Schuylkill County Unemployment Rate Jumps Nearly 1% in Last Two Months

After hitting a modern record low just two months ago, the Schuylkill County unemployment rate rose nearly a full percentage point since.

According to new information from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Schuylkill County unemployment rate in June 2019 is at 4.9%. In May, it was 4.5%. And in April, the unemployment rate hit a record low in Schuylkill County, at just 4.1%.

This news at the local level hit at about the same time of the national jobs report from BLS. That shows national unemployment at 3.7%. Despite these seemingly good numbers on the economy, the workforce participation rate remains low, about 63%.

That national unemployment rate comes in just a shade lower than Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate. That’s at 3.8% for June 2019, unchanged from the previous month.

Schuylkill County Unemployment Rate – June 2019

Take a look at our chart of the Schuylkill County unemployment rate over the last year.

You can see that its current rate is closer to the norm over the last year. Any gains seen in the months prior to this summer have been lost, according to the data, though it is slightly lower than earlier this year.

Schuylkill County Unemployment Rate (Last 12 Months, June 2019)

Month	Schuylkill Unemployment %
June 2019	4.9
May 2019	4.5
April 2019	4.1
March 2019	5.0
February 2019	5.3
January 2019	5.3
December 2018	4.8
November 2018	4.5
October 2018	4.6
September 2018	4.7
August 2018	5.6
July 2018	5.4

 

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