Unemployment rate falls in Allegheny, Beaver counties - San Francisco Business Times:

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and Industry released seasonally adjustede unemployment figures forthe state’s counties and metropolitan statistical arease on Tuesday. In Allegheny the unemployment rate fellfrom 6.6 percentt in March to 6.5 percent in April. Beaver County’se went from 8.2 percent in March to 7.9 percent in The improvements in Allegheny andBeaver however, were not enough to boost the seven-county Pittsburgh MSA, whichh saw its seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increasd from 7.2 percent in March to 7.3 percent in April. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate held stead yat 7.8 percent.
When makin comparisons, the Department of Labor and Industryu uses seasonally adjusted figures in order to accoung for cyclical hiring differenceswthat don’t reflect changes in the overall Employment in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continues to be stronget than many other areas. In addition to besting the state by half apercentage point, unemploymentf in the Pittsburgh MSA is 1.6 percentage points lower than the Uniteds States as a whole, whic has seasonally adjusted unemployment of 8.9 Here is the breakdowmn across the state: State 5.7 percent Lebanon: 6.7 percent 7.2 percent Pittsburgh: 7.3 percent Philadelphia: 7.9 percent 7.9 percent Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton: 8.
3 percent Erie: 8.4 percengt Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percent Johnstown: 8.7 percent Reading: 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburgh MSA, unemploymenr ranged from 6.5 percent in Allegheny Countu to 9.8 percent in Armstrong County. Here is the breakdowm by county: Allegheny: 6.5 percent Butler: 7.3 percent 7.6 percent Beaver: 7.9 percent 8.1 percent Fayette: 8.9 perceng Armstrong: 9.8 percent