Reading, Pennsylvania Job Growth

There were 156,600 jobs in Reading, Pennsylvania in April 2020 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 181,386 employed persons for the month. Reading lost 26,800 jobs in April 2020 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 23,213 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Reading job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	April 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	156,600	-26,800	-26,200
CPS	181,386	-23,213	-24,643

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Reading, Pennsylvania Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Reading as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for Reading, Pennsylvania

CES employment for Reading peaked in February 2020 at 184,500. Since then 27,900 jobs have been lost in Reading according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 208,265 for Reading in February 2020. 26,879 jobs have been lost in Reading since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Reading, Pennsylvania Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
April 2020	156,600	-26,800	181,386	-23,213
March 2020	183,400	-1,100	204,599	-3,666
February 2020	184,500	1,500	208,265	436
January 2020	183,000	-300	207,829	-312
December 2019	183,300	600	208,141	182
November 2019	182,700	100	207,959	239
October 2019	182,600	0	207,720	273
September 2019	182,600	100	207,447	316
August 2019	182,500	-200	207,131	344
July 2019	182,700	1,100	206,787	307
June 2019	181,600	-400	206,480	258
May 2019	182,000	-800	206,222	193