Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Gettysburg fell 0.1 percentage points in July 2020 to 10.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.4 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Gettysburg peaked in April 2020 at 14.9% and is now 4.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Gettysburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	10.2%	-0.9	+6.5
Pennsylvania	12.5%	-0.7	+8.1
Gettysburg	10.1%	-0.1	+6.8

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2020 data as August metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Gettysburg peaked in April 2020 at 8,197. There are now 2,609 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Gettysburg	5,588	-38	+3,772

Number of Unemployed Persons

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	Gettysburg Unemployment Rate	Gettysburg Unemployed
August 2020	8.4%	10.3%	—	—
July 2020	10.2%	12.5%	10.1%	5,588
June 2020	11.1%	13.2%	10.2%	5,626
May 2020	13.3%	13.4%	11.7%	6,695
April 2020	14.7%	16.1%	14.9%	8,197
March 2020	4.4%	5.8%	4.1%	2,272
February 2020	3.5%	4.7%	3.5%	1,937
January 2020	3.6%	4.7%	3.5%	1,952
December 2019	3.5%	4.6%	3.7%	2,024
November 2019	3.5%	4.6%	3.6%	1,993
October 2019	3.6%	4.6%	3.5%	1,957
September 2019	3.5%	4.6%	3.4%	1,914