Government Relations: PA’s Unemployment Rate at 10.3 Percent in August

The PA Department of Labor and Industry released a statement that the state’s unemployment rate is at

10.3% as of August 2020. This is a 2.2% decrease from the rate in July, but still a 5.4% increase from

August of 2019. When the rates are adjusted for non-farm related occupations, the unemployment rate

has decreased 1.1%, but increased 8.2% from last year.

Looking at the information provided by the Department of Labor and Industry, the service-oriented

industries that saw the largest decline in unemployment between August 2020 and July 2020 were:

- Trade, Transportation, and Utilities- 1.9%

- Professional and Business Services – 1.3%

- Education and Health Services – 1.0%

Conversely, the Information industry saw an increase in unemployment of .3%.

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate has decreased at a similar rate to the rest of the US, which went

from 10.2% to 8.4%.

For further information, including a table with all of these statistics and more, please refer to the revised

article published from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry:

https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/labor-and-industry-details.aspx?newsid=485