News Release: PA Unemployment Rate at 5.8% in August
Harrisburg – Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry released its employment situation report for August 2014.
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 5.8 percent in August, up one-tenth of a percentage point from July. The commonwealth’s rate was three-tenths of a percentage point below the U.S. rate of 6.1 percent, which declined by one-tenth of a point in August. The state rate was down 1.6 percentage points from the August 2013 rate of 7.4 percent.
Pennsylvania’s civilian labor force – the number of people working or looking for work – declined by 28,000 to 6,344,000 due to a decline in resident employment (-35,000). Unemployment, despite increasing by 6,000 from July, was down 113,000 from August 2013.
Total nonfarm jobs increased by 100 in August to 5,792,700. This was the fifth monthly increase this year, with jobs up 34,600 thus far in 2014. In August, private sector jobs were down by 1,800 while public sector jobs grew by 1,900. The largest gain from July was in education & health services (+3,900). Construction had the largest decline of the month.
Over the year, total nonfarm jobs in Pennsylvania were up 47,000 (+0.8%). The growth was almost entirely within private industries, with the largest gains in education & health services, trade, transportation & utilities, and construction.
Note: The above data are seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data provide the most valid month-to-month comparison.
Editor’s Note: A breakdown of Pennsylvania’s employment statistics follows
Current Labor Force Statistics
Seasonally Adjusted
(in thousands)
Change from Change from
August July August July 2014 August 2013
2014 2014 2013 volume percent volume percent
PA
Civilian Labor Force 6,344 6,372 6,449 -28 -0.4% -105 -1.6%
Employment 5,976 6,011 5,969 -35 -0.6% 7 0.1%
Unemployment 367 361 480 6 1.7% -113 -23.5%
Rate 5.8 5.7 7.4 0.1 —- -1.6 —-
U.S.
Civilian Labor Force 155,959 156,023 155,435 -64 0.0% 524 0.3%
Employment 146,368 146,352 144,179 16 0.0% 2,189 1.5%
Unemployment 9,591 9,671 11,256 -80 -0.8% -1,665 -14.8%
Rate 6.1 6.2 7.2 -0.1 —- -1.1 —-
Pennsylvania Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment
Seasonally Adjusted
(in thousands)
Change from Change from
August July August July 2014 August 2013
2014 2014 2013 volume percent volume percent
Total Nonfarm Jobs 5,792.7 5,792.6 5,745.7 0.1 0.0% 47.0 0.8%
Goods Producing Industries 832.0 836.9 824.7 -4.9 -0.6% 7.3 0.9%
Mining & Logging 37.9 38.1 36.0 -0.2 -0.5% 1.9 5.3%
Construction 237.4 240.4 226.6 -3.0 -1.2% 10.8 4.8%
Manufacturing 556.7 558.4 562.1 -1.7 -0.3% -5.4 -1.0%
Service Providing Industries 4,960.7 4,955.7 4,921.0 5.0 0.1% 39.7 0.8%
Trade, Transportation & Utilities 1,118.5 1,117.6 1,104.7 0.9 0.1% 13.8 1.2%
Information 84.4 84.4 87.5 0.0 0.0% -3.1 -3.5%
Financial Activities 316.8 316.7 312.6 0.1 0.0% 4.2 1.3%
Professional & Business Services 757.3 759.7 753.9 -2.4 -0.3% 3.4 0.5%
Education & Health Services 1,168.1 1,164.2 1,152.8 3.9 0.3% 15.3 1.3%
Leisure & Hospitality 540.3 540.5 533.7 -0.2 0.0% 6.6 1.2%
Other Services 255.5 254.7 252.3 0.8 0.3% 3.2 1.3%
Government 719.8 717.9 723.5 1.9 0.3% -3.7 -0.5%
For a more detailed breakdown of seasonally adjusted jobs data at the sector level, please contact the
Center for Workforce Information & Analysis at 1-877-4WF-DATA, or visit www.paworkstats.pa.gov
Note: September 2014 labor force and nonfarm jobs statistics will be released October 17, 2014.
Posted by BradfordToday
on Sep 22 2014. Filed under Local News.
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