After dipping to the lowest level since the pandemic, Indiana County’s unemployment rate went up slightly in the month of June.
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reports that the county’s unemployment rate increased two-tenths of a percentage point to 5.3 percent in June. Comparing Indiana County to the surrounding area, Jefferson is at 4.3 percent, Westmoreland checked in at 4.4 percent. Cambria County also has a 5.3 percent. Clearfield is at 5.4 percent, and Armstrong County’s is at 5.7 percent.
The statewide unemployment rate went down by a tenth of a point to 4.5 percent.
Total non-farm jobs in Indiana County went down by 600 to 27,700 jobs. Jobs in seven of the nine published industry super-sectors were virtually unchanged in the month. The only significant change was a 300 job drop in both government and trade, transportation and utilities as IUP wound down for the summer. Mining, logging and construction rose slightly by 100.
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