Pennsylvania's Employment Situation: June 2011

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.6 percent in June, up from 7.4 percent in May. Pennsylvania's unemployment rate was below the U.S. rate of 9.2 percent in June, and has been below the U.S. rate for 38 consecutive months, and at or below the U.S. rate for 56 consecutive months.

Pennsylvania's June unemployment rate was down 1.1 percentage points from June 2010.

Pennsylvania's seasonally adjusted civilian labor force – the number of people working or looking for work – was down 17,000 in June to 6,327,000. Resident employment fell by 25,000 to 5,848,000 while the number of unemployed residents was up 8,000 to 479,000. Pennsylvania's labor force was 12,000 below its June 2010 level.

Seasonally adjusted total nonfarm jobs in Pennsylvania were down 2,600 in June to 5,676,900. The decline was limited to service-providing supersectors. Goods-producing industries were up 3,100 jobs in June after three consecutive months of job losses. Service-providing jobs declined 5,700 in June to 4,853,700. Six of the eight service-providing supersectors shed jobs from May. The largest decline was in Education & Health Services, down 7,800 due to declines in both Educational Services as well as Health Care & Social Assistance. Government showed the largest June increase of any supersector, up 7,700 from May as local, state and federal government each added jobs.

Pennsylvania's nonfarm job count was up 46,400 (0.8 percent) from June 2010; nationally nonfarm jobs were up 1.0 million (0.8 percent) from last June.

Media contact: Christopher Manlove, 717-787-7530

Editor's Note: Visit the Department of Labor & Industry online at www.dli.state.pa.us for a breakdown of Pennsylvania's employment statistics.

SOURCE Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry