Table Data - Employed Persons in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (MSA)

Title Employed Persons in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT423798000000005A
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 2025-01-01
Last Updated 2026-05-19 2:49 PM 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.

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DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 2601564
1991-01-01 2561378
1992-01-01 2537199
1993-01-01 2548009
1994-01-01 2572954
1995-01-01 2583511
1996-01-01 2634719
1997-01-01 2691155
1998-01-01 2721505
1999-01-01 2746426
2000-01-01 2738007
2001-01-01 2754317
2002-01-01 2744752
2003-01-01 2727103
2004-01-01 2752823
2005-01-01 2791036
2006-01-01 2829961
2007-01-01 2847950
2008-01-01 2863980
2009-01-01 2768106
2010-01-01 2760288
2011-01-01 2775049
2012-01-01 2801011
2013-01-01 2812670
2014-01-01 2851718
2015-01-01 2908897
2016-01-01 2980900
2017-01-01 2997218
2018-01-01 3024217
2019-01-01 3074903
2020-01-01 2903029
2021-01-01 2992182
2022-01-01 3101361
2023-01-01 3163940
2024-01-01 3165009
2025-01-01 3150649

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