Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate Report

Pennsylvania Unemployment by County

Pennsylvania Current Unemployment 4.8%

Pennsylvania Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Pennsylvania has ranged from 3.5% in April 2019 to 15.5% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Pennsylvania is 4.8% for August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

PA Highest Unemployment by County

Forest, PA unemployment rate

6.9%

Fayette, PA unemployment rate

6.8%

Monroe, PA unemployment rate

6.5%

Philadelphia, PA unemployment rate

6.4%

Pike, PA unemployment rate

6.1%

Cameron, PA unemployment rate

6.1%

Luzerne, PA unemployment rate

6.0%

Cambria, PA unemployment rate

6.0%

Indiana, PA unemployment rate

6.0%

Greene, PA unemployment rate

6.0%

PA Unemployment City Links

Philadelphia, PA Unemployment Report

Pittsburgh, PA Unemployment Report

Allentown, PA Unemployment Report

Erie, PA Unemployment Report

Reading, PA Unemployment Report

Scranton, PA Unemployment Report

Bethlehem, PA Unemployment Report

Lancaster, PA Unemployment Report

Levittown, PA Unemployment Report

Harrisburg, PA Unemployment Report

PA Unemployment Rate by Month

2012 PA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2022	5.6%	4.0%
2/2022	5.0%	3.8%
3/2022	4.6%	3.6%
4/2022	4.2%	3.6%
5/2022	4.0%	3.6%
5/2022	4.0%	3.6%
6/2022	4.6%	3.6%
7/2022	4.7%	3.5%
8/2022	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2021	8.0%	6.3%
2/2021	7.9%	6.2%
3/2021	7.3%	6.0%
4/2021	6.3%	6.1%
5/2021	5.7%	5.8%
6/2021	6.4%	5.9%
7/2021	7.0%	5.4%
8/2021	6.6%	5.2%
9/2021	5.5%	4.7%
10/2021	5.3%	4.6%
11/2021	4.8%	4.2%
12/2021	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2020	5.1%	3.6%
2/2020	5.1%	3.5%
3/2020	5.9%	4.4%
4/2020	15.5%	14.7%
5/2020	13.3%	13.3%
6/2020	13.3%	11.1%
7/2020	12.8%	10.2%
8/2020	10.6%	8.4%
9/2020	7.8%	7.9%
10/2020	6.9%	6.9%
11/2020	6.5%	6.7%
12/2020	6.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2019	4.6%	4.0%
2/2019	4.5%	3.8%
3/2019	4.3%	3.8%
4/2019	3.5%	3.6%
5/2019	4.0%	3.6%
6/2019	4.4%	3.7%
7/2019	4.9%	3.7%
8/2019	4.8%	3.7%
9/2019	4.2%	3.5%
10/2019	4.4%	3.6%
11/2019	4.4%	3.5%
12/2019	4.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2018	4.9%	4.1%
2/2018	4.9%	4.1%
3/2018	4.5%	4.0%
4/2018	3.9%	3.9%
5/2018	3.9%	3.8%
6/2018	4.5%	4.0%
7/2018	4.7%	3.9%
8/2018	4.5%	3.8%
9/2018	3.9%	3.7%
10/2018	3.8%	3.8%
11/2018	3.6%	3.7%
12/2018	3.8%	3.9%
12/2018	3.8%	3.9%
12/2018	3.8%	3.9%
12/2018	3.8%	3.9%
12/2018	3.8%	3.9%
12/2018	3.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2017	5.6%	4.7%
2/2017	5.6%	4.7%
3/2017	5.1%	4.4%
4/2017	4.5%	4.4%
5/2017	4.7%	4.4%
6/2017	5.0%	4.3%
7/2017	5.3%	4.3%
8/2017	5.2%	4.4%
9/2017	4.4%	4.2%
10/2017	4.3%	4.1%
11/2017	4.3%	4.2%
12/2017	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2016	5.5%	4.9%
2/2016	5.7%	4.9%
3/2016	5.6%	5.0%
4/2016	5.1%	5.0%
5/2016	5.2%	4.8%
6/2016	5.7%	4.9%
7/2016	5.9%	4.8%
8/2016	5.8%	4.9%
9/2016	5.3%	5.0%
10/2016	5.2%	4.9%
11/2016	4.8%	4.7%
12/2016	4.8%	4.7%

