Pennsylvania payrolls up, jobless rate down in February
Pennsylvania’s payrolls recorded a big jump in February and the unemployment rate sank to a new post-pandemic low.
The state Department of Labor and Industry says Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of a percentage point to 5.1% from January’s rate.
The national rate was 3.8%. In a survey of households, the labor force was flat, although the number of employed grew by 12,000.
In a survey of employers, non-farm payrolls in Pennsylvania grew in February by 34,000, driven primarily by hiring in manufacturing and the trade, transportation and utilities sectors.
Pennsylvania has regained about 80% of the 1.1 million jobs lost in the early months of the pandemic.
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