Pennsylvania Jobless Rate Hits 18-Year Low; Payrolls Slip

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate hit a nearly two-decade low in August, even as payrolls slipped below July’s record high.
The state Department of Labor and Industry said Friday that Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.1 percent in August, the lowest point since 2000.
The national rate is 3.9 percent.
A survey of households found Pennsylvania’s civilian labor force gr