West Bethlehem Township, PA Unemployment Rate Report

West Bethlehem Township, PA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West-Bethlehem-Township, Pennsylvania has ranged from 3.5% in November 2018 to 16.8% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for West-Bethlehem-Township is 4.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

West Bethlehem Township, PA Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

West Bethlehem Township, PA Current Unemployment - 4.9%

West Bethlehem Township, PA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2022	6.1%	5.6%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.5%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.9%	4.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.4%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.2%	4.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.9%	4.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.9%	4.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.9%	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2021	8.7%	8.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.7%	7.9%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.6%	7.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.0%	6.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.0%	5.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.5%	6.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.8%	7.0%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.6%	6.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.4%	5.5%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.9%	5.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.4%	4.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.2%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2020	5.6%	5.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.6%	5.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	6.6%	5.9%	4.4%
4 / 2020	16.8%	15.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.8%	13.3%	13.3%
6 / 2020	12.9%	13.3%	11.1%
7 / 2020	13.0%	12.8%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.8%	10.6%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.9%	7.8%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.5%	6.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.7%	6.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.4%	6.9%	6.7%

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

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2018	5.3%	4.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.3%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.8%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.0%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.5%	4.5%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.5%	4.7%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.3%	4.5%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.7%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.7%	3.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.5%	3.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.8%	3.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2017	6.4%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.4%	5.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.8%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.9%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.0%	4.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.3%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.4%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.3%	5.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.5%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.4%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.5%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.5%	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2016	6.5%	5.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.7%	5.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.6%	5.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.0%	5.1%	5.0%
5 / 2016	6.0%	5.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.3%	5.7%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.5%	5.9%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.2%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.9%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.7%	5.2%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.3%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.5%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2015	6.0%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.0%	5.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.7%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.0%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.5%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.6%	5.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.9%	5.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.5%	5.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.2%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.3%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.4%	4.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.6%	4.7%	5.0%

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

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2013	8.6%	8.8%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.9%	8.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.4%	7.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.5%	7.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.9%	7.3%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.4%	7.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.3%	7.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.9%	7.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.3%	6.9%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.3%	6.8%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.1%	6.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.9%	6.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2012	7.8%	8.3%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.6%	8.2%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.3%	7.8%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.5%	7.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.1%	7.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	7.7%	8.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.9%	8.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.5%	8.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.7%	7.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.7%	7.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.5%	7.2%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.0%	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2011	8.4%	8.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.1%	8.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.7%	8.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	6.7%	7.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.2%	7.7%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.7%	8.4%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.8%	8.5%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.6%	8.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	6.9%	7.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.7%	7.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.6%	7.3%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.8%	7.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2010	9.5%	9.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.0%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.2%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.9%	8.3%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.2%	8.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.0%	8.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.0%	8.7%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.7%	8.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.0%	7.7%	9.5%
10 / 2010	6.9%	7.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.3%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.3%	7.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2009	7.7%	7.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.0%	8.2%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.8%	8.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.0%	7.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.7%	8.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.9%	8.4%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.9%	8.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.7%	8.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.4%	7.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.3%	7.9%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.3%	7.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.8%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2008	5.7%	5.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.7%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.3%	5.1%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.3%	4.4%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.7%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.1%	5.3%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.3%	5.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.2%	5.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.8%	5.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.0%	5.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.3%	5.7%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.1%	6.3%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2007	5.5%	5.0%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.4%	4.8%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.7%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.1%	3.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.4%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.6%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.7%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.5%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.2%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.2%	4.1%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.1%	4.1%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.7%	4.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2006	6.1%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.0%	5.2%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.5%	4.8%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.7%	4.4%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.0%	4.6%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.1%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.1%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.8%	4.8%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.4%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.0%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.2%	4.2%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.3%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2005	6.6%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.7%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.4%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.0%	4.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.1%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.5%	5.1%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.3%	5.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.1%	4.8%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.0%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.9%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.2%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.0%	4.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2004	6.9%	6.2%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.8%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.6%	6.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.6%	5.1%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.6%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.9%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.6%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.3%	5.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.9%	4.9%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.1%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.2%	5.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.4%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2003	7.5%	6.5%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.4%	6.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.8%	6.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.8%	5.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.2%	5.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.4%	6.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.0%	5.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.5%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.3%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.2%	5.1%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.4%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.4%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2002	7.0%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.7%	6.2%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.8%	6.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.7%	5.4%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.9%	5.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.0%	5.8%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.9%	5.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.8%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.2%	5.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.3%	5.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.9%	5.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.2%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2001	5.8%	5.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.5%	5.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.7%	4.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.7%	4.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.1%	4.5%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.1%	4.9%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.9%	4.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.9%	4.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.6%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.8%	4.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.2%	5.1%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.4%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2000	5.4%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.3%	4.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.9%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.9%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.3%	4.0%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.7%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.6%	4.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.7%	4.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.1%	3.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.0%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.4%	4.0%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.4%	3.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1999	6.5%	5.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.9%	5.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.5%	4.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.7%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.7%	4.2%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.1%	4.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.8%	4.7%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.3%	4.4%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.9%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.0%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.0%	3.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.0%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1998	6.2%	5.3%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.4%	5.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.5%	5.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.6%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.1%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.1%	4.8%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.9%	4.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.5%	4.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.2%	4.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.5%	4.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.4%	4.2%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.3%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1997	6.6%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	6.6%	5.9%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.3%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.3%	5.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.5%	5.2%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.7%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	5.2%	5.4%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.7%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.9%	4.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.2%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.4%	4.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.4%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1996	7.7%	6.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.6%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.9%	6.2%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.7%	5.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.8%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.5%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.3%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.6%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.2%	4.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.3%	4.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.7%	4.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.9%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1995	8.5%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.3%	6.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.5%	6.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.6%	5.8%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.9%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.6%	6.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.4%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.1%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.0%	5.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.5%	5.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.2%	5.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.1%	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1994	9.1%	7.3%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.8%	7.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.1%	7.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.3%	6.4%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.1%	6.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.9%	6.4%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.8%	6.4%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.6%	6.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.5%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	6.7%	5.6%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.7%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.6%	5.2%	5.5%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1993	9.4%	8.0%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.0%	8.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.6%	7.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.7%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.0%	7.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.6%	7.2%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.6%	7.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	7.0%	6.7%	6.8%
9 / 1993	7.1%	6.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.7%	6.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.7%	6.3%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.6%	6.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1992	9.1%	8.4%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.3%	8.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.6%	8.0%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.4%	7.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	7.5%	7.6%	7.6%
6 / 1992	7.6%	7.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.1%	7.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	6.7%	7.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.3%	7.2%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.4%	7.0%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.1%	7.1%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.9%	6.9%	7.4%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1991	8.4%	7.3%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.5%	7.6%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.1%	7.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.0%	6.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.0%	7.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	7.5%	7.2%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.6%	7.0%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.5%	6.6%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.3%	6.6%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.0%	6.7%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.9%	7.0%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.1%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Bethlehem Township, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1990	6.8%	5.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.3%	5.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.8%	5.5%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.3%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.3%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.4%	5.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.6%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.0%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.2%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.5%	5.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.8%	5.9%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.4%	5.9%	6.3%