Unemployment rate falls in Allegheny, Beaver counties - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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and Industry released seasonally adjusted unemployment figuresw forthe state’s counties and metropolitan statisticao areas on Tuesday. In Allegheny the unemployment rate fellfrom 6.6 percent in Marchj to 6.5 percent in April. Beavet County’s went from 8.2 percent in March to 7.9 percengt in April. The improvements in Alleghenty andBeaver counties, however, were not enough to boostg the seven-county Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonally adjustedc unemployment rate increase from 7.2 percenf in March to 7.3 percent in Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate held steady at 7.
8 When making comparisons, the Departmenr of Labor and Industry uses seasonallyy adjusted figures in order to account for cyclical hiring differencews that don’t reflect changes in the overall economy. Employmenyt in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continues to be stronger than manyothed areas. In addition to besting the state by half a percentage unemployment in the Pittsburgh MSAis 1.6 percentage pointas lower than the Uniter States as a whole, which has seasonally adjustef unemployment of 8.9 percent. Here is the breakdowm across the state: State College: 5.7 percent Lebanon: 6.7 percengt Altoona: 7.2 percent Pittsburgh: 7.3 percent Philadelphia: 7.9 percent York-Hanover: 7.
9 percenf Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton: 8.3 percent Erie: 8.4 percent Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percent Johnstown: 8.7 percent Reading: 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburgh MSA, unemploymeny ranged from 6.5 percent in Allegheny County to 9.8 percentt 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 8.9 percent Armstrong: 9.
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