Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Reaches 6% In March

HARRISBURG (KDKA) – Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate rose by 1.3 percent in March, reaching 6%.However, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry’s March unemployment and jobs survey collected data from the week of March 8-14, prior to many of the COVID-19-related business and school closures.The national unemployment rate rose to 4.4%.Pennsylvania’s civilian labor force declined by 19,000 over the month from February’s record-high. The nonfarm jobs were dow