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East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for East Stroudsburg fell 0.2 percentage points in April 2023 to 5.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points higher than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in East Stroudsburg peaked in April 2020 at 20.7% and is now 15.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.4% in January 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare East Stroudsburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.2
Pennsylvania 4.1% -0.1 -0.2
East Stroudsburg 5.4% -0.2 -0.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2023 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, National

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in East Stroudsburg peaked in April 2020 at 16,572. There are now 12,114 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,434 in February 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 24.

Unemployed Persons April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
East Stroudsburg 4,458 -148 -133

Number of Unemployed Persons

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Pennsylvania
Unemployment Rate
East Stroudsburg
Unemployment Rate
East Stroudsburg
Unemployed
May
2023
3.7%
April
2023
3.4% 4.1% 5.4% 4,458
March
2023
3.5% 4.2% 5.6% 4,606
February
2023
3.6% 4.4% 5.7% 4,705
January
2023
3.4% 4.3% 5.7% 4,692
December
2022
3.5% 4.3% 5.7% 4,728
November
2022
3.6% 4.4% 5.7% 4,730
October
2022
3.7% 4.4% 5.7% 4,735
September
2022
3.5% 4.3% 5.7% 4,747
August
2022
3.7% 4.3% 5.7% 4,757
July
2022
3.5% 4.3% 5.7% 4,749
June
2022
3.6% 4.3% 5.7% 4,721

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.