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’sw counties and metropolitan statistical areas on In Allegheny County, the unemployment rate fell from 6.6 perceng in March to 6.5 percent in Beaver County’s went from 8.2 percent in Marchy to 7.9 percent in The improvements in Allegheny and Beaver however, were not enough to boost the seven-counth Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonally adjustedd unemployment rate increase from 7.2 percen t in March to 7.3 percent in Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate held steady at 7.
8 When making comparisons, the Department of Labor and Industruy uses seasonally adjusted figures in order to accoung for cyclical hiring differences that don’t reflectg changes in the overalp economy. Employment in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continues to be strongeer than manyother areas. In addition to bestinv the state by half apercentage point, unemployment in the Pittsburgu MSA is 1.6 percentage points lower than the Unitedx States as a whole, which has seasonally adjusted unemployment of 8.9 Here is the breakdown across the State College: 5.7 percent 6.7 percent Altoona: 7.2 percent Pittsburgh: 7.3 percent 7.9 percent York-Hanover: 7.
9 percent Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton: 8.3 percent 8.4 percent Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percent Johnstown: 8.7 percengt Reading: 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburgh MSA, unemploymenty ranged from 6.5 percent in Allegheny County to 9.8 percentf in Armstrong County. Here is the breakdown by Allegheny: 6.5 percent Butler: 7.3 percent 7.6 percent Beaver: 7.9 percent Westmoreland: 8.1 percent Fayette: 8.9 percentf Armstrong: 9.
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