Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bloomsburg fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2019 to 4.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Bloomsburg peaked in March 2010 at 9.4% and is now 5.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Bloomsburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	April 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.6%	-0.2	-0.3
Pennsylvania	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5
Bloomsburg	4.0%	-0.1	-0.5

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with April 2019 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 March 2010 at 4,098. There are now 2,407 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	April 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Bloomsburg	1,691	-43	-217

Number of Unemployed Persons

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	Bloomsburg Unemployment Rate	Bloomsburg Unemployed
May 2019	3.6%	—	—	—
April 2019	3.6%	3.8%	4.0%	1,691
March 2019	3.8%	3.9%	4.1%	1,734
February 2019	3.8%	4.0%	4.2%	1,789
January 2019	4.0%	4.1%	4.3%	1,840
December 2018	3.9%	4.2%	4.4%	1,893
November 2018	3.7%	4.2%	4.5%	1,894
October 2018	3.8%	4.2%	4.4%	1,894
September 2018	3.7%	4.2%	4.4%	1,896
August 2018	3.8%	4.2%	4.4%	1,893
July 2018	3.9%	4.2%	4.4%	1,889
June 2018	4.0%	4.2%	4.4%	1,888