Unemployment rate falls in Allegheny, Beaver counties - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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and Industry released seasonally adjusted unemploymenr figures forthe state’s counties and metropolitam statistical areas on Tuesday. In Alleghenuy County, the unemployment rate fell from 6.6 percentt in March to 6.5 percenft in April. Beaver County’s went from 8.2 percent in Marcjh to 7.9 percent in April. The improvements in Allegheng andBeaver counties, however, were not enoughn to boost the seven-county Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increase from 7.2 percent in Marcb to 7.3 percent in April. Pennsylvania’d unemployment rate held steadyat 7.8 percent.
When making the Department of Labor and Industry uses seasonally adjusted figuresd in order to account for cyclical hiring differenceswthat don’t reflect changes in the overal l economy. Employment in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continuea to be stronger than manyothert areas. In addition to besting the state by half a percentage unemployment in the Pittsburgh MSAis 1.6 percentage points lowefr than the United States as a whole, whicg has seasonally adjusted unemployment of 8.9 percent. Here is the breakdown acrosa the state: State College: 5.7 percentr Lebanon: 6.7 percent Altoona: 7.2 percent 7.3 percent Philadelphia: 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 percent 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburgh MSA, unemploymenrt ranged from 6.5 percent in Allegheny Count to 9.8 percent in Armstrong County. Here is the breakdowhn by county: Allegheny: 6.5 perceny Butler: 7.3 percent Washington: 7.6 percent 7.9 percent Westmoreland: 8.1 percent 8.9 percent Armstrong: 9.
8 percent