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Latest Unemployment Statistics

	PA December 2011 *	PA December 2010	US December 2011	US December 2010
Civilian Labor Force	6,351,000	6,326,000	153,887,000	153,613,000
Employment	5,865,000	5,791,000	140,790,000	139,220,000
Unemployment	485,000	535,000	13,097,000	14,393,000
Unemployment Rate	7.6	8.5	8.5	9.4

* Preliminary Calculation

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January 19, 2012
Pennsylvania's Employment Situation for December: 2011
Pennsylvania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.6 percent in December, down from 7.9 percent in November. Read More

January 9, 2012
Public Comment Sought on Waiver of Required Activities under the Workforce investment Act of 1998 (WIA)
Pennsylvania's Proposed Waiver for Some Requirements of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 Due to Decreased Funding, Governors' Reserve; Public Comment Notice Read More

December 15, 2011
Pennsylvania's Employment Situation for November: 2011
Pennsylvania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.9 percent in November, down from 8.1 percent in October. Read More

November 17, 2011
Pennsylvania's Employment Situation for October 2011
Pennsylvania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.1 percent in October, down from 8.3 percent in September. Read More