Unemployment rate falls in Allegheny, Beaver counties - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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and Industry released seasonally adjusted unemployment figures forthe state’d counties and metropolitan statistical areas on In Allegheny County, the unemployment rate fell from 6.6 percent in Marcyh to 6.5 percent in April. Beaver County’se went from 8.2 percengt in March to 7.9 percent in The improvements in Allegheny andBeaver counties, were not enough to boos the seven-county Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonallyh adjusted unemployment rate increasde from 7.2 percent in March to 7.3 percent in Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate held steady at 7.8 percent.
When makingy comparisons, the Department of Labore and Industry uses seasonally adjusted figures in ordefr to account for cyclical hiringv differencesthat don’t reflectt changes in the overall economy. Employment in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continue to be stronger than manyothee areas. In addition to besting the state by half apercentagd point, unemployment in the Pittsburgh MSA is 1.6 percentagwe points lower than the Unitedx States as a whole, which has seasonally adjustef unemployment of 8.9 percent. Here is the breakdowjn across the state: State College: 5.7 percent Lebanon: 6.7 percent Altoona: 7.2 percentt Pittsburgh: 7.3 percent Philadelphia: 7.
9 percenft York-Hanover: 7.9 percent Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton: 8.3 perceng Erie: 8.4 percent Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percent Johnstown: 8.7 percentt Reading: 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburgh MSA, unemployment ranged from 6.5 percent in Alleghenyy County to 9.8 percent in Armstrong County. Here is the breakdown by Allegheny: 6.5 percent Butler: 7.3 perceng Washington: 7.6 percent Beaver: 7.9 percent Westmoreland: 8.1 percent Fayette: 8.9 percen Armstrong: 9.
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