Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry announced today that the state’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate continued to go down in December of 2020.
The department announced that the unemployment went down one tenth of a percentage point to 6.7 percent last month. That marks the eighth consecutive month that unemployment figures have gone down. The state-wide civilian labor force also went down by 15,000 over the month due to declines in both employment and unemployment.
Non-farm jobs went down by 37,600 across the state to 5,606,000 jobs. That decline followed seven months of gains in the number of non-farm jobs. Decreases were seen in seven of the 11 industry super sectors, with the largest loss seen in leisure and hospitality, with the loss of 36,900 jobs. The super sector that saw the largest gain was in trade, transportation and utilities, where there was an increase of 18,700 jobs due to increases in wholesale trade; retail trade; and transportation, warehousing and utilities.
Across the nation, the unemployment rate stayed the same at 6.7 percent. The county unemployment rate for December will be released later this month.
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