Pennsylvania
Pa. unemployment rate continues to decline
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate keeps falling.
In May, it hit a record low for the fifth month in a row, dropping one-tenth of a percentage point to 4%. It’s the lowest rate on record, dating back to 1976.
At the same time, the nationwide unemployment rate ticked up three-tenths of a percent to 3.7%.
Employers in Pennsylvania added nearly 8,000 jobs for a record-breaking 6.1 million jobs in the state.
Jobs increased in 9 out of the 11 industries tracked by the Department of Labor and Industry, with the education and health sectors seeing the largest increases over last year.
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