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East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for East Stroudsburg fell 0.1 percentage points in September 2023 to 4.7%. 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 16.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare East Stroudsburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate September 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.8% 0.0 +0.3
Pennsylvania 3.4% -0.1 -0.9
East Stroudsburg 4.7% -0.1 -1.0
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with September 2023 data as October 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 12,762 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons September 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
East Stroudsburg 3,810 -138 -937

Number of Unemployed Persons

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Pennsylvania
Unemployment Rate
East Stroudsburg
Unemployment Rate
East Stroudsburg
Unemployed
October
2023
3.9% 3.4%
September
2023
3.8% 3.4% 4.7% 3,810
August
2023
3.8% 3.5% 4.8% 3,948
July
2023
3.5% 3.5% 4.8% 3,931
June
2023
3.6% 3.8% 5.1% 4,163
May
2023
3.7% 4.0% 5.2% 4,323
April
2023
3.4% 4.1% 5.4% 4,452
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

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.