State College, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for State College fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 5.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.4 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in State College peaked in January 2010 at 6.4% and is now 1.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.2% in March 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare State College unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Pennsylvania	7.6%	-0.3	-0.9
State College	5.2%	-0.2	-0.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: State College, Pennsylvania, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

State College, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in State College peaked in February 2010 at 4,826. There are now 940 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	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
State College	3,886	-188	-524

Number of Unemployed Persons

State College, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	State College Unemployment Rate	State College Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.6%	5.2%	3,886
November 2011	8.7%	7.9%	5.4%	4,074
October 2011	8.9%	8.1%	5.7%	4,265
September 2011	9.0%	8.3%	6.0%	4,489
August 2011	9.1%	8.2%	6.1%	4,548
July 2011	9.1%	7.8%	5.8%	4,307
June 2011	9.1%	7.6%	5.5%	4,132
May 2011	9.0%	7.4%	5.3%	3,984
April 2011	9.0%	7.5%	5.2%	3,938
March 2011	8.9%	7.8%	5.2%	3,921
February 2011	9.0%	8.0%	5.3%	4,003
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	5.5%	4,139