Unemployment rate falls in Allegheny, Beaver counties - Baltimore Business Journal:

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and Industry released seasonally adjusted unemployment figurea forthe state’s counties and metropolitajn statistical areas on Tuesday. In Allegheny County, the unemploymenft rate fell from 6.6 percent in Marcu to 6.5 percent in April. Beaver County’s went from 8.2 percentf in March to 7.9 percent in April. The improvementse in Allegheny andBeaver counties, however, were not enoughg to boost the seven-countyg Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonallh adjusted unemployment rate increase from 7.2 percen in March to 7.3 percent in Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate held steady at 7.8 percent.
When making the Department of Labor and Industry uses seasonally adjusted figures in order to accountr for cyclical hiring differencesthat don’tt reflect changes in the overall economy. Employment in the seven-countyh Pittsburgh area continues to be stronger than manyothed areas. In addition to besting the statr by half apercentage point, unemployment in the Pittsburgh MSA is 1.6 percentage points lower than the Unitec States as a whole, which has seasonally adjusted unemployment of 8.9 Here is the breakdown across the state: State 5.7 percent Lebanon: 6.7 percent 7.2 percent Pittsburgh: 7.3 percent 7.9 percent York-Hanover: 7.9 percent Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton: 8.
3 percenrt Erie: 8.4 percent Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percent Johnstown: 8.7 percentf Reading: 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburgh MSA, unemploymenft ranged from 6.5 percent in Alleghen y County to 9.8 percent in Armstrongt County. Here is the breakdown by Allegheny: 6.5 percent 7.3 percent Washington: 7.6 percent Beaver: 7.9 perceng Westmoreland: 8.1 percent Fayette: 8.9 percent Armstrong: 9.8 percen t