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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Gettysburg fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2023 to 2.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Gettysburg peaked in April 2020 at 14.8% and is now 12.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.7% in July 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Gettysburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Pennsylvania 3.4% 0.0 -1.0
Gettysburg 2.7% 0.0 -0.6
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, National

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Gettysburg peaked in April 2020 at 7,576. There are now 6,093 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Gettysburg 1,483 -18 -354

Number of Unemployed Persons

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Pennsylvania
Unemployment Rate
Gettysburg
Unemployment Rate
Gettysburg
Unemployed
December
2023
3.7%
November
2023
3.7% 3.4% 2.7% 1,483
October
2023
3.8% 3.4% 2.7% 1,501
September
2023
3.8% 3.4% 2.7% 1,495
August
2023
3.8% 3.5% 2.8% 1,519
July
2023
3.5% 3.5% 2.7% 1,505
June
2023
3.6% 3.8% 2.9% 1,567
May
2023
3.7% 4.0% 2.9% 1,600
April
2023
3.4% 4.1% 2.9% 1,619
March
2023
3.5% 4.2% 3.0% 1,674
February
2023
3.6% 4.4% 3.2% 1,754
January
2023
3.4% 4.3% 3.2% 1,786

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.