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

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

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2013	8.8%	8.0%
2/2013	8.2%	7.7%
3/2013	7.7%	7.5%
4/2013	7.0%	7.6%
5/2013	7.3%	7.5%
6/2013	7.8%	7.5%
7/2013	7.8%	7.3%
8/2013	7.5%	7.2%
9/2013	6.9%	7.2%
10/2013	6.8%	7.2%
11/2013	6.5%	6.9%
12/2013	6.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2012	8.3%	8.3%
2/2012	8.2%	8.3%
3/2012	7.8%	8.2%
4/2012	7.0%	8.2%
5/2012	7.7%	8.2%
6/2012	8.3%	8.2%
7/2012	8.6%	8.2%
8/2012	8.4%	8.1%
9/2012	7.5%	7.8%
10/2012	7.5%	7.8%
11/2012	7.2%	7.7%
12/2012	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2011	8.6%	9.1%
2/2011	8.3%	9.0%
3/2011	8.0%	9.0%
4/2011	7.3%	9.1%
5/2011	7.7%	9.0%
6/2011	8.4%	9.1%
7/2011	8.5%	9.0%
8/2011	8.3%	9.0%
9/2011	7.7%	9.0%
10/2011	7.5%	8.8%
11/2011	7.3%	8.6%
12/2011	7.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2010	9.5%	9.8%
2/2010	9.5%	9.8%
3/2010	9.2%	9.9%
4/2010	8.3%	9.9%
5/2010	8.6%	9.6%
6/2010	8.6%	9.4%
7/2010	8.7%	9.4%
8/2010	8.5%	9.5%
9/2010	7.7%	9.5%
10/2010	7.6%	9.4%
11/2010	7.9%	9.8%
12/2010	7.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2009	7.8%	7.8%
2/2009	8.2%	8.3%
3/2009	8.2%	8.7%
4/2009	7.4%	9.0%
5/2009	8.0%	9.4%
6/2009	8.4%	9.5%
7/2009	8.5%	9.5%
8/2009	8.4%	9.6%
9/2009	7.9%	9.8%
10/2009	7.9%	10.0%
11/2009	7.8%	9.9%
12/2009	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2008	5.4%	5.0%
2/2008	5.3%	4.9%
3/2008	5.1%	5.1%
4/2008	4.4%	5.0%
5/2008	4.9%	5.4%
6/2008	5.3%	5.6%
7/2008	5.5%	5.8%
8/2008	5.6%	6.1%
9/2008	5.0%	6.1%
10/2008	5.3%	6.5%
11/2008	5.7%	6.8%
12/2008	6.3%	7.3%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2007	5.0%	4.6%
2/2007	4.8%	4.5%
3/2007	4.4%	4.4%
4/2007	3.9%	4.5%
5/2007	4.2%	4.4%
6/2007	4.5%	4.6%
7/2007	4.7%	4.7%
8/2007	4.5%	4.6%
9/2007	4.1%	4.7%
10/2007	4.1%	4.7%
11/2007	4.1%	4.7%
12/2007	4.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2006	5.2%	4.7%
2/2006	5.2%	4.8%
3/2006	4.8%	4.7%
4/2006	4.4%	4.7%
5/2006	4.6%	4.6%
6/2006	4.9%	4.6%
7/2006	5.0%	4.7%
8/2006	4.8%	4.7%
9/2006	4.1%	4.5%
10/2006	3.9%	4.4%
11/2006	4.2%	4.5%
12/2006	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2005	5.7%	5.3%
2/2005	5.8%	5.4%
3/2005	5.6%	5.2%
4/2005	4.7%	5.2%
5/2005	4.9%	5.1%
6/2005	5.1%	5.0%
7/2005	5.1%	5.0%
8/2005	4.8%	4.9%
9/2005	4.5%	5.0%
10/2005	4.4%	5.0%
11/2005	4.7%	5.0%
12/2005	4.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2004	6.2%	5.7%
2/2004	6.0%	5.6%
3/2004	6.0%	5.8%
4/2004	5.1%	5.6%
5/2004	5.3%	5.6%
6/2004	5.7%	5.6%
7/2004	5.6%	5.5%
8/2004	5.4%	5.4%
9/2004	4.9%	5.4%
10/2004	4.9%	5.5%
11/2004	5.0%	5.4%
12/2004	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2003	6.5%	5.8%
2/2003	6.5%	5.9%
3/2003	6.1%	5.9%
4/2003	5.5%	6.0%
5/2003	5.6%	6.1%
6/2003	6.0%	6.3%
7/2003	5.8%	6.2%
8/2003	5.5%	6.1%
9/2003	5.1%	6.1%
10/2003	5.1%	6.0%
11/2003	5.2%	5.8%
12/2003	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2002	6.3%	5.7%
2/2002	6.2%	5.7%
3/2002	6.0%	5.7%
4/2002	5.4%	5.9%
5/2002	5.5%	5.8%
6/2002	5.8%	5.8%
7/2002	5.7%	5.8%
8/2002	5.4%	5.7%
9/2002	5.0%	5.7%
