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Erie, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Erie fell 0.2 percentage points in April 2022 to 5.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points higher than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Erie peaked in April 2020 at 17.2% and is now 11.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Erie unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2022 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.6% 0.0 -2.4
Pennsylvania 4.8% -0.1 -2.1
Erie 5.5% -0.2 -2.5
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2022 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Erie, Pennsylvania, National

Erie, Pennsylvania monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Erie, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Erie peaked in April 2020 at 21,279. There are now 14,283 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Erie employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Erie, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2022 Month/Month Year/Year
Erie 6,996 -164 -3,176

Number of Unemployed Persons

Erie, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Pennsylvania
Unemployment Rate		 Erie
Unemployment Rate		 Erie
Unemployed
May
2022		 3.6% — — —
April
2022		 3.6% 4.8% 5.5% 6,996
March
2022		 3.6% 4.9% 5.7% 7,160
February
2022		 3.8% 5.1% 5.9% 7,468
January
2022		 4.0% 5.4% 6.2% 7,816
December
2021		 3.9% 5.5% 6.4% 8,047
November
2021		 4.2% 5.5% 6.4% 8,018
October
2021		 4.6% 5.6% 6.4% 8,086
September
2021		 4.7% 5.8% 6.7% 8,410
August
2021		 5.2% 6.1% 7.0% 8,821
July
2021		 5.4% 6.4% 7.3% 9,247
June
2021		 5.9% 6.6% 7.6% 9,618

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. ↩

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