Pa. unemployment rate drops to record low of 3.8% in June
The commonwealth’s unemployment rate continued its downward trend in June, according to state data
By Cassie Miller – Capital-Star
HARRISBURG, PA – Pennsylvania’s unemployment was 3.8% in June, matching the lowest rate recorded back in 1976, according to state data released on Friday.
The June unemployment rate is down two-tenths of a percentage point from the May rate of 4%, according to the Department of Labor and Industry.
The commonwealth’s June 2023 unemployment rate is one-half of a percentage point below its June 2022 rate of 4.3%, state data shows.
Nationally, the unemployment rate was 3.6% in June, a slight drop from 3.7% in May.
In Pennsylvania, non-farm jobs were up 7,300 over the month to a record high of 6,131,900 in June.
The last reported unemployment rate for Clinton County was for May, the figure 3.9%.
