The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) released its preliminary employment situation report for February on Friday. The Commonwealth’s unemployment rate is currently at 3.4%, which is the fifth consecutive month which that has carried the rate since October 2023. The rate is down three tenths of a percentage point from February 2023 where […]
Erie, Pa (WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com)– Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate continued to remain at a record low according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry’s (L&I) monthly unemployment situation report. Earlier this week, L&I released their preliminary employment situation report for November 2023, saying the Commonwealth’s unemployment rate remained at a record-low 3.4 percent from October through November. […]
(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com)– On Friday the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) released their preliminary employment situation report for October of this year. According to that report, Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate didn’t change over the course of October, remaining at a record low of 3.4 percent and was one percent lower than October of 2022 which was […]
(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) — Pennsylvania’s unemployment remains at a record low once again for the month of August according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I). On Friday, the department released its preliminary unemployment situation report for August 2023. According to the report, not only did the Commonwealth maintain its record-low unemployment rate of 3.5%, […]
Pennsylvania is still dealing with a backlog of unemployment claims, and the Department of Labor & Industry is concerned another logjam could be looming.