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Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bloomsburg fell 0.2 percentage points in March 2023 to 4.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Bloomsburg peaked in April 2020 at 14.3% and is now 10.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.8% in February 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.4 percentage points. You can also compare Bloomsburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate March 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.5% -0.1 -0.1
Pennsylvania 4.2% -0.2 -0.2
Bloomsburg 4.2% -0.2 +0.3
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with March 2023 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, National

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Bloomsburg peaked in April 2020 at 5,997. There are now 4,155 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,631 in February 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 211.

Unemployed Persons March 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Bloomsburg 1,842 -63 +184

Number of Unemployed Persons

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Pennsylvania
Unemployment Rate
Bloomsburg
Unemployment Rate
Bloomsburg
Unemployed
April
2023
3.4%
March
2023
3.5% 4.2% 4.2% 1,842
February
2023
3.6% 4.4% 4.4% 1,905
January
2023
3.4% 4.3% 4.4% 1,911
December
2022
3.5% 4.3% 4.5% 1,942
November
2022
3.6% 4.4% 4.5% 1,947
October
2022
3.7% 4.4% 4.5% 1,961
September
2022
3.5% 4.3% 4.6% 1,975
August
2022
3.7% 4.3% 4.6% 1,976
July
2022
3.5% 4.3% 4.5% 1,948
June
2022
3.6% 4.3% 4.4% 1,891
May
2022
3.6% 4.3% 4.2% 1,813

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.