West Mead Township, PA Unemployment Rate Report

West Mead Township, PA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West-Mead-Township, Pennsylvania has ranged from 3.8% in April 2019 to 16.3% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for West-Mead-Township is 5.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

West Mead Township, PA Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

West Mead Township, PA Current Unemployment - 5.2%

West Mead Township, PA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2022	6.2%	5.6%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.5%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.1%	4.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.5%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.1%	4.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.1%	4.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.1%	4.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.2%	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2021	8.7%	8.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.6%	7.9%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.9%	7.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.4%	6.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.7%	5.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.6%	6.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.3%	7.0%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.9%	6.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.3%	5.5%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.9%	5.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.5%	4.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.3%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2020	6.0%	5.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.0%	5.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	6.7%	5.9%	4.4%
4 / 2020	16.3%	15.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.0%	13.3%	13.3%
6 / 2020	12.4%	13.3%	11.1%
7 / 2020	12.3%	12.8%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.1%	10.6%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.3%	7.8%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.9%	6.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.3%	6.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.3%	6.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2019	4.8%	4.6%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.0%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.7%	4.3%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.8%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.2%	4.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.8%	4.4%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.2%	4.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.0%	4.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.2%	4.2%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.5%	4.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.9%	4.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.2%	4.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2018	6.2%	4.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.1%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.3%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.6%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.9%	4.5%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.8%	4.7%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.7%	4.5%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.9%	3.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.0%	3.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.4%	3.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2017	6.7%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.6%	5.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.9%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.0%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.2%	4.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.6%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.8%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.9%	5.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.6%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.5%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.9%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.1%	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2016	6.0%	5.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.1%	5.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.2%	5.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.5%	5.1%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.7%	5.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.4%	5.7%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.8%	5.9%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.7%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.7%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.7%	5.2%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.6%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.7%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2015	5.7%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.6%	5.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.3%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.7%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.3%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.5%	5.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.9%	5.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.3%	5.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.5%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.6%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.0%	4.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.0%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2014	7.1%	6.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.9%	6.8%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.6%	6.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.4%	5.4%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.8%	6.0%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.0%	6.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.5%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.1%	6.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.0%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.7%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.9%	5.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.7%	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2013	9.1%	8.8%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.1%	8.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.5%	7.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.7%	7.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.9%	7.3%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.9%	7.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.8%	7.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.2%	7.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.3%	6.9%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.5%	6.8%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.6%	6.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.3%	6.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2012	8.5%	8.3%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.1%	8.2%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.7%	7.8%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.6%	7.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.0%	7.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.2%	8.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.7%	8.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.2%	8.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.0%	7.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.0%	7.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.0%	7.2%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.5%	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2011	9.3%	8.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.8%	8.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.3%	8.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.3%	7.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.6%	7.7%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.6%	8.4%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.8%	8.5%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.6%	8.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.3%	7.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.1%	7.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.1%	7.3%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.3%	7.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2010	11.6%	9.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.3%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.7%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.2%	8.3%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.4%	8.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.6%	8.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.9%	8.7%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.4%	8.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.0%	7.7%	9.5%
10 / 2010	7.9%	7.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.3%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.3%	7.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2009	9.1%	7.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.1%	8.2%	8.3%
3 / 2009	10.2%	8.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.8%	7.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.8%	8.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.5%	8.4%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.9%	8.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.6%	8.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.9%	7.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.5%	7.9%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.3%	7.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.8%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2008	6.2%	5.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.0%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.7%	5.1%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.6%	4.4%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.9%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.6%	5.3%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.7%	5.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.7%	5.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.8%	5.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.3%	5.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.0%	5.7%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.0%	6.3%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2007	6.1%	5.0%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.8%	4.8%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.2%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.5%	3.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.5%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.2%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.3%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.9%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.2%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.2%	4.1%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.4%	4.1%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.9%	4.