NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Employed Persons in Reading, PA (MSA) Series ID: LAUMT423974000000005A Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Annual Units: Persons Date Range: 1990-01-01 to 2023-01-01 Last Updated: 2024-05-01 10:46 AM CDT Notes: These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey. Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job. For more details, see the release's frequently asked questions (https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm). DATE VALUE 1990-01-01 167458 1991-01-01 164164 1992-01-01 166686 1993-01-01 167524 1994-01-01 168583 1995-01-01 170678 1996-01-01 174501 1997-01-01 179235 1998-01-01 178387 1999-01-01 179025 2000-01-01 187486 2001-01-01 187633 2002-01-01 186339 2003-01-01 181249 2004-01-01 185475 2005-01-01 189121 2006-01-01 192443 2007-01-01 194242 2008-01-01 195056 2009-01-01 186244 2010-01-01 191836 2011-01-01 193518 2012-01-01 195498 2013-01-01 196084 2014-01-01 199055 2015-01-01 201894 2016-01-01 203033 2017-01-01 204386 2018-01-01 206299 2019-01-01 209032 2020-01-01 195790 2021-01-01 199444 2022-01-01 204729 2023-01-01 207558