Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.9%

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s unemployment fee dropped by two-tenths of a degree in March to 4.9%, one other indication the state’s jobs image continues to strengthen.

The Labor and Business Division stated Friday the lower mirrored the nationwide image, as U.S. joblessness fell by the identical fraction, to three.6%.

The labor power continued to develop, with nonfarm payrolls up by almost 16,000 to some 5.9 million. Will increase have been seen extensively throughout employment classes. Skilled and enterprise providers led the expansion with a achieve of seven,600.

Pennsylvania unemployment is now 2.2 share factors under the place it was one yr in the past. Leisure and hospitality companies have added 70,000 jobs over the previous 12 months.

Labor and Business Secretary Jennifer Berrier says the state “continues to rebound strongly” from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pennsylvania’s labor power peaked at virtually 6.6 million simply earlier than the pandemic started.

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