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State College, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for State College fell 0.1 percentage points in November 2023 to 2.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in State College peaked in April 2020 at 10.2% and is now 7.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare State College unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Pennsylvania 3.4% 0.0 -1.0
State College 2.7% -0.1 -0.9
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: State College, Pennsylvania, National

State College, Pennsylvania monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

State College, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in State College peaked in April 2020 at 7,696. There are now 5,544 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. State College employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in State College, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
State College 2,152 -27 -679

Number of Unemployed Persons

State College, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Pennsylvania
Unemployment Rate
State College
Unemployment Rate
State College
Unemployed
December
2023
3.7%
November
2023
3.7% 3.4% 2.7% 2,152
October
2023
3.8% 3.4% 2.8% 2,179
September
2023
3.8% 3.4% 2.8% 2,188
August
2023
3.8% 3.5% 2.9% 2,256
July
2023
3.5% 3.5% 2.9% 2,287
June
2023
3.6% 3.8% 3.1% 2,462
May
2023
3.7% 4.0% 3.2% 2,555
April
2023
3.4% 4.1% 3.3% 2,631
March
2023
3.5% 4.2% 3.5% 2,741
February
2023
3.6% 4.4% 3.6% 2,835
January
2023
3.4% 4.3% 3.6% 2,833

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.