10/2002	5.1%	5.7%
11/2002	5.5%	5.9%
12/2002	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2001	5.0%	4.2%
2/2001	5.0%	4.2%
3/2001	4.8%	4.3%
4/2001	4.2%	4.4%
5/2001	4.5%	4.3%
6/2001	4.9%	4.5%
7/2001	4.9%	4.6%
8/2001	4.9%	4.9%
9/2001	4.5%	5.0%
10/2001	4.8%	5.3%
11/2001	5.1%	5.5%
12/2001	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/2000	4.7%	4.0%
2/2000	4.7%	4.1%
3/2000	4.4%	4.0%
4/2000	3.6%	3.8%
5/2000	4.0%	4.0%
6/2000	4.3%	4.0%
7/2000	4.3%	4.0%
8/2000	4.2%	4.1%
9/2000	3.8%	3.9%
10/2000	3.8%	3.9%
11/2000	4.0%	3.9%
12/2000	3.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/1999	5.1%	4.3%
2/1999	5.0%	4.4%
3/1999	4.7%	4.2%
4/1999	4.1%	4.3%
5/1999	4.2%	4.2%
6/1999	4.6%	4.3%
7/1999	4.7%	4.3%
8/1999	4.4%	4.2%
9/1999	4.2%	4.2%
10/1999	3.9%	4.1%
11/1999	3.9%	4.1%
12/1999	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/1998	5.3%	4.6%
2/1998	5.3%	4.6%
3/1998	5.3%	4.7%
4/1998	4.1%	4.3%
5/1998	4.5%	4.4%
6/1998	4.8%	4.5%
7/1998	4.8%	4.5%
8/1998	4.5%	4.5%
9/1998	4.3%	4.6%
10/1998	4.3%	4.5%
11/1998	4.2%	4.4%
12/1998	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/1997	5.9%	5.3%
2/1997	5.9%	5.2%
3/1997	5.7%	5.2%
4/1997	5.1%	5.1%
5/1997	5.2%	4.9%
6/1997	5.5%	5.0%
7/1997	5.4%	4.9%
8/1997	5.0%	4.8%
9/1997	4.7%	4.9%
10/1997	4.4%	4.7%
11/1997	4.4%	4.6%
12/1997	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/1996	6.8%	5.6%
2/1996	6.4%	5.5%
3/1996	6.2%	5.5%
4/1996	5.5%	5.6%
5/1996	5.6%	5.6%
6/1996	5.5%	5.3%
7/1996	5.6%	5.5%
8/1996	5.0%	5.1%
9/1996	4.7%	5.2%
10/1996	4.7%	5.2%
11/1996	4.9%	5.4%
12/1996	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/1995	6.5%	5.6%
2/1995	6.4%	5.4%
3/1995	6.1%	5.4%
4/1995	5.8%	5.8%
5/1995	5.9%	5.6%
6/1995	6.0%	5.6%
7/1995	6.1%	5.7%
8/1995	5.8%	5.7%
9/1995	5.5%	5.6%
10/1995	5.3%	5.5%
11/1995	5.6%	5.6%
12/1995	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/1994	7.3%	6.6%
2/1994	7.2%	6.6%
3/1994	7.1%	6.5%
4/1994	6.4%	6.4%
5/1994	6.2%	6.1%
6/1994	6.4%	6.1%
7/1994	6.4%	6.1%
8/1994	6.1%	6.0%
9/1994	5.8%	5.9%
10/1994	5.6%	5.8%
11/1994	5.5%	5.6%
12/1994	5.2%	5.5%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/1993	8.0%	7.3%
2/1993	8.0%	7.1%
3/1993	7.6%	7.0%
4/1993	6.9%	7.1%
5/1993	7.1%	7.1%
6/1993	7.2%	7.0%
7/1993	7.1%	6.9%
8/1993	6.7%	6.8%
9/1993	6.5%	6.7%
10/1993	6.5%	6.8%
11/1993	6.3%	6.6%
12/1993	6.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/1992	8.4%	7.3%
2/1992	8.5%	7.4%
3/1992	8.0%	7.4%
4/1992	7.3%	7.4%
5/1992	7.6%	7.6%
6/1992	7.9%	7.8%
7/1992	7.8%	7.7%
8/1992	7.4%	7.6%
9/1992	7.2%	7.6%
10/1992	7.0%	7.3%
11/1992	7.1%	7.4%
12/1992	6.9%	7.4%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/1991	7.3%	6.4%
2/1991	7.6%	6.6%
3/1991	7.5%	6.8%
4/1991	6.9%	6.7%
5/1991	7.2%	6.9%
6/1991	7.2%	6.9%
7/1991	7.0%	6.8%
8/1991	6.6%	6.9%
9/1991	6.6%	6.9%
10/1991	6.7%	7.0%
11/1991	7.0%	7.0%
12/1991	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	PA %	National %
1/1990	5.8%	5.4%
2/1990	5.9%	5.3%
3/1990	5.5%	5.2%
4/1990	5.1%	5.4%
5/1990	5.1%	5.4%
6/1990	5.2%	5.2%
7/1990	5.4%	5.5%
8/1990	5.1%	5.7%
9/1990	5.2%	5.9%
10/1990	5.4%	5.9%
11/1990	5.9%	6.2%
12/1990	5.9%	6.3%