Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bloomsburg fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2018 to 4.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Bloomsburg peaked in February 2010 at 9.5% and is now 4.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Bloomsburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.9%	-0.2	-0.5
Pennsylvania	4.7%	-0.1	-0.2
Bloomsburg	4.6%	-0.1	-0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with April 2018 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Bloomsburg peaked in February 2010 at 4,118. There are now 2,166 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Bloomsburg	1,952	-67	-210

Number of Unemployed Persons

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	Bloomsburg Unemployment Rate	Bloomsburg Unemployed
May 2018	3.8%	4.5%	—	—
April 2018	3.9%	4.7%	4.6%	1,952
March 2018	4.1%	4.8%	4.7%	2,019
February 2018	4.1%	4.8%	5.0%	2,153
January 2018	4.1%	4.8%	5.0%	2,129
December 2017	4.1%	4.8%	4.9%	2,096
November 2017	4.1%	4.8%	4.9%	2,098
October 2017	4.1%	4.8%	5.0%	2,113
September 2017	4.2%	4.8%	5.0%	2,137
August 2017	4.4%	4.8%	4.9%	2,123
July 2017	4.3%	4.8%	4.8%	2,060
June 2017	4.3%	4.8%	4.7%	2,022