State jobless rate dips to 4.2 percent, an 11-year low
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Associated Press
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate hit a new post-recession low, as payrolls crept upward to a record high.
The state Department of Labor & Industry said Friday Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.2 percent in July, the lowest point since 2007.
The national rate is 3.9 percent.
A survey of households found Pennsylvania’s civilian labor force grew by 7,000, as employment rose and unemployment shrank.
A separate survey of employers showed seasonally adjusted nonfarm payrolls rose by about 2,100 in July, reaching a new record high above 6 million.
The biggest gains were in the leisure and hospitality and professional and business services sectors. Construction, manufacturing and the trade, transportation and utilities sectors shrank.
Friday’s figures are preliminary and could change.