824	(1) 204,718	(1) 203,513	(1) 204,411	(1) 206,210	(1) 206,311	(1) 205,737	(1) 206,091	(1) 205,068	(1) 203,992	(1) 204,201	(1) 204,817
2012	203,593	203,955	204,252	205,109	206,415	208,227	210,612	(P) 209,035
Employment
2011	(1) 185,301	(1) 185,562	(1) 187,246	(1) 187,461	(1) 187,652	(1) 188,603	(1) 188,524	(1) 188,351	(1) 190,027	(1) 189,306	(1) 188,725	(1) 189,096	(1) 187,988
2012	186,314	187,014	188,123	190,369	190,914	191,221	193,085	(P) 191,902
Unemployment
2011	(1) 18,423	(1) 18,262	(1) 17,472	(1) 16,052	(1) 16,759	(1) 17,607	(1) 17,787	(1) 17,386	(1) 16,064	(1) 15,762	(1) 15,267	(1) 15,105	(1) 16,829
2012	17,279	16,941	16,129	14,740	15,501	17,006	17,527	(P) 17,133
Unemployment Rate
2011	(1) 9.0	(1) 9.0	(1) 8.5	(1) 7.9	(1) 8.2	(1) 8.5	(1) 8.6	(1) 8.5	(1) 7.8	(1) 7.7	(1) 7.5	(1) 7.4	(1) 8.2
2012	8.5	8.3	7.9	7.2	7.5	8.2	8.3	(P) 8.2
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals. (P) Preliminary
The Reading, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Berks County in Pennsylvania.

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