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2006	6.3%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.1%	5.2%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.8%	4.8%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.1%	4.4%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.9%	4.6%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.4%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.5%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.2%	4.8%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.2%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.3%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.7%	4.2%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.7%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2005	6.8%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.9%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.6%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.3%	4.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.6%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.1%	5.1%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.3%	5.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.6%	4.8%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.9%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.6%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.2%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.0%	4.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2004	7.8%	6.2%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.6%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.4%	6.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.2%	5.1%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.2%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.8%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.8%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.2%	5.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.4%	4.9%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.7%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.0%	5.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.0%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2003	8.1%	6.5%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.0%	6.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.7%	6.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.7%	5.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.5%	5.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.2%	6.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.2%	5.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.4%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.8%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.1%	5.1%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.4%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.0%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2002	8.8%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.3%	6.2%	5.7%
3 / 2002	8.1%	6.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.1%	5.4%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.6%	5.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.0%	5.8%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.1%	5.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.5%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.7%	5.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.6%	5.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.4%	5.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.7%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2001	6.2%	5.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.1%	5.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.4%	4.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.7%	4.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.8%	4.5%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.6%	4.9%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.5%	4.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.4%	4.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.7%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.3%	4.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.2%	5.1%	5.5%
12 / 2001	7.2%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2000	5.8%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.6%	4.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.3%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.3%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.5%	4.0%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.8%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.1%	4.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.8%	4.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.2%	3.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.2%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.8%	4.0%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.8%	3.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1999	6.2%	5.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	6.4%	5.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	6.0%	4.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.9%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.0%	4.2%	4.2%
6 / 1999	6.0%	4.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.9%	4.7%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.2%	4.4%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.6%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.6%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.3%	3.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.2%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1998	6.0%	5.3%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.9%	5.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.8%	5.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.2%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.5%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.1%	4.8%	4.5%
7 / 1998	6.0%	4.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.7%	4.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.2%	4.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.3%	4.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.7%	4.2%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.6%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1997	7.2%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.0%	5.9%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.9%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.9%	5.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.6%	5.2%	4.9%
6 / 1997	6.2%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	5.8%	5.4%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.3%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.3%	4.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.0%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.3%	4.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.5%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1996	7.1%	6.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.2%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	7.1%	6.2%	5.5%
4 / 1996	6.1%	5.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.0%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.3%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.2%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.4%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.4%	4.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.4%	4.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.6%	4.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.5%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1995	8.1%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.2%	6.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.9%	6.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.2%	5.8%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.1%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.8%	6.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.8%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.1%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.3%	5.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.4%	5.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.2%	5.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.0%	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1994	9.4%	7.3%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.8%	7.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.7%	7.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.7%	6.4%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.3%	6.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.9%	6.4%	6.1%
7 / 1994	7.8%	6.4%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.1%	6.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.9%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	6.0%	5.6%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.5%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.4%	5.2%	5.5%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1993	9.4%	8.0%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.2%	8.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.9%	7.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.6%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.4%	7.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.0%	7.2%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.3%	7.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	7.0%	6.7%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.7%	6.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	7.0%	6.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.4%	6.3%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.2%	6.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1992	11.5%	8.4%	7.3%
2 / 1992	11.2%	8.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	10.7%	8.0%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.8%	7.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	9.4%	7.6%	7.6%
6 / 1992	10.1%	7.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	9.7%	7.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	9.1%	7.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.6%	7.2%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.6%	7.0%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.0%	7.1%	7.4%
12 / 1992	8.1%	6.9%	7.4%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1991	10.3%	7.3%	6.4%
2 / 1991	10.2%	7.6%	6.6%
3 / 1991	11.1%	7.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	9.6%	6.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	9.2%	7.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	9.7%	7.2%	6.9%
7 / 1991	9.2%	7.0%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.6%	6.6%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.9%	6.6%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.4%	6.7%	7.0%
11 / 1991	9.3%	7.0%	7.0%
12 / 1991	9.6%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Mead Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1990	8.2%	5.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	8.9%	5.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	7.9%	5.5%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.9%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	6.8%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.0%	5.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.2%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.4%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 1990	6.3%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.0%	5.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.7%	5.9%	6.2%
12 / 1990	8.1%	5.9%	6.3%