Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate At 10.3% In August

By: KDKA-TV News Staff
HARRISBURG (KDKA) – On Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released its unemployment statistics for August 2020 and the unemployment rate was 10.3%.That 10.3% was down 2.2% over the month and increased by 5.8% compared to August 2019.The state civilian labor force, the estimated number of residents working or looking for work, was down by 59,000 over the month as the unemployment count fell by 144,000, and employment increased by 86,000.Over the