Total nonfarm jobs were up 97,900
Harrisburg, PA – Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) released its employment situation report for July 2020.
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate was up one-half of a percentage point over the month to 13.7 percent in July. The national rate fell 0.9 percentage points from June's level to 10.2 percent. The commonwealth's unemployment rate increased by 9.3 percentage points from July 2019 while the national rate was up 6.5 points over the year.
Pennsylvania's civilian labor force – the estimated number of residents working or looking for work – was up 88,000 over the month due to gains of 44,000 in both resident employment and unemployment.
Pennsylvania's total nonfarm jobs were up 97,900 over the month to 5,525,900 in July. Jobs increased in 7 of the 11 industry supersectors. The largest gain was in leisure & hospitality, up 47,100 jobs from June, which accounted for nearly half of the total nonfarm job increase.
Over the past three months, Pennsylvania has recovered nearly 48 percent of the total nonfarm jobs lost in March and April.
Over the year, total nonfarm jobs in Pennsylvania were down 541,900 with declines in 10 of the 11 supersectors. The largest 12-month change among supersectors was a decline of 167,800 jobs in leisure & hospitality.
Additional information is available on the L&I website at www.dli.pa.gov or by following us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Note: The above data are seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data provide the most valid month-to-month comparison.
MEDIA CONTACT: Penny Ickes, dlipress@pa.gov
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Editor's Note: A breakdown of Pennsylvania's employment statistics follows.
| Current Labor Force Statistics | |
| Seasonally Adjusted | |
| (in thousands) | |
| | | | | Change from | Change from | |
| | July | June | July | June 2020 | July 2019 | |
| | 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | volume | percent | volume | percent | |
| PA | | | | | | | | |
| Civilian Labor Force | 6,453 | 6,365 | 6,484 | 88 | 1.4% | -31 | -0.5% | |
| Employment | 5,567 | 5,523 | 6,202 | 44 | 0.8% | -635 | -10.2% | |
| Unemployment | 886 | 842 | 282 | 44 | 5.2% | 604 | 214.2% | |
| Rate | 13.7 | 13.2 | 4.4 | 0.5 | ---- | 9.3 | ---- | |
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| U.S. | | | | | | | | |
| Civilian Labor Force | 159,870 | 159,932 | 163,373 | -62 | 0.0% | -3,503 | -2.1% | |
| Employment | 143,532 | 142,182 | 157,346 | 1,350 | 0.9% | -13,814 | -8.8% | |
| Unemployment | 16,338 | 17,750 | 6,027 | -1,412 | -8.0% | 10,311 | 171.1% | |
| Rate | 10.2 | 11.1 | 3.7 | -0.9 | ---- | 6.5 | ---- | |
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| Note:
August 2020 labor force and nonfarm jobs statistics will be released
September 18, 2020. |
| Pennsylvania Nonagricultural Wage and
Salary Employment |
| Seasonally Adjusted |
| (in thousands) |
| | | | Change from | Change from |
| July | June | July | June 2020 | July 2019 |
| | 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | volume | percent | volume | percent |
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| Total Nonfarm Jobs | 5,525.9 | 5,428.0 | 6,067.8 | 97.9 | 1.8% | -541.9 | -8.9% |
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| Goods Producing Industries | 801.9 | 805.6 | 864.2 | -3.7 | -0.5% | -62.3 | -7.2% |
| Mining & Logging | 23.2 | 23.8 | 29.1 | -0.6 | -2.5% | -5.9 | -20.3% |
| Construction | 241.6 | 243.1 | 260.3 | -1.5 | -0.6% | -18.7 | -7.2% |
| Manufacturing | 537.1 | 538.7 | 574.8 | -1.6 | -0.3% | -37.7 | -6.6% |
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| Service Providing Industries | 4,724.0 | 4,622.4 | 5,203.6 | 101.6 | 2.2% | -479.6 | -9.2% |
| Trade, Transportation & Utilities | 1,017.7 | 1,020.0 | 1,126.3 | -2.3 | -0.2% | -108.6 | -9.6% |
| Information | 74.1 | 72.4 | 87.4 | 1.7 | 2.3% | -13.3 | -15.2% |
| Financial Activities | 329.9 | 326.8 | 329.4 | 3.1 | 0.9% | 0.5 | 0.2% |
| Professional & Business Services | 754.6 | 751.1 | 817.0 | 3.5 | 0.5% | -62.4 | -7.6% |
| Education & Health Services | 1,222.6 | 1,207.4 | 1,293.5 | 15.2 | 1.3% | -70.9 | -5.5% |
| Leisure & Hospitality | 410.4 | 363.3 | 578.2 | 47.1 | 13.0% | -167.8 | -29.0% |
| Other Services | 220.9 | 203.3 | 262.7 | 17.6 | 8.7% | -41.8 | -15.9% |
| Government | 693.8 | 678.1 | 709.1 | 15.7 | 2.3% | -15.3 | -2.2% |
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| For a more detailed breakdown of seasonally adjusted jobs data
at the sector level, please contact the Center for Workforce Information
& Analysis at 1-877-4WF-DATA, or visit www.paworkstats.pa.gov |
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| Note:
August 2020 labor force and nonfarm jobs statistics will be released
September 18, 2020. |