PA Smart Grant Announcement
Philadelphia Receives $2.5 Million in PA Smart Grants to Support Next Gen Industry Partnerships and Expand Apprenticeships. Read more…
February 2019
Fast Facts and Job Openings Data: Philadelphia Labor Market in 2020
Philadelphia city experienced an increase in employment to 688,375 – an increase of 5,901 more employed from the previous month. The unemployment rate was 4.9 percent. Over 35,000 individuals were unemployed in Philadelphia in February 2019.
Philadelphia Works and Community College of Philadelphia Open PA CareerLink® Philadelphia Resource Hub at Northeast Regional Center
Hub will provide access to job development programs and hyperlocal recruitment services for employers
A Profile of the Working Poor in Philadelphia
A very conservative measure of Working Poor still finds more than 53,000 residents struggling to make ends meet.