According to the national employment situation report, the national unemployment rate is at 3.5 percent which is .2 percent lower than August.
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According to the national employment situation report, the national unemployment rate is at 3.5 percent which is .2 percent lower than August.
As released in the Bureau of Labor Statistics report earlier last month, Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was 4.2 percent in August, down from 4.3 percent in July.
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in August, according to state data released on Friday.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report Friday, September 16 with unemployment and jobs data from August.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its June jobs report, showing that the U.S. added 372,000 new jobs.
Pennsylvania has seen a slow but steady increase month-by-month.
As of May 2022, Pennsylvania has recovered more than 80% of the 1.1 million jobs lost in the early months of the pandemic.
Changes were introduced to improve opportunities for minority, women, LGBT, veteran and disabled owned businesses to compete for state government contracts.
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry reported that 80 percent of jobs lost since the start of the pandemic have been recovered, and the state’s unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent from February to March.
Pennsylvanians living in coal communities who have been hit the hardest by the pandemic and the economy will see additional relief in the form of new jobs and